With Naperville only a month away I thought I'd ask if there would be any interest again in the CDs of the freight car snap shots Sidney Wheeler took? I would be happy to bring some along again, price

Sorry, should have included it - Nov. 1962. And, that is still steam era for this car.

Bob, Do you have a date for the photo? Bob Webber <rswebber@...> wrote: I have loaded a low res photo of a typical load of Deere tractors here: http://www.drgw.org/rsw/DRGW6540.jpg I

The John Deere tractor models that I would be looking for in the '40's would be the far more ubiquitous Models A and(especially) B. These two models covered the midwest, and there was scarcely a

A goodly portion of model railroaders trust the manufacturers.Any paint scheme is considered authentic.It takes some consumer education before they start looking beyond the box and its contents.I am

I think this is a good time to add a thanks to Branchline for adding useful information (e.g., dates) on their boxes. It isn't Sunshine or Westerfield caliber, but it's darn useful. Dave Nelson

I have loaded a low res photo of a typical load of Deere tractors here: http://www.drgw.org/rsw/DRGW6540.jpg I believe people will be able to access this particular portion without problems, but if

Would anyone be able to answer a hoper car question for me? I model the coalfields served by VGN, C&O, N&W and NYC in August 1954. My question is; would the red 50 ton NYC coal hoppers be correct

not Of course you did not. But since so many comments on this thread refer to cost control and economies, let's look at the market and what it says. It seems to me modelers are willing to pay

Has anyone heard any more news about continuing the volumes on C&O cars. Volume 1 was the hoppers and gons. Vol 2 & 3 were implied, but I've not seen any word that it's going to happen. Curt

The thing that amazes me about this discussion is that I often hear manufacturers say "Most customers don't care" or words to that effect. For God's sake, manufacturers, listen to what you just

It is actually safe to say, that ANY type of prototype which was built in the past, is still in existence today. That is to say that, if a 1936 "farm tractor", for example, was once built in that

My hobby dealer informs me that he can no longer get Athearn models through Walthers of Milwaukee. Those John Deere tractors are about the only item that I would want to buy. I was really dissatisfied

Rio Grande Models, since 1970, has been putting prototype info on the instruction sheet for almost all of their kits. The only time it was not there is when either the kit was more or less generic

Jeff Aley sez: You are of course free to infer what you want, Jeff. But that's not what I meant to say. Probably in your business, as in many, there are real economies and false economies. There

So, Tony, I infer that you think it's stupid for manufacturers to allow such silly things as "cost" to influence their thinking. Given that the broader MR market will not pay more for a kit just

Tony Thompson wrote: One of the forever mysteries that sticks in my mind was when UPHS did their GS gondolas as a convention car a couple years ago. The finished car was furnished in an accurate mix

Tony Thompson wrote; Manufacturers usually (certainly not always) do have photos, plans, and roster info: how else do they construct, paint and letter the models? Is it too much to ask that

Thanks for the heads up! I just ordered a kit direct from Walthers...

Charlie Vlk wrote: I can't tell here if Charlie is saying that manufacturers don't HAVE the info, don't want to take the trouble to write it up, or don't want to PUBLISH it. He certainly seems to