I would like to request a place in the clinic. Thank you. Alex Schneider

As expected I have received notes from folks who would like to sign up forSHAKE N TAKE; however, sign up begins on SATURDAY EVENING about 5 PM PST. Holdyour emails until then please. Also if you

Interesting the owners tells you the truck line is keeping him to busy, according to his website http://www.ulrichmodels.com/ he discontinued production Jan 2012 and is willing to sell the

Tony, too bad that someone else cannot purchase the dies and give us the gons. Perhaps the owner just doesn't want to sell them. I too could use a bunch for my rock hauling on the Llano branch of

Past my era of interest (and this list's era) but I seem to recall these were rebuilt from 40' cars in the early 60's. The roofs on these cars show where the additional 10' in length was added in the

Tim asked: "Is there a similar document for the stencils that you havedescribed?" Yes, the Plates within Section L of the AAR Manualof Standard and Recommended Practice. "I often see this

Hey Yuze Gize, As is tradition, this weekend, generally on Saturday evening, I willannounce the details and start taking and posting names for the 2014 SHAKE NTAKE at Prototype Rails. This year

Brian Ehni wrote: The owner of the Ulrich material and dies has said repeatedly to me that he WANTS to do the Ulrich gons as injected plastic, in the old Zamac-molding dies. But he has found the

I use the new blue Barge cement all the time in my modelling, and I have noted no difference in my work from the old yellow variety whatsoever- nada, zip, nothing (I do have both). It sticks, it is

That's what I was afraid of. Thanks! Brian Ehni (Sent from my iPhone)

yes 10'0" IH Tim O' ------------------------------------ I am using a large collection of photos taken around 1972 as a basis for making a set of boxcars for microsoft train simulator/open rails.

Vaporware. Unfortunately. I would love to see them in plastic. Tim O'

Thanks Guy. I went back through some old emails and found a reference to AAR Bulletin#28 which can be found on p.721 of my 1953 ORER. This describes the stenciling for carsequipped with automobile

Richard, A wonderful piece of research that we all benefit from. It looks as if you have added examples of currently available trucks. Is that the only change? Your document is so comprehensive I

Hey gang. I thought I’d chime in as I’m using it on my F&C Wabash Gon. I have been using Aileens craft glue for fabrics for my running boards and similar etched parts. It is also a white glue

I am using a large collection of photos taken around 1972 as a basis for making a set of boxcars for microsoft train simulator/open rails. I'm working on CofG 50' boxcar #2325 and wondering if

The reintroduction of the old Ulrich GS gons? Thanks! Brian Ehni (Sent from my iPhone)

One thing to keep in mind about nearly all of the steam-era Ann Arbor RR lettering sets (Including the Westerfield offering) is that the "R" is not correct for most of the real world Ann Arbor

Tim asked: " The stencil on the door (thin horiz whitelines with a thicker line & ball in the middle) is rendered especially poorly -- What does that stencil meananyway?" Cars so marked were

For those traveling to Prototype Rails during Jan 9-12, you might notice a little notice on your room reservation that there is a daily parking charge for your car. This is NOT true, Unfortunately,