I look to shipping them if possible. I'd recommend Priority Mail. Elden Gatwood brought some models to a pennsy convention years ago and had them undetailed by TSA. One was a locomotive so that

I took my O scale SC&F RPO car in a custom wood box to Naperville in my carry-on luggage in November and my carry-on was set aside for hand inspection after being run through X-ray. We have run into

The easiest way to insure that models will not be tampered with is also more costly...probably. One never knows with airlines. Anyhow...too late this yr...but when I went to the NMRA National in

Brain, I was there as well and flew to and from Portland with no damage either way. I had locomotives as well as passenger and freight cars. I like Bruce make it clear to the person looking at

While not a "coal: list, the EARLYRAIL groups covers from the beginning until the USRA period. So this discussion would be appropriate for this group. Howard Garner

Tony, I know I have heard of others having issues with TSA and the handling of their models heading to and from Naperville or Cocoa Beach and I can says that I haven't. As I walk through I can

Tony, Everything I've been hearing would suggest that elimination of carry-on would be in your best interests. After a very upsetting time in Toronto airport with suitcase of models going through

Just a note for those going to Cocoa Beach I will have copies of Brian's flyer as well as the order form that does include the new trucks. Greg Martin

Rob wrote: "Isn't there a huge rail-served Times printing plant in Santa Ana or Costa Mesa, visible just north of the I-405? When I was switching on the UP back in the late 70s-early 80s, a

Tony, since I mainly use mail order, over the last 20 years I've probably had 500 packages delivered by the post office, and have never had any damage, or losses. I even recently had a package sent

Tim O'Connor wrote: "Safe" in the sense that yes, it gets there. But well handled? might as well take my chances with TSA as with the troglodytes (as Al Westerfield memorably said) in the

Does the Post Office still do General Delivery? It used to be that you could mail something to yourself and it would be held at the destination Post Office until you came and picked it up. Priority

All I can say is I've seen it in practice and in discussion with structural engineers. Paper is heavy stuff and the forces involved with moving it around are significant. SGL Registered

Tony Thompson says: The easiest way to insure that models will not be tampered with is also more costly...probably. One never knows with airlines. Anyhow...too late this yr...but when I went to the

Schuyler: 4" of reinforced concrete is all that was needed for the landing pads on the intermodal trailers at the Southern Pacific ramps. When you consider that some of the trailers grossed out

Tony, As has been suggested in the past would mailing (or UPS/FedEx) them be better. It's kind of a crap shoot anyway it's tried. UPS/FedEx are usually good about the 5 working days. I have

I'd been planning to bring a group of model freight cars to Cocoa but the recent news about airline security seems worrying. Has anyone heard anything specific about searches of carry-on luggage?

Several people have written in this thread something on the order of Well, actually I'd be pretty sure that the concrete dock is a little bit special as it has to be quite thick to withstand the

As a kid in the 60's, I carried papers for the local twice weekly, which had it's own printing press back then. Paperboys were suppose to enter via the back loading dock to get our papers, not the

Rich, This is a great site. I will have to look over it to see how to take the dates. It has for the Reading: RDG NS 7/99 7/2000 Does that mean they only used the reporting marks for that