Paul, Thanks for the link. My membership is now pending (I'm always looking for Flexi-van info to add to the collection). None of the NYC forums appear very active. Noel and group's effort might

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There will be two clinics on rapid prototyping at the X2011 West NMRA Convention in July (see my previous post on the RPM meet). One will be presented by Rene Gourley of Proto87 fame and he will talk

Armand Premo wrote: Talk about "doing it all again." Armand still does not believe the evidence provided by Gilbert and Nelson. That's okay, Armand, there are still people who deny global

A full Railroad Prototype Modelers meet will be held in conjunction with the 2011 NMRA National Convention to be held in Sacramento, CA in July 2011. The activities will include clinics specifically

Dave North wrote: In my chart SFRD is separate, as is PFE from its parents Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906 Forest Ave., Berkeley, CA 94705

Mike, essentially what I meant to say (but only implied) is that if you are modeling a coal road like the C&O in an area full of coal mines, then the vast majority of the coal cars seen will be C&O.

We still use some of those  cars - they were refurbished a few years ago. They are used to move conventional ordnance  . . . see

Bill you need to do mail order with 5th Ave Car Shops. Jim does not do email or a website. And I don't believe there is work phone. And as others pointed out, the decals are remaining stock on hand

Tim O'Connor writes: Well...looks like it. Heck, who knows we might get it "right" this time. True enough...particularly if those car types are all that is considered. My point is, however, that

Tony, At the risk of pointing out the obvious that everyone already understands ... and taking an admittedly cheap shot at your focus on all things PFE ... *W* UNLESS you are modeling one of

Don't forget the Navy had three lots of 40 foot PS-1 box cars built in 1952, 1953 and 1955. Sam Clarke Kadee Quality Products Sent: Monday, May 16, 2011 9:08 PM To: STMFC@...

Jack Burgess wrote: Group, Jack is TOTALLY spot-on here. There has been some recent discussion about the new MicroMark rivets, and their very reasonable pricing. I do a lot of scratch and custom

This is a discussion that will be endless.First of all the area being modeled is the most important factor in determining car mix.The ORER has divided the country into various regions.One is most

And lest this seem like an arcane topic of interest only to UP and SP modelers, let me observe that you have a comparable issue with the IGN relative to MoPac, the PM relative to C&O, and even the

And split ART between MP and Wabash... Jerry Glow

Then you would need to add the SFRD to the ATSF and the FGEX to all the member roads. Rich Orr

Unfortunately they were already out of production 15+ years ago when Terry Wegmann made a short run (33 kits) of one piece bodies based on a revised Sunshine

Only if you add half of the PFE fleet to each . Otherwise you are counting the PFE fleet twice. Rich Orr