One other aspect of doing business with Martin -- he does not cash the check until 20-30 days before you receive the product. That produces a lot less anxiety than someone who takes your money and

Mike If I may, I would like to make on other comment about Sunshine and it is in his defense..Martin is pretty much a one man show, along with the help of his wife. They travel to many shows a year,

Gene, generally you are quite right on my fellow country people, but (as you write yourself)most things also can be said about North America. The limited number of European road names does Not stop

Wow and beware! These enconioms being heaped on Richard, richly deserved as they are, will most assuredly warp out of all recognition his sweet personality (:-)). Denny

I recall that the old Train Miniature hopper car was (for the time anyway) a reasonably accurate rendition of the PS-3. Of course the attention to precise detail and fine casting quality we expect

I simply asked about the stock cars castings by Aaron Gjermundson as I and others have had orders in for a couple of months. One reply was; "I just talked to Aaron via email. I've been waiting

Tim Bo'connor ;) and Ted Culotta gave me a bunch of info about some 1937 Modified AAR CNW cars, but I was asking about Postwar AAR cars with 4/4 IDE's. Sooo, how does the Dreadnaught end data

Paul Lyons writes: "He must have gone to the Martin Lofton school of sales-Take care of the show and convention business first and screw the mail order customers, they will keep, I have there

Ted Culotta writes: Right. By the early '50s Hulson was offering a number of different versions of cushion draft gear, but at least some of them were designs that had been patented by

Gene Green writes: "Another list member compared Märklin to Lionel, as I recall. That's my view, too. I have no further interest in any Märklin offerings. Anybody wanna buy two Trix Big

Now, Tim, the early Santa Fe cross hoppers were built in VERY small numbers and were seldom seen on the Coast Lines, so my interest in them is decidedly marginal. As for the Rodger-Hart selective

Roger Miener writes: "Still, when you are out to dinner with Richard and Sandra at the Monet Restaurant and Garden in Ashland, Oregon, do let Richard choose the wine. You will be glad you did.

BEN, You did me an excellent review on the needed items to build my FEC hoppers. I would like to say "Thank You Very Much" and have a safe and happy holiday.

Ted Culotta asks: "Does the 'Hulson' stenciled on the end mean it had a Hulson cushioned underframe?" The only reference to Hulson I see in the UP diagram is with regard to draft

I am well acquainted with a member of Märklin's sales staff. He has convinced me that Märklin is NOT interested in getting it right. In the German model railroad market, I have learned after

catching up with his orders after that.< Sounds good. Jon Miller AT&SF For me time has stopped in 1941 Digitrax DCC owner, Chief/Zephyr systems NMRA Life member #2623 Member SFRH&MS

Needless to say, I agree with most of what Mike Brock has said ... I've been aware of Richard's unremitting efforts to drag model railroading into the realm of actually modeling real

Martin had no new ATSF cars for the Ft Worth convention. My understanding was he was so busy filling back orders that he wasn't able to get the new ones ready. Maybe he has turned a new leaf and

I just talked to Aaron via email. I've been waiting for mine since mid-March. He's been busy with school. He just got a new batch of resin. He hopes to get to them soon. He's making some now for the

Quoting Al & Patricia Westerfield <westerfield@...>: Al, There used to be a standard U.S. Customs form on which Americans could list anything that they were taking into Canada which