Armand, Try the IM and RC web sites. They both list what is currently in stock. RC generally lists their whole catalog, though IM only seems to show what is currently available, or has just gone out

Is it supposed to be a secret that The Train Shop is going the way of the rest of the hobby? If you have been in there lately, you know how hard it is to even find the Westerfield kits, and there are

Tony, I guess anyone who disagrees with you must be part of the "vast right-wing conspiracy". I am always amazed at what you attribute to the "right-wing". I suppose the next thing will be the lack

Definitely an error in the caption as McGinnis had not wrought... uh, worked... his magic on the NH in 1952. Regards, Ted Culotta

well,< RCs problem is something like this. I just checked IM prices on "some kind of modern covered hopper". They were about 30-33 RTR and 14 for the undec kit. The artwork is complicated so I

In a vain attempt to talk about Steam Era Freight Cars, here are various cars of interest spotted in the background of photos in David Sweetland's Pennsy Steam Years, Volume 1: p 10: Kings Park, NY

In a message dated 7/23/2004 12:37:42 PM Central Standard Time, eabracher@... writes: listen to Limbaugh every day and I have never heard him say the Chinese are slaves or slave labor. Where

In a message dated 7/23/2004 12:28:49 PM Central Standard Time, thompson@... writes: I didn't say anything was "vast" or a "conspiracy." But those who still seem to believe the

Whoops, sorry folks, meant to be offlist.... Dave Nelson

Indeed, that is what I was attempting to do Chuck. The CPI difference from 1958 to today covers just half of the price rise. The open question for the consumer is whether the other half increase is

Where does one go to get a list of available IM and RC kits?Surely not Walthers.Armand premo

In a message dated 7/23/2004 9:39:53 AM Central Standard Time, muskoka@... writes: Is that extra 100% attributed just to tooling all the little bits we now expect? In my opinion, an

Well, Marty put his two cents in before, so I will now.... First Dave, let's look apples to apples - those $3.00-$4.00 kits are between $8.00 and $12.00 now - remember, we're talking about Athearn or

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In a message dated 7/22/2004 8:59:22 PM Central Standard Time, thompson@... writes: Just the usual right-wing BS, Marty. My impressions from visits to China are the same as

Hello Chuck, 2 @ $2.00 =$4.00 Send payment to: Andy Carlson 157 S Pueblo Ave Ojai CA 93023 --- chuck sadler <chucksadler@...>

Thanks Tony, No boats were holed – that's why I asked the question before plugging in the soldering iron… It just seemed odd that so many cabooses seemed to get extra handrails around the same

I think any entepreneur could handle the whole thing but I suspect doing the shipping would get "old" very, very quickly. And of course, "overstock" to eBay. Hey, a question to Marty: You said

No, not quite Chuck. Between 1958 and 2000 the CPI index increased by 4.48X so those $3-4 kits would be priced at $13.50-18 now, not $25-33. Is that extra 100% attributed just to tooling all the

Always has been -- Irv Athearn could have tooled his cars better, but that would have made them more difficult to assemble as well as more expensive. (I was building Athearn cars when I was nine.) My