Great pickle car and factory scene!! Gerard Gerard J. Fitzgerald Crozet, Virginia

This is very sad news indeed. Allen McClelland’s published work on the V&O captivated me a young person in the hobby and has kept me in model railroading ever since. Unfortunately Allen won't see the

Well you don't see that everyday.

Hi All, I have used “A History of the Petroleum Administration for War, 1941-1945” (published by the U.S. Petroleum Administration for War, Washington, 1946) in classes, seminars, and in clinics and i

Hi George, Thank you for your very gracious, encouraging, and detailed response to my earlier message on clinics. It was very nice and will encourage me to try to give more clinics in the future. Let

Hi, This is nifty. Thanks for posting this. Gerard Gerard J. Fitzgerald Crozet, Virginia

Hi All, I have given some clinics on this and the WWII USA chemical industry in the past but often received little interest. Maybe another one in the future at an RPM meet as the NMRA clinics tend to

Very sorry to hear about the passing of Rev. Bill. I had the pleasure to know him and work with him in the past on his book project, in addition to meeting with him at various RPM meets over the years

I have been working on an article on the lens movement by rail for Classic Trains and hope to hand it in shortly. It is a really interesting story. Gerard Gerard J. Fitzgerald Charlottesville, Virgini

You could also read my guest blog post from August of 2014called “A Thousand Words.” That post examines Photogrammer from a model railroadingperspective and also explains the history and function of t

The book is very nicely done and is essentially a hardcover update with some additions of the earlier C&OHS publication "Freight Car Equipment of the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway, August 1, 1937." That b

While I have no specific information about tank cars I dohave some brief corporate history background. At the moment I am doing a WorldWar I history project that deals with Spencer Kellogg And Sons In

Hi John, I like the high table/low table approach and think it is agreat way to go. If people can travel long distances with modules to variousmeets than many will hopefully also be able to bring alon

This is really sad. Richard was a great person and contributed as much as anyone ever has to the RPM movement and freight car technology history...much less the hobby in general. Whenever I had a real

Hi, I have a friend who is completing the Sunshine "Tractor Load Red, 1939-1953" kit and he was wondering what airbrush paint others have used to best represent new factory painted tractors on the way

I was quite saddened andsurprised to hear of the passing of Larry Kline just now. Larry was a wonderful person and the definition of a gentlemanand scholar. All those in the hobby who had the privileg

HelloAll, Let me giveyou my thoughts on the “hijacking” of clinics and the larger question ofetiquette and common courtesy at clinics. I am not an Emily Post aficionado butwill give my perspective on

PS My e-mail address, which is cut off, and will no doubt confuse the one person who wants a copy of the article is gfitzgeraldATgmaildotcom Gerry Gerard J. Fitzgerald Charlottesville, Virginia ---In

I find A historyof the Petroleum Administration for War, 1941-1945, edited by John Frey andH. Chandler Ide a very useful book on the topic and have used data from it inboth undergraduate lectures and

Hello All, Just a few points about the upcoming RPM meet here in Virginia in response to this very negative post. I am not one of the organizers but I am one of the invited clinicians. While Mr. Valen