Ed, That's an early pre-production piece hand-assembled and painted. WIth the mess right now we don;t have an active web master to update the image. Production shot attached. Bill Schneider

Absolutely true in the GN cars Garth. We’re doing one version in this run, others in later runs. Lots of fodder there! Bill Schneider Rapido Trains

Now that I’m back from a few days off, let me clarify a couple of things on the USRA boxcar project that have been discussed here … 1 – The cars are being sold TO DISTRIBUTORS as a four-pack, but they

After review of the last sample much of the car is being retooled. We're waiting for new samples and will announce more details when we get them. I keep asking too! Bill Schneider Rapido Trains

Somehow have missed this thread until now… The problem, of course, with showing a photo of a first pilot model is that few people realize the purpose of making one, which is design review and revision

Well, I can answer the FIRST question…. Because Branchline didn’t yet have the lasers when they made those cars… ;>) The idea was that you cut the styrene out at the edge of the printed circle. Try cu

Although I’ve had the pleasure of operating with Andy just twice, I suspect that he would view the Yardmaster position as “good news”…. ;>) He will be missed. Bill Schneider

Clearly the Chinese factory screwed up... ;>) Bill Schneider Sent: Thursday, June 25, 2015 7:02 AM To: stmfc@... Subject: [STMFC] one Andrews truck, one Barber truck Wabash 88188 -- http:/

#1400 – 6’ door #1500 – 8’ door #1600 – 7’ Door Bill Schneider

As one who he “annoyed” repeatedly, I miss the annoyance. I’m not sure that Tony meant that in a derogatory way Don. Bill Schneider

…just don’t call it the “Fast Mail”… Heading for jail… Bill Schneider Sent: Tuesday, March 3, 2015 7:14 PM To: STMFC@... Subject: Re: [STMFC] Mike's article Clark Propst writes: "At last n

While I’m sure that this will be a very difficult Christmas for the Hendrickson family, their generosity in making sure that Richard’s collection remains available is a wonderful gift to us all. Thank

Mike Brock commented: "We will include the coal load." Which begs the question - Why? After all these years sitting under the coaling tower did they finally decide that it was too good for those big,

Not likely…. Bill Schneider

Absolutely. Bill called me not long ago with the news. However, at the risk of ending up in moderator jail, perhaps more of a shame than a shock… Regardless, we have lost the one print publication tha

This is certainly not the way that I wanted to start today off… Like many others I am terribly saddened by Richard’s passing. On a personal level, I will miss the numerous conversations about wine, ca

We did indeed use the 3D scan for our FPA-4 loco - There is a more detailed page here http://www.rapidotrains.com/scan.html As I discusses with Bill off list, this method really shines for capturing c

Mark, As a modeler, normally my first reaction would be… jeez, what did the manufacturer say when you told them about this? As the manufacturer, I’d tell you that we stand behind our products and if t

Could be..... Could be... ;>) Seriously, the first run sold out and we probably could have sold at least as many again as the general response has been very positive. I have enough possible schemes fo

Jon – I hid them well…. I hope… ;>) Regarding the roof issue, Brian posted my earlier (MUCH earlier) discussion on these, but apparently it would be worth restating this. In the excellent and well res