Richard, You had to know all the fans of the "World's Standing Railway" would weigh in over that remark. Ohhh, this is going to get ugly..... Ron Boham Ralston, NE Carp-2@... wrote:

There were eventually four. The last three are still available from the NMRA Library sales, AFAIK. There would have been more, but the NMRA establishment didn't want to raise a finger to help with

Kind words from Ben Hom: Um, Larry edited the 1992 Columbus book; I edited the 1990 Pittsburgh book. But thanks for the kind words. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2942

The refrigerator cars built in the 1920's for URTC by AC&F and GAT all had upright brake wheels without a brake step. Was there a particular reason for this? Most cars had a brake

ed_mines wrote: I firmly believe that in the near future someone will make a business of completing resin kits overseas, albeit to a level of detail below the RPM modeler's level. They will start

2'000+ main lines..... in the middle of nowhere. Huh!! Reminds me of "if a tree falls in the woods and there is no one there does it make a sound?" Everyone knows there is no one west of Chicago and

Don Winter wrote: Don: Make sure to give us the heads up when you start launching the auctions. Regards, Ted Culotta

Dear Richard Do you mean to suggest it ISN'T? Jace Kahn _________________________________________________________________ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com

..........Symposium on Railroad history. vol2 Kalmbach memorial library, NMRA. ............I bought one of them I consider it one of the better Tony Thompson did for the 1990 Convention ("Learning I

Dear Andreas My recollection is that there are at least three, as I think I remember buying all that were available several years ago; I bought them from the NMRA sales office. Jace Kahn NMRA Life

Earl Tuson <etuson@...> wrote: Well, I don't have any official information or anything but it simply doesn't make sense that NYC would buy tens of thousands of cars that were classed XA and

These PFE cars are from Milwaukee Road damage claim reports. I screwed up when I made the Excel spread sheet. I will try to made each entry a different paragraph. From,"State Brand Creameries Inc

Thanks for the tip on paint color for the PFE cars. Now, the cars I would like the number series' for are the R-30-16 and the R-30-18. Thanks again Clark Propst Right here in River City! P.S. Here

Once you get the feel of eBay and read the descriptions you shouldn't suffer. I am getting ready to place a huge amount of resin kits among other RR stuff on eBay, around $5000 worth. I have run

Andreas Kuehnpast asked: Are the clinic presentations of the National Conventions of the NMRA published, as Tony Thompson did for the 1990 Convention "Learning from the Prototype", another well kept

Assembling kits to sell them isn't a bad idea if you can sell them and make a decent wage. A lot of members of this group have the experience and tools to make a go of selling assembled cars on

Philip Dove wrote: SNIP I bought one of them (oops: not one of the teddy bears!): Vol. 1 of the Symposium on Railroad History books. I consider it one of the better kept secrets, maybe about equal to

Jerry Michels, in a spirit of fun, wrote: And where would that leave ya, Jerry? Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2942 Linden Ave., Berkeley, CA 94705

Richard, Thanks for the permission. I will scan the handout as soon as I finish putting vinyl siding on my storage shed, hopefully in the next couple of days. I will also note that it was created

Sez Rick Laird: Nothing easier, Rick. Permission granted, provided you add a note that numerous kits have been issued since then which should be added to the list. In fact, if you'll send me a copy