Richard, Did someone here miss the fact that Buick has been consistently out scoring Lexus in the JD Powers quality survey? Again off topic, but the American Auto industry has and still

Jerry and Charlie: I could have done everything on this boxcar with Archer Surface Details Assorted Rivets set AR88001 (the most versatile set for HO scale and definitely the one to start with I

Brian, Think about standard designs and large fleets. Replicate the huge fleets first (PRR X29, NYC "USRA" steel, etc), and the standards - 1932 AAR, 1937 ARA etc... What railroads do TT modelers

I'm only a lowly CRRM library volunteer, Al, and don't know if there's any formal or official arrangement. Cross-pollination, certainly - the museum's Charlie Albi volunteers at the DPL at least one

I take Bruce's and Steve's point fully to heart and believe in its truth. And yet, Armand's question has relevance for my situation: I am a member of the newly "minted" TT Scale Society, a tiny group

Nice work. I waited with much anticipation to see your pics and was not disappointed. I hope I ordered the right ones as I just did so a few days ago and haven't received them yet. Jerry Glow

Chris Car looks great are you using Archer set AR88015?

Coming from both sides of the situation, I'd like to share several additional observations: 1) From the standpoint of some "owners" (museum, historical society, private individual), you have no

Well...I guess...now that I have had the last word [ as is my custom <G> ], it's time to terminate the thread on the NMRA, automobile companies, contests, and other issues entirely out of

Tony Thompson writes: Shrugging my shoulders I respond. I believe in "live and let live". If the local NMRA wants judged events, that's fine with me. I was actually NMRA Sunshine Region Contest

Tom Madden wrote --  "I have catalogued a number of photo collections as a volunteer at the Colorado Railroad Museum, and am a fairly heavy user of the Pullman collection at the Newberry Library

Not only is that off topic as suggested but one of the reasons the economy and US auto industry in the current status. It's obvious your income is not from one of them. Jerry Glow

Assuming it clears with the esteemed moderator, I posted three photos in a new folder in the photo section, "Chris Frissell-rivet jobs." They aren't alternate center rivets as previously discussed on

Mike Brock wrote: But Mike! NMRA officials say that there's no problem! Can't they count? <g> Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906 Forest Ave., Berkeley, CA

Contests can be fun... especially when one tries to make fun of them. I have only entered one contest. A regional NMRA event in Kansas City back in the 1970s. There was a category for narrow gauge

One other thing I'd like to mention: Yes, in many cases it's not very convenient to search archives for specific things. But: it is there and *accessible to the public*! And THAT is the key

Oh, Gene, that's SO twentieth century. Where I live, the most popular cars are Toyota and Honda hybrids, closely followed by Subarus. The only people who still talk Ford and Chevy are gas-

Armand Premo wrote: The reward to the holding institution is probably different from the reward you envision, Armand. You're probably thinking of having the individual documents available in

Kurt Laughlin writes and I think information, opinion etc can't hurt anyone...and if it puts someone to sleep that might not be bad. The thread will be ended soon but a bit more exchange of

Dave both type of contests should be able to live side by side . We are in a hobby to be enjoyed as we like it not as some else demands we should. Both systems have merit and detractions so lets have