The "hurry up" has to do with eating regularly. For some of the publishers we have mentioned, their only source of income is the two books per month they must publish in order to have a regular

On Tue, 26 May 2009 15:58:08 -0500, Charlie Vlk wrote amazing!!! Yes but the NYC sampled 100 of them. See the latest RPC for a picyure of one. Brian Carlson

Jack is correct... except I didn't mention a NYC X29.... even a Burlington fan knows that is a PRR prototype....<gggg> The volume of prototype data that keeps surfacing, both in print and digital, is

Garth wrote: True, but I think hobby shops are also obviously feeling the pitch of Internet sales. If you want resin kits, you can purchase them direct from the manufacturer via the web (or a check

Whatever the reason kits are disappearing from hobby shops. Going back to our old standbys, the blue boxes, I once recommended that a boss buy better quality equipment for his son for Christmas. His

Gentlemen: If I may dip my oar in on the kit/RTR dichotmy, the Internet is the best way to buy your kits these days if you're a builder. Every manufacturer (except Sunshine) sells direct it seems and

Tim, The photo is a nice find. Yes, I can confirm that it is a B&O class M-15 double-sheathed boxcar in the "Kuhler dome" paint scheme. The door stops are on the left side of the door so that limits

Garth- The stock carried by any one Hobby Shop can be influenced by a number of factors which I won't go into here but which may not necessarily indicate the local demand or general availability or

Garth,Where is this small hobby shop?I've been looking for some Branchline kits.Armand Premo

Charlie, While I applaud your positive comments about kits in general, the near complete disappearance of kits from all the hobby shops I frequent makes me wonder about your statements, at least as a

Ed- Your post is a positive one and I am not jumping on you for your comments..... but I don't agree that "the average model railroader has a hard time assembling kits". While the "old days" of

I think kits are disappearing because the average model railroader has a hard time assembling kits. The hobby is centered around a pack rat mentality - keep buying more and more. Most model

scene from a railway I never knew existed, the Richmond Street Railway... i'm guessing these cars are a PFE R-40-14, a B&O double sheathed box car, and a Milwaukee ribside box car behind the

The EB scheme to go with mineral paint for box cars was introduced in April of 1956 to be used on older cars that were repainted. The car used in the press release was the 18626, a 10'2 inside height

A further difficulty with erroneous captions, sometimes I know what is written is wrong, but I do not always know what is correct. IE the MSTL photos in the Barriger collection, I knew some locations

Thanks for the information. I have a November 1956 photo of 11565 a 10' IH 12 panel car in mineral red (Per the Ed Hawkins caption) with the lettering and Youngstown doors (RPC 8 page 85). That is

What was the title of the B&O Book? Sincerely, Richard Yoder

Several of these tales have mentioned the publisher's "hurry up" attitude, which surprised me given the subject matter. Sure, if it's "Behind the Scenes with The Jonas Brothers" it needs to be Right

I do not believe IM has done a 12 panel car in mineral with EB lettering. If you wanted to do one, Microscale supplies the lettering in their set 87-185. Champ used to have it in set HB-308 which

That composite gondola kit from Walthers was originally cast in metal. Ed