Tom, Richard and all, I have not had any direct conversation with Matt as of yet but a few brief exchanges in the PRRT&HS Modeling Committee in the past with Marty included regrding their F unit

I have dealt with Matt in producing two prototype Steam Era special run N Scale freight cars. He is a knowledgeable person, I wouldn't worry on that aspect. Richard Hendrickson

The CMWX car in question is actually CMWX 1008, a "round-bottom" ex-milk car. -- Thanks! Brian Ehni

I'm glad you found it useful Tom, that's what it's there for -- and I don't have to imagine the time it took to do it! Actually, tracking the reporting marks down is easy -- every ORER has a listing

You must have just missed in Shawn — I see an entry for the Commodities Car Co., Inc. on page 649, with what I presume are the relevant cars listed in various series from CMWX 106-153. It would

Beggin' to differ here Armand, but there are at least a few exceptions - Walthers, Bowser and Branchline come to mind.... As far as where the gold goes, where do you think all the LHS's have

Beckert, Shawn wrote: Why you think this is "weird" is unclear. It is certainly no coincidence that "CMW" are the initials of the winery, and quite possibly the small CMWX fleet was entirely

Sorry that was ment for Andy only and not the list.

SEND THEM BACK. I hope that this is limited to just these 2. I will ship the 2 replacements tomorrow. Please send me your mailing address, for I did not save it. -Andy Carlson 111 S Encinal Ave Ojai

armand premo wrote: I think it's rather obvious that the market is mature and will not support as many manufacturers as it has in the past, hence the consolidation. Whether it's because there is a

Tom, I'm relieved to learn that IM's new R&D guy has some background in the hobby. IM has a number of freight car projects that are in process or are/were in the planning stages which are of great

Andy, I received the 6 undec Intermountain reefers I ordered from you today. There is a problem with two of them, they have the wrong car body in the kits. The body's have a double row of rivets on

John Degnan wrote: Exactly my point, John. Horn-hooks were never standard. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2942 Linden Ave., Berkeley, CA 94705

List, Thanks to Brian Ehni's generosity in sharing photos, I was made aware of just how long the prototype for Intermountain's latest kit lasted in service - far longer than I would have expected for

Ha! You're probably the only one. Just kidding! I agree with your acessment. Jared Harper Athens, GA

Beggin' to differ here Armand, but there are at least a few exceptions - Walthers, Bowser and Branchline come to mind.... As far as where the gold goes, where do you think all the LHS's have been

I was going to post the question to the P:87 group but Mike has clearly brought the key issue up. I am debating going from Code 88 to Code 64 freight and passenger car wheels with P:87 modifications

I suspect that the so called "Golden Age for model railroaders "is over and is now being replaced by the "Golden age for the distributor's".Our gold in their pockets.Distributors do not produce or

Has anyone got any new ideas on attaching see through metal roof walks to plastic cars? About 20 years ago I saw an adhesive film between 2 carrier papers which could be cut into shapes. One side

Intermountain been research, and Matt used to work with/for Ron Sebastian and seems like a good man from the few contacts I've had with him. I doubt he has Marty's energy, drive or contacts, but