Hello- I have 6 pairs of Tahoe Model Works old-time 5' 0" wheelbase Arch Bar trucks (Later archbar trucks had 5'6" w.b.). Good from late 19th century until outlawed sometime mid-century, though many

Thanks Dave

Rich Chapin wrote: I wrote a blog post about all this back in 2012. My basis was a fine and authoritative article by John Ryczkowski, in Mainline Modeler (Volume 14, January 1993, pages

Guys, The thread regarding Hundman Publishing’s position on copyright…and the C&O Historical Society’s as well…with only a remote association with steam era frt cars, is now terminated. It is

Any word on the current progress on the boxcar? -- Jon MillerFor me time stopped in 1941Digitrax Chief/Zephyr systems, SPROG, JMRI UserNMRA Life member #2623Member SFRH&MS

 Bob, Looking through my C&O material, it appears this was common practicefor C&O cars with that type of Murphy end. For example, here are two cars from another group having this type ofend:

Rich: I have the same ICC publication as you. It includes a diagram of the early (earliest) INFLAMMABLE placard: that word in red, the rest in black, and on a diamond that is 10.75" on a side. It

This can all be boiled down to Did you sell the copyright or only sell the limited use of copyrighted material? The answer depends on the agreement you signed. Let's move this to photographs

Marty, I would have to ask why you would do it to your own work, unless there wasa new procedure or vehicle to accomplish it. I do believe that the shelf life of any subject is two years and at

Both of these cars were indeed in company service. I saw and photographed these cars a lot during my Purdue years as they were always around the Shops. It was my understanding that they were in

I have a copy of “Transportation of Explosives and Other Dangerous Articles by Freight including Specifications for Shipping Containers”, issued 12/11/1922, effective 1/1/1923. Required by a

Greg and Tony, I absolutely agree with your comments concerning the ethics of sending the same article to more than one periodical at the same time. The editors have to trust the authors will not do

Marty (not signing his full name) wrote: For you not to hold copyright, you have to relinquish it to the magazine. You can do this on a one-time use basis, in other words they have the right to

Marty It did happen between the two magazine we were talking about within thesame publishing month of both by the same author we likely all know. Both editors regretted publishing it and they

Doug, I didn't ask a question; however, I may have raised some from others. I never raised the question with Bob, but I had a different relationshipwith Bob than from the things I have seen and

Doug, I understand the LAW very well and yes when I signed my Carstens checks Irealized the same, and while it might have been presumed that I signed my rightsaway with Hundman I never actually

All, Thank you very much for the enlightening discussion of the procedure to obtain permission to reprint articles from Mainline Modeler. As modeling columnist, I was inquiring for the purpose of

Dave, I find myself asking this question once again. Why in heavens name wouldyou ever try to reproduce a model of something from a $5.00 set of drawings?They ma be beautiful but they are nothing

I have been reading this thread with interest but the answer still seems murky. But then that could be because the law is flexible. So let me ask a question and hopefully there is a clear answer. Let

Years ago, Bill Schaumburg advised me to simply cross out that agreement on the check and write "no transfer" beneath. Absent such an agreement, the publisher only has rights to the appearance of the