Walt Like you, I am building for a future layout. As such I can pretty much set my own pace at building what I need. Heck man, I am an engineer for NS and really don't have a lot of time at home in

Maybe for some, but I would rather assemble a well-made kit than open a box and put a model on the track. Of course, I don't have any track to put it on, so that could have something to do with my

Decals are included in the Protowest kit. Brian Carlson

I think a good resource would be the EJ&E Yahoo group list. I was on it in the past and there are a lot of knowledgeable folks there. http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/eje/ There was an article

Jim et all: FWIW, quality notwithstanding, the ProtroWest kit does not include: couplers, trucks, paint or decals.  It would seem to be a wash costwise. John F. Cizmar 

Here is a reminder of Prototype Rails 2009 at Cocoa Beach, FL. The new Prototype Rails website is available at: http://www.prototyperails.com/ This site contains photos of the 2008 event plus a list

The Sunshine kit builds into a fine model, but it's not one of the easiest kits to assemble. But if the IRC car lacks weight, then what the heck, I'll pass and keep the Sunshine version.

I am looking for a few EJ&E flatcars and gons to carry inbound steel loads into a shipyard on my layout set in 1952. Are there any models out there that are dead-on or close-to cars that were in

Probably not, but I will note that IM stuff is usually available as undec kits, and all of the decals for the 70 ton flat cars are available through Sunshine, if you want to go that route. With

Possible, but I'd say not likely. Intermountain, Red Caboose, and Branchline could easily shift to kit production for most of their cars, as the tooling is still in the US. Biggest issue would be

Intermountain Railway Co.'s dealer newsletter stated that following the may/June delivery of the 70t flat will be bulkhead flat car versions. Perhaps they will model the Santa Fe version???? -Andy

Richard, What you say about prices and China is true. But I've heard that some companies (not model railroad manufacturers, yet) are deserting China for Vietnam and other places, where the workers

Rob; You are absolutely correct, and I should have stated up-front the use of that term in the way that the railroads used it in covering everything that came out of the earth, as opposed to

I also had a great time building my ProtoWest B&O P-31. The kit builds up into a very nice model, and just has that nice finish that you can only get from something that you made sure had all the

Richard is absolutely correct, and you should go get stuff you have been looking at at today's prices now, as everything you get made or assembled in China is going to continue to rise rapidly. This

Jim I'm sure there is more than one person here who'd like to know what difficulty you encountered with this technique. I think Martin got the idea from Jack Spencer who rebuilt some hoppers with

And those Kadee PS-1 box cars? Still around $30 MSRP, still state-of-the-art, and still designed and manufactured in the USA. You guys may not have discovered the new Kadee sliding center sill cushion

Well Cheaper ? I never pay list for a model anyway. But $45.00 Plus Trucks, Couplers,paint & Time ?? Whose Trucks will you run, Which coupler's? Have seen add's for the new car at $21.50

Jim: Hi, do you have a plan for weighting ther Protowest flats? The drawback to the kit is the lack of provision for a weight sandwich between the deck and frame. I guess it'll have to be

Eric,        How about we go to Greenwood and get some pictures for you.  What else do you need.        We are in Columbia, SC and not that far from Greenwood.  Luckily I am married to a