Sign up at one of the shows, he has a sign up sheet there, and he will put you on it. Charlie Slater To: STMFC@... From: wakeene@... Date: Sat, 9 Feb 2008 10:35:08 -0800 Subject: Re:

Mike bloviates- Say it isn't so! On extended contemplation, however, I may recall perhaps one....or was it two? (Present company excepted, of course). Denny -- Denny S. Anspach, MD Sacramento

I suppose that's good, since on your side of the pond it could make "fish and Chips" tough to swallow. Brian J Carlson

Ned Carey asks: "Were stock cars cleaned just after unloading and on the return trip home be clean? Or would they return home dirty and be cleaned before loading? In other words should empty cars be

Standard practice on the western RRs, where stock cars could travel long distances without going off line (or very far off line) was to clean stock cars at the nearest cleaning facility to the point

Were stock cars cleaned just after unloading and on the return trip home be clean? Or would they return home dirty and be cleaned before loading? In other words should empty cars be modeled as clean

Thanks Robert!

Thanks Tom - I'll try to get there Saturday. I found out about Buena Park after the flights were booked - we leave for home Sunday a.m. Rob

Rob Kirkham wrote: It's PERRIS, not Parris, and it's on I215 south of Riverside, exit 17. It's a big swap meet at the Orange Empire Railway Museum, with the gate opening to the public at 9am, as I

Philip Dove wrote: Well, you have the contents down pat (so to speak) but the form in which they are deposited is the reason for the separate word "chip." This was sometimes done IN

Charlie, How does one get on Martin's WEst Coast Mailing List? -- Bill Keene Irvine, CA

Dave Mueller writes: "--- In STMFC@..., "Mike Brock" <brockm@...> wrote: One rather odity is a photo in Turbines Westward showing a turbine switching the Hermosa

Rob It is at the Orange Empire Railway Museum in Perris,CA http://www.oerm.org/ for maps, driving directions and hours. Robert Cheeks Riverside,CA Rob Kirkham wrote:

Can someone post where to go in Parris, CA, to find this show? I'll happen to be in CA at the time and would like to drop in - if I can find the place. Rob Kirkham Vancouver, BC, Canada

Martin just got home on Thursday and he is going to get the California mailing out this week. He is coming out and will be at Parris on March1, Buena Park on March 2, Winterail in Stockton on March 8

While brass is a no-no I have may photos that show whitish wheels (usually just one) on engines and sometimes cars. Looks like whitewash and was use to magna flux (check for cracks in the wheels).

Lawrence Rast and others have commented positively on the ACL 4-6-2 shown in the outstanding Seaboard-Coastline Modeler headed by Generalissimo and STMFC member John Golden. I have to question,

One rather odity is a photo in Turbines Westward showing a turbine switching the Hermosa pen. ****************************************************** Anyone found that pic yet ?? If so what page ??

Ed, The caption on Mike's lovely loco states: "Mike's model was featured in the February 2004 issue of Railmodel Journal, 'Superdetailing the Genesis USRA 'Light' 4-6-2 Pacific as ACL Class P-5-A.'"

Mike If you want steam era cow chips (We less euphemistically inclined Britons talk of cow shit) go to a living history museum where they have preserved cows from past history. Remember the colour