I have just been getting on to the list lately and have been deleting without even opening up the messages. I will take my 10 year old Eagle Rare and ice to jail. Al Kresse

Guize: Aha! Last night when I tried to find the other threads on this issue, the only one that came up was one in on car 163277 in March 2014. I repeated the same search this morning and found a

Dennis I have nothing against the NYC but I thought by the 1950's the single door 1916 DS car was no longer on the NYC as they were rebuilt to steel cars. Do you know if there a source for DSS&A

Recently and I thought in this site there was a message regarding a special ACC glue that would work on Kadee parts to plastic or resin. I can't find it so if anyone can tell me an ACC glue that I

Hi guys, At the risk of being tossed in the furthest back cell in the Moderated Jail ... We seem to spend a -lot- of time on this list talking about stuff that is 'on the fringes of being on

Only in the interest of accuracy, the couplers you refer to as patented are spelled with two n's, as in Janney. Schuyler Sent: Saturday, August 02, 2014 9:46 PM To:

 Hi List Members, I recall some weeks back there was discussion thatthe Trainlife site was non-functional. Bob's link below to the Trainlife article does notwork for me - does it work for

---In STMFC@..., <b.hom@...> wrote : "Armand is correct. The NYCS cars had 7/7 inverse Murphy ends; the Rutland cars, BUILT NEW FOR THE RUTLAND AND NOT SECONDHAND NYC CARS, had 6/8 ends." ... Which I

Mark the sheriff must be asleep or maybe he's at the beach... but I don'tthink we're going to solve any hobby or business problems here. You clearly don't know anythingabout the dynamics of the resin

I think that sporadic availability is fine if the wait is in months, it means that they are still selling. The guys you gotta worry about are the ones selling 10 year old stock, they'll never re-run

Some notes from the last discussion in March of 2014. NYC Spec.486 Boxcars Suppose I want six of the NYCsteel boxcars modeled by BLI. For 1951 - 53 how many should be 7/8 ends and howmany should

John Sykes wrote: "Actually, the photo you provided the link to (which is excellent), adds more smoke than light to the discussion.  Some of the cars appear to have flat-panel roofs with wood

Charlie Duckworth asked: "Am building the Dennis Storzek 1916 NYC boxcar and am finishing it as a Rutland boxcar circa 1954 as shown in Ed Mines photo." Armand Premo replied: "Unfortunately the

I agree. – Al Westerfield

But as an economist will point out it is an elastic market. Manufacturesseem to fight to have the highest prices these days yet sales seem to be in freefall. Its a hobby and buyers can sit out of the

Phil Thanks for the information. Charlie Duckworth

They should move to a made to order business plan like most industries.Buying because you "may need it some day" sounds like the story line onhoarders. I've sold off most of my non-HO stuff so the

Contact Westerfield. Andrew is a fine guy to work with and can supply your needs. __________________________________________________ J. Stephen Sandifer Minister Emeritus, Southwest Central

Normally I prefer to stay out of these debates, however... The term "debacle" to describe what was in part a series of unfortunate tragedies ending in Martin Lofton's death is, at

Right there is the problem. JG's irregular business practices probably hasdone more to hurt the hobby than about anything. So who would make the samedecals as JG given your never sure if he is going