No insult taken Armand, don't worry. As far as MDC and Athearn being "gone", I suspect that the folks at Horizon would question that as well. Both companies (now under one umbrella) continue to make

My favorite aspect of model railroading is in the accomplishment of building and the accompanying satisfaction of the construction. I would take one easy or difficult kit to several assembled

In a message dated 04/07/05 12:56:27 P.M. Central Standard Time, STMFC@... writes: I suspect that the so called "Golden Age for model railroaders "is over and is now being replaced

In a message dated 04/07/05 12:56:27 P.M. Central Standard Time, STMFC@... writes: For the rest of us, it's almost certain to be bad news. Intermountain recently issued a press

Bill,My humble apologies.I never considered Branchline nor Bowser distributors.Let us look at the hobby today;MDC gone,Athearn gone .While the brand name still exists smaller hobby shops are finding

In regard to what Dave has said about too many manufacturers and the lack of customers is coming true, at least here in the Delaware Valley. The number of Hobby Shops has dwindled to only about

I think it is good to let these manufactures know that we appreciate the "kits". I took a Bowser ACF covered hopper and applied all the extra detail and was very pleased with the way it came out. I

I have been notified that some Intermountain Santa Fe Reefers had been wrongly packaged, getting another reefer body (PFE?). Anyone who purchased Santa Fe Intermountain Reefers, please check them. I

Tom, Richard and all, I have not had any direct conversation with Matt as of yet but a few brief exchanges in the PRRT&HS Modeling Committee in the past with Marty included regrding their F unit

I have dealt with Matt in producing two prototype Steam Era special run N Scale freight cars. He is a knowledgeable person, I wouldn't worry on that aspect. Richard Hendrickson

The CMWX car in question is actually CMWX 1008, a "round-bottom" ex-milk car. -- Thanks! Brian Ehni

I'm glad you found it useful Tom, that's what it's there for -- and I don't have to imagine the time it took to do it! Actually, tracking the reporting marks down is easy -- every ORER has a listing

You must have just missed in Shawn — I see an entry for the Commodities Car Co., Inc. on page 649, with what I presume are the relevant cars listed in various series from CMWX 106-153. It would

Beggin' to differ here Armand, but there are at least a few exceptions - Walthers, Bowser and Branchline come to mind.... As far as where the gold goes, where do you think all the LHS's have

Beckert, Shawn wrote: Why you think this is "weird" is unclear. It is certainly no coincidence that "CMW" are the initials of the winery, and quite possibly the small CMWX fleet was entirely

Sorry that was ment for Andy only and not the list.

SEND THEM BACK. I hope that this is limited to just these 2. I will ship the 2 replacements tomorrow. Please send me your mailing address, for I did not save it. -Andy Carlson 111 S Encinal Ave Ojai

armand premo wrote: I think it's rather obvious that the market is mature and will not support as many manufacturers as it has in the past, hence the consolidation. Whether it's because there is a

Tom, I'm relieved to learn that IM's new R&D guy has some background in the hobby. IM has a number of freight car projects that are in process or are/were in the planning stages which are of great

Andy, I received the 6 undec Intermountain reefers I ordered from you today. There is a problem with two of them, they have the wrong car body in the kits. The body's have a double row of rivets on