tgmadden@... wrote in part: In those days, Tom, they were N.J., N.Y., Mass. and Conn. I've always resisted those cold two-letter codes the Postal Service foisted on us in the 70s,

"Tim O'Connor" <timoconnor@...> wrote: 1. There are plenty of mistakes in this book. Believe the pictures, but do not take any of the captions as reliable information. 2. NYC did not have

Tim O'Connor sniped: If Jack Burgess can have historically correct manhole covers, I can have historically correct Firestones and Goodyears on my vehicles. As for colors, I've already done

Tom, I didn't mention I am modeling the SP's post-Harriman expansion into Idaho and Wyoming? In order to interchange with both the NP and the UP in northern Idaho, plus the C&NW and CB&Q in

Oh! I didn't realize people had to actually change their existing plates every year! I just assumed that only -new- registrations got the new plates, which is how it's worked since I can remember...

Tim O'Connor wrote: If you're modeling the pre-Interstate highway era you would seldom see license plates from non-bordering states. Growing up in the Pocono mountain region in northeastern

Wrong, Tim, you have to worry a LOT about what decals you use, since the color may be wrong if you are off by even a couple of months. In the old days, Calif. changed plates every year, yellow with

What were the number series for lots 678b and 694b? I may have found a mistake in "Freight Equipment of the NYC" by The Railroad Press. It lists 678b as 62300-62599 blt 1939, but my notes have that

I was thinking (always dangerous) that before I go and put license plate decals on my HO vehicles, that I should research the colors appropriate for a time and place. I went to www.google.com and

John - I will try to incorporate what Richard wrote in Rail Line News re: these kits at: http://www.union.rpi.edu/railroad/images/Rolling-stock/Kits/Tichy-kits.html maybe this afternoon, maybe

snip The sniper's aide. Wonder how useful they really are.... I have long felt eBay should extend the auction by 15 minutes from the most recent bid or original closing time, whichever was later.

Brothers, I must've missed the conversation about the new Tichy War Emergency gons while traveling the last few months. Would somebody be kind enough to give me a brief synopsis before I buy?

Folks, I thought I would share this with y'all -- it's a bidding assistant for Ebay. It works by taking advantage of the fact that most bidders do not bid their true "upper limit" until it's too

The Athearn quad hopper is of course a fairly accurate (by comparison to the rest of their steam-era line) car, but the problem in the hobby has been compounded by the knockoffs of this kit, which had

Here something I spotted that some of you might want to take a look at: http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1138848668 Two books from 1944, location not specified. Hope one of

The only comment that comes to mind is that Irv worked in mysterious ways!!! Bill Daniels

Ben, We can argue until the cows come home about what happened half a century ago, but as I mentioned it is a crime when it happens today! There is no excuse for a company such as Tichy to screw up

Tim, I think you hit the nail on the head...undercapatalization and limited appeal will kill you dead everytime. I really hadn't thought that enough of these were still kicking around to be rather

Bill Daniels wrote: Actually, the box cars were pretty good when Athearn first switched from metal to plastic. Separate upper & lower guides, etc. But around 1966 Athearn "ruggedized" the car by

"First of all, Athearn's cars were pretty much "state of the art" for all their innaccuracies. To produce a car that is similar to today's standard back then would have been prohibitively