Mike and all. I was looking at the one sentence in the March "Scale Rails" by Mike Brestel. He said; "As long as the _hosts_ are NMRA members and the meet is sponsored by some level of the NMRA,

To clarify, all the C&O 5400 series had the wierd Deco ends. (5400- 5499.) C&O 5000-5399 did not. Scott Pitzer from 5400 Deco

Yep, your brain cells are still hitting on all cylinders. :-) Ron had all four road names. The C&EI cars had a "Buy War Bonds" logo... IIRC some of the cars originally had black painted doors, a

Don't know if there are any still available, but Ron Sebastian offered complete, painted and lettered kits with his Viking roof included. They were IMWX 10'0" IH boxcar kits labeled for Des Plaines

When I was SVRR&MCo I found out Walthers stocks very very little stuff of the small manufactures. I went to Denver to see Front Range when he was still in Denver area. He took me down to Caboose

I patronize several hobby shops, of which two stock detail parts, decals, paints, tools -- model builder supplies. But none of them can stock the flood of new products, especially RTR stuff, that

One merchant gave up in Southern California and said, "Come buy all my mistakes at cheap prices." The stuff that stays on the shelves, like the famous glass, is either deferred profit or loss. He

Tim: I used to order from Walthers through Terminal Hobby shop (their retail arm?). I've had both good and bad experiences. Of course, any decent hobby shop that wants to keep your business will

Actually the hardest part is finding a place that has railroad models at all. While I live in a large Metro area there just ain't no hobby shops. Have heard people griping about those that buy

Doug Harding writes: "This is because Mike persuaded the local NMRA region/division to be the sponsor of the Cocoa Beach meet, making it an official NMRA event. Thus Cocoa Beach qualifies for NMRA

You might want to check on the availability of Sylvan parts -- Claire has pretty much given up on freight cars. His resin vehicles sell out quickly and he can barely keep up. At Springfield all his

Jim; Don't forget about the Steam Freight Cars Web Site, which contains lots of resources like the following: <http://www.steamfreightcars.com/prototype/frtcars/1937aarmain.html> On that page is

5400 Deco Some friends were over operating my layout. One fella was pulling a couple of cars that were kind of concealed from his view. All of a sudden he yells out "What the Hell is this? A missile

Jim Mischke asked: "At the St. Louis RPM meet last year, I bought a Viking boxcar roof from Des Plaines Hobbies for $4. Question: I understand Erie and Nickel Plate also had Viking roofs on similar

Jim, Yes, the Des Plaines Viking roof is a very useful part. I used one of mine on a Front Range body to make a CMO 10' 6" AAR boxcar I saw in one of Ed or Richard's RMJ articles. Another ended up on

Charlie, To the best of my knowledge none of these cars were ever painted red. Have a shot of a repaired car that came back from East Chicago with patches on fresh green where repairs had been done.

This is because Mike persuaded the local NMRA region/division to be the sponsor of the Cocoa Beach meet, making it an official NMRA event. Thus Cocoa Beach qualifies for NMRA event insurance

It didn't matter if it went through the underframe or not, the weight I used was a 1/16" thick then came the floor. Clark, please don't let there be another coupler debate, Propst