Folks, in my decal bin I discovered an Oddballs Set #187-450 for a green "RI 50' Boxcar (3-51), Series 110012-110024, Proto 2000 Kit". I'm a sucker for neat decals, so I am sure I bought it without

wrote: lettering, as I model 1943. I will leave to those more learned about the accuracy of the car itself but a while ago I noticed in a WWII issue of Railroad magazine about the C&EI coming out

Sounding more and more like FileMaker; it's really a great product, and IS cross-platform. Or maybe you should just get a Mac! 8^) -- Brian Ehni

least where I can get alphabets in different fonts? ============================ While waiting for my wife to finish pouring over all the junk, err antiques at a local antique mall, I found a rack of

Clark Propst asked: I have been busy building structures for my freight cars to be spotted at (content). I need some signs for these business'. The problem is, I only need one sign for each building.

Some years ago I wrote my own inventory system in MS Access. It includes car inventory, parts inventory, what detail parts were used on each car, and a some other things. I also use it to keep track

I have been busy building structures for my freight cars to be spotted at (content). I need some signs for these business'. The problem is, I only need one sign for each building. I need 4 or 5 signs.

Ends too? Good to know. You can't really tell from the photo i've been referring to. The door definitly shows contrast, but from the angle, the ends may have been washed out, so don't appear any

I use MS Excel for a large number of applications. It is VERY easy to use, very powerful and is availible for both PC and MAC. It can be setup to serve as a database, but it does have some

Ben, All the photos I've seen of the NH PS-1s in new paint had black doors. However, I don't have any bills of materials for any PS-1s, just data from correspondence files and these only go back to

Shawn, I use ProTrak, an operations program to generate switchlists, etc. for my model railroad. Of course, part of the set-up is the inventory of equipment. There are separate screens for freight

question for the list--when did the FRA[assumed] outlaw the ribbed back freight wheels from interchange traffic and was there a grace period for instillation of the flat back wheels--thanks j.Young

Andy, I would be interested is seeing what you are doing. I use Excel everyday at work and at home as well, for vehicle maint records. I am curious of how you are applying the program. Thanks, Steve

Andy Miller wrote: I don't remember the name of the software Ted was using to construct his data base (once he said it was Mac-based, I kind of zoned out), but I do know that it wasn't Excel. It was

I can add my name to the growing list of people who use Excel for their rolling stock data base. I maintain three Excel spreadsheets; one for freight cars, one for passenger cars and one for motive

At 11:56 AM 3/7/2005 -0800, Shawn Beckert wrote: "...A question for the list members: Ted is solidly a Macintosh user; are there any PC-based inventory programs out there that could be used to

First thing is to figure out what data we would want to collect. A form or forms would best for entry. I use an Excel spread sheet to record my collection. I work directly with the spread sheet. Using

That would be an X25. Regards Bruce Bruce F. Smith Auburn, AL http://www.vetmed.auburn.edu/~smithbf/ "Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy" - Benjamin Franklin

Shawn, I am a PC user and also use EXCEL to list all my inventory. I have an overall inventory and then list each category (Freight, Passenger, Steam, Diesel, etc.). I then have each sbucategory

Phil Buchwals wrote: "The photo entitled, "Dallas, Texas, 1953" shows what appears to be one of the NH 10'PS-1 box cars that have been discussed in this past weekend's