Howard Garner wrote: As Dennis pointed out, the customer charge is not per diem, but demurrage. There was not a fixed time for this, and customers could negotiate with the railroad as what this

Tom, You mentioned shrinkage in the RTV rubber mold and resin casting processes. Others have mentioned shrinkage as well. It must be significant if it is mentioned so often. Is there a given size

I consider this subject to be a subset of the "The End of the hobby in near" argument. I've been hearing variations of that since I started doing serious modeling in the early 70s. Yet today the

Today at 12:39 p.m. EDT, I saw a deedhead move of a NS diesel and a red NS center-cupola caboose on RoanokeRailCam.com. They're also assembling two sections of track panel within the camera's

Dennis, Is it possible your firm could do (or want to do) one of these in plastic? Not sure how injection molds are done now-days. -- Jon Miller For me time stopped in

Dennis wrote: Time for another of Madden's Infamous Treatises on 3D Printing That Aren't The Least Bit Interesting Now But Might Be Later.... Some background - I came into the rapid prototyping (RP)

Thanks for the link to the history talk. The change from daily to hourly per diem had a big negative impact on the finances of the WM. With daily per diem the WM was able to avoid per diem on most

We have the same problem in the UK, younger modellers when you can actually find them and a lot of older ones (the majority) cannot be bothered to build kits let alone scratch build something. Another

I was going through the MR DVDs looking for something the other day and stumbled across an editorial written by ACK himself - he mentions several modelers were distressed that all these newfangled

The charge to the customer for holding the cart too long for loading/unloading is called demurrage. Dennis

Per Diem started at Midnight for the railroad. The customer had xx days from car placement before they needed to pay per diem. Howard Garner

To give you an example of what Dennis wrote, the Rutland Railroad avoided per diem like the plague. During the Steam Era, the Rutland would receive coal for clients from interchange points in

The term is "car hire" today, because it's been an hourly rate, rather than daily, since the late seventies. Here is a Power Point presentation that will tell you more than you ever wanted to

As one of those who does remember, I just wanted to mention that the last four rolling stock items I picked up were three exquisitely lithographed Athearn metal kits(2 tanks and a reefer) and, just

All are good, Dave, but I'd go with the Accurail trucks because they have the correct bolster ends. Richard Hendrickson

Paul and Tony, I am another who likes to go back and see the hobby when I started(for me at least). I was going thru the 1948 through 1956 MR's the other night, with a nice glass of wine, and it is

Paul, Your age and wisdom are showing. But I'm a "me too" in this. Tom VanWormer Monument CO Paul Koehler wrote:

Tony: I got a chuckle out of your E-Mail, but I think that there are only a few of us that are old enough to remember what you are describing. Paul C. Koehler _____ From:

Which Andrews trucks would be appropriate for the above referenced car,Tichy, Accurail, or Tahoe Model Works? As always thanks for all the information. Dave Yingst Corning,CA

This may be off topic, but if so, can somebody steer me to the right group?  In this day of computers and electronic transfers per diem should be easy.  Is there still per diem on freight