Charlie, I'll have to disagree with your assertion of popular vote being an inherently better solution as I've seen this happen on a couple of occasions. The pitfall is you'll find that the

I always assumed it was because there are many such events on the west coast (I knew of some spectacular one day Free-Mo meets) and so it's mainly aimed at local modelers and

No, you are not. We are having one of our periodic Zoom meetings tonight and that will be number one on our agenda. We have had a very good response to the convention. We had blocked a significant

Eric asked: "Why has the West Coast mainly held one day RPM events?" Could it be that folks don't want to pay West Coast hotel rates? Maybe we West Coasters just have shorter attention spans. Maybe

And at 3PM CST Thursday, as I look at rooms for the Indy Meet, I get a "some dates are sold out". Am I the only one? James Dick - Roseville, MN

Guys; Having been a person deeply involved in WPM events in past, there was not sufficient interest in financially successfully supporting a multi-day event, either from participants, nor

Mike Brock and Jeff Aley are the co-owners of this list, and also the two most visible organizers behind the Cocoa Beach meets. I would think most anything CB related is fodder for the RealSTMFC list

All- On a similar vein, I always used to enjoy the snapshots that people would send into Model Railroader magazine for Trackside Photos. Some of the photos were of poor quality (drugstore

Hello Friends, I get it that Cocoa Beach is "the most important event of the year" for freight car modelling. I agree with that - 100%. Having said that I have to ask - when did this list's

Pierre , Not that I am aware of. It would be a very welcome detail in HO. Rich Christie

Elden, Try this address: jhthistle2013@... Jim Hunter

Things don't happen in a vacuum, and a 3-day RPM meet takes a lot of work from someone to do the leg work. We just don't have that out here. We certainly have lots of modelers and the West's best

Andy, I understand that is what you and other West Coasters to, but it doesn't answer the question. Why has the West Coast mainly held one day RPM events?

Eric, for the Naperville type of meets we out west get on board a plane and head out to the rest of the nation. One-days are, as you suspected, our only available meets. -Andy

Andy, Your note brings up a question that has been on my mind for several years. Where is the West Coast equivalent of the Chicago and Cocoa Beach RPM events? I’ve noticed one day events but

I'm looking for the latches that would have been on end door cars in HO scale I have some in O from Chooch, but I can't recall if they were ever done in HO Thanks -- Pierre

Andy; Actually there is an alternate airport to Orlando. Melbourne (MLB) is closer and there is no toll road from there to Cocoa Beach. Admittedly you may need to change planes to get there depending

Nice car and nice story, Chuck! Love that model! Elden Gatwood

Andy, I am not sure you are aware, or even that it will work for you, but the Chicagoland RPM equivalent is on for this year. It will be in Indianapolis, May 18 -May 21. It is part of Indy Junction

But pay by plate is twice the cost if paying cash or using a pass. Thanks! Brian Ehni (Sent from my iPhone)