There's probably a price (cost) threshold that will bring manufacturing back closer to the consumer. New 'super quality' freight cars are almost all pushing $50 or more

OOPS! Should have read the original posts better. My bad. Thanks! -- Brian Ehni From: <main@RealSTMFC.groups.io> on behalf of Tim O'Connor <timboconnor@...> Reply-To:

Is that an actual reefer (with ice bunkers) or just a plug door bunkerless insulated box car? I see no evidence of hatches on these cars with plug doors, and I have many more similar photos. Even the

I should have checked my hard drive more carefully... I did have an image of an SLRX reefer. :-[ Tim O'Connor -- Tim O'Connor Sterling,

Dennis I'm sure it helps that your model tooling is so good! And I think I've used about 30 of your freight car underframes. Long live Accurail! :-D

Congratulations for staying the course. Thanks! -- Brian Ehni From: <main@RealSTMFC.groups.io> on behalf of Dennis Storzek <destorzek@...> Reply-To: <main@RealSTMFC.groups.io> Date:

As far as Accurail is concerned, all our molding is still right here in Elburn, IL, USA. We did send some assembly work to China in the first decade of this century (anyone remember Accuready?) but

Charlie Vlk wrote: Gee, all this time I thought your list (Atlas, Athearn, Con-Cor, etc.) were legacies too. Tony Thompson tony@...

I pulled out the YMW Wabash 88200 series kit from the stash, and realized that the only color photo I have is the blurry photo of 88803 in a train. I can’t see the roof and underframe, so I don’t

Group, I plan on attending the St. Louis RPM this weekend and am really looking forward to it. There are a couple of things I would like to offer to the group since this will be in person. First, I

The second link is for PFE 15568. Thanks! -- Brian Ehni From: <main@RealSTMFC.groups.io> on behalf of "Bob Chaparro via groups.io" <chiefbobbb@...> Reply-To:

True! Thanks! -- Brian Ehni From: <main@RealSTMFC.groups.io> on behalf of Jim and Barbara van Gaasbeek <jvgbvg@...> Reply-To: <main@RealSTMFC.groups.io> Date: Monday, July 26, 2021 at

Yes, but I can just see an American mold owner trying to get their molds back from a Chinese factory, especially in our current political conditions. Lots of lawyers and lots of years, with the

Photos: Warning Placards On PFE Reefers (1934) Photos from the Denver Public

Having hatches on an insulated car does not necessarily mean it's a refrigerator car. Insulated / ventilated box cars of the 1920's to 30's looked like refrigerator cars but were not. They sometimes

Having worked on transferring US manufacturing to China (against my wishes), ownership of the injection molds does not guarantee you can reclaim and transfer back out of the country. China, in general

Tony- Kadee and Micro-Trains are legacy Made in the U.S.A. businesses and God bless them for being able to keep them prospering. They were fortunate to be in places and circumstances outside of

Depends on who owns the molds, though. Thanks! -- Brian Ehni From: <main@RealSTMFC.groups.io> on behalf of Jim and Barbara van Gaasbeek <jvgbvg@...> Reply-To:

But the molds and other tooling for existing models are in China. May be hard to move that production. Jim van Gaasbeek Irvine, CA (BTW, and completely OT, it is raining here, in July!)

I do know that Vietnam is involved in production for some manufacturers. I think some are looking elsewhere due to the political situation with China. J. Stephen Sandifer