All of which leads me to the same conclusions I had yesterday - that for the most part, most of us should be happy and thankful that the people are out there willing to put these kits out for us at

Typically they are paid in kits. of 1. Are you willing to give up model railroading as a hobby and take it on as a business? 2. Do you have $2000 - $5000 available up front to get the

Gents; Do we know of sources for obtaining HO scale coal (chunks, particles, etc) in loose bags, maybe, and in different grades (sizes) of "coal"? I want more variability in coal loads so I want to

Ted, your web site is terrific. It gives information, tells the viewer what you have in stock etc. It's a model for every hobby shop dealer who wants out of town customers. I'l check it every so

Have a conversation with Al Westerfield sometime about the financial realities of running his business. I'm personally amazed that he can continue to operate with the profit level he makes. A labour

I'm glad to hear that the new Lifelike Dominion car is less than perfect. Hopefully Don Valentine's kit will be better and he will be able to make some money (or at least not loose money) from his

--- In STMFC@..., Bob Webber <zephyr1@a...> wrote: re: Resin casting & costs, I wonder really if anyone has thought about the actual costs inherent in a short run of cars - the time

While reading the various posts regarding wood vs steel running boards and when they appeared I remembered a Milwaukee Road photo from John Greedy's handout about the Milwaukee Ribsides from the 2001

Denny Anspach wrote: According to the handout John Greedy provided at the 2001 Naperville meet, the last 25 cars built in 1940 had the removable steel crossbeams which could then be stored under the

Actually, my mail server rejected the F&C email address, so I guess they don't get a copy. Pete _____________________________________________________  Pete Brown - Gambrills, MD (Near

Hi Richard, I have photos of the underframe on models at my web site, which is below. The prototype car on its side was being scrapped. I do have another photo of a derailment in the 1950's also

[CC'd to F&C] I'm not sure exactly what problems you all are running into, but I can tell you one thing: the HTML is very VERY messed-up. There are pages with links and H tags and other things

Tim: Your dissertation on the movement of freight cars was excellent. Having worked for the Southern Pacific for 25 years I have first hand knowledge of the appropriation of foreign line equipment

GOOD ADVICE. I HAVE BEEN MAKING KITS FOR 35 YEARS AND AM NOT GETTING RICH FROM IT. BUYS MY GAS AND A FEW PIECES OF BRASS FROM TIME TO TIME. eric/RGM

Marty McGuirk wrote in response to Jeff Lodge's query: Marty, CV boxcars could be dispersed all over the country similar to any other boxcar in the 1945-1955 period. On January 27, 1948, CV boxcar

Here's the website for Rib Side Cars: http://www.ribsidecars.com/ Regards, Tom Wencl

I've seen the car myself a few times while visiting the local hobby shop. Based upon my own observations and Rob's extensive work on the car to date, I'm left wondering why pay upwards of $35.00

I just ran across a 1958 or 1959 photo taken on the Colorado & Southern in darkest Wyoming. In the space of five cars are a BAR State of Maine box car, a NC&StL "racing stripe" box car, and an orange

Whatever browser you need to surf the F&C website is immaterial to me. F&C lost my business years ago because of their lousy customer service so I won't be visiting their website no matter what

just took a quick peak at 1942 and the data supports your assertion. There are almost no PFE cars at all; a small amount of SFRD cars show up but the bulk of their usage seems to be canned goods.