My contribution with the usual lack of captions... http://www.gp30.com/events/naper2011/ I never did post my full event report for the 1998 NMRA convention..... too many captions to write! Andy

I thought the hotel rooms were quite nice, although the toilets sounded like a freight train going into emergency. The facility was adequate overall, but kind of a rat maze. I heard there were 300+ pe

Oh BTW, is it going to feature an N&W hopper? :-) Andy

Put me down for a 2x although I could probably fit into a 1x, no sense taking any chances. What I really need is a chameleon shirt, the one for those with Multiple Decade Disorder. Andy

Ok, I see that the large lettering on the right side is 62-66. The cars I have are from the current run with the large lettering on the left side. Older or newer? Also a lot of the pics I'm finding of

Yep. I use them a lot more than I thought I would. I originally got them to use on Branchline passenger cars, but I have used them on quite a few freight cars as well. They are about .250" OD, .120 or

According to the scale I use they weighed about 3.8 ounces and I added 1/2 ounce to each car. The trip pins were low on mine as well, which I attribute to the couplers being low. I use a Kadee 205 gau

I got my pair of M53s today. Pretty nice. Someone mention the stirrups are a bit heavy, and the underframe is better than I was expecting. As far as being RTR... one car had one truck that wouldn't sw

schemes they are releasing. They're showing the release dates (which were a bit optimistic) but no prototype time line for the paint schemes. Andy

I just realized I have both a Sunshine M53 and M15. Unbuilt of course. How does the FVM car compare? I don't have need for a whole fleet of M53s in fact one or two would do. Andy

If I lose a few more pounds to fit into an XL instead of a 2x, maybe I'll also be able to fit through the door into the room. Unfortunately I'm not sure if I'll be able to make Lisle at all... I may e

On Thu, 14 Jul 2011 22:51:14 -0400, Andy Harman wrote Interesting. I sent this email Thursday night about 1 am. Two others I sent Thursday bounced back and never posted. I also sent out some private e

Will the real Doc Denny please stand up? :-) Andy

On Fri, 15 Jul 2011 10:25:42 -0400, Bill Schneider wrote I think most of us understand the purpose of showing early samples is to generate interest but also to solicit comments and corrections. The un

On Thu, 14 Jul 2011 21:44:54 -0400, Tim O'Connor wrote It happens somewhere every year around this time... I guess I felt motivated. I know more about the subject than I do about steam era freight car

On Thu, 14 Jul 2011 21:56:14 -0400, Bill Schneider wrote Umm, yeah. Having dealt with no less than five different people with the MD after their names in the past 12 days, some with additional initial

On Thu, 14 Jul 2011 15:33:33 -0400, Craig Zeni wrote Hope to see you there again... this January I got to scratch Craig off the list of "people I've known on line for half my life but never met in per

I have had some interesting comments made about my models in RPM over the years. My first time ever (1995), I just happened to have a model of the exact same item as another guy - same number, everyth

On Thu, 14 Jul 2011 16:40:16 -0300, Marcelo Lordeiro wrote I wonder who told you that? I was almost by myself monitoring the RPM room in KC in 1998 for a lot of the time - me, and Reg Neale, and I'm q

On Thu, 14 Jul 2011 13:44:21 -0500, Nelson Moyer wrote I don't feel that I'm too old to learn new skills, and in fact if I am to build a layout it's going to be essential. But because I've put most of