That may be because Charlie is even less organized than Bob's Photo. I once sat at Charlie's table at a train show to browse -- his entire inventory was just shoeboxes stuffed with prints in no order

YES!! Robert Federle ---- destron@... wrote:

Perhaps various limitations might also be kept in mind, be they financial or whatever else. Some things aren't available to some people. I try to model as accurately as possible... but so far, I

Well said, I model as accurately as I want to. Where I stop is where I feel it is good enough. I have not "shown" model and might never show. I enjoy this group for the information and help it

Bang! Bang! Bang! [ Most judges seem to bang their gavel three times when they want order in the court room ]. There WILL be order in the STMFC. I see messages referring to the terms "elitist",

Charlie sells his prints shot by him or his father only via eBay. He does sell repeat prints once in a while, again only on eBay. FWIW, he gave the Illinois Traction Society permission to publish

Larry Kline wrote: "I wrote to Charles Houser offering to buy a print of a photo that had just been sold on ebay. He replied that he is not willing to sell prints to order. Has anyone else had a

Frank Valoczy asked: Does anyone know what/who the "Houser collection" is, and how one might contact the owner of this collection of photos? Tim O'Connor replied: Charles Houser P.O. Box 314

Tom: Very well stated, thank you. Paul C. Koehler _____ From: STMFC@... [mailto:STMFC@...] On Behalf Of pullmanboss Sent: Saturday, May 12, 2007 8:10 PM To:

Tim, staying up late on Saturday night, asked: Ah, grasshopper, do you seek information, or confirmation? Look deeply into the mirror of bozosity... What see you?? A bozo? Perhaps not. Perhaps.....a

Charles Houser P.O. Box 314 Macungie, PA 18062-0314 United States Charlie almost always has auctions on Ebay, mostly prints from his negative/slide collection. His handle is "windsor74". Tim

Tom Madden wrote and recently also wrote So... which one am I, Tom? Tim

Needless to say, the thread of subject "[STMFC] Modeler/Craftsman/ Modeler Historian and questions" is also terminated. While there may be multiple different sub groups within the "hobby" of model

There have been quite a few messages today which are only remotely within scope of the STMFC. Ray Meyer writes: "Selling what hobby? Collecting toy trains? If that's someone's bag, so be it. But I

Here's my take on -all- of this ... If someone claims that his/her approach to modeling is "better" than someone else's approach - whether or not they use terms that talk about groups or

Ray has said he wished all this would stop and/or go away. Unfortunately, there are people I know and respect flailing away at each other because the original point has become confused. Maybe we need

Hope this little hop over the Pond will still be considered on-topic... (it *is* steam era...) Car classes existed on the Hungarian State Railways, too, as well as on all manifestations of railways

Tony, I think you already know my "Jackman List" and while it does include Engineering it does not include Mechanical. First time I saw any indication that the CB&Q had car classes was via BRHS

Dean, As I prepare my fleet of Steam era cars for each show I examine them for broken detail parts and mechanical failures. When I sopt errant couplers I replace them with #78s if I have the time. If

OK, I thought I was being very, very civil and just conversing. Apologies to all if it didn't come across that way. I truly never expected that sharing of a difference of opinion was