Like a lot of you, I reckon, I've been collecting Ted Culotta's Essential Freight Cars series from numero uno.

Now all of a sudden I've discovered I'm missing two: #27, which I think was published in the January 2006 RMC, and #34, which appeared between Sept.-December 2006. Can anyone help me with the correct issue dates for nos. 27 and 34? Thanks.

John Fitts


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I have #27 listed as January 2005 RMC and #34 as October 2006 in RMC.
Charlie --another EFC fan

Try a search for Culotta, Ted on http://index.mrmag.com/ That's how I
got mine.

Jerry Glow

--- In STMFC@..., John Fitts <jefitts2003@...> wrote:

Like a lot of you, I reckon, I've been collecting Ted Culotta's

Essential Freight Cars series from numero uno.

Now all of a sudden I've discovered I'm missing two: #27, which I

think was published in the January 2006 RMC, and #34, which appeared
between Sept.-December 2006. Can anyone help me with the correct
issue dates for nos. 27 and 34? Thanks.

John Fitts


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At 05:16 1/20/2008, John Fitts wrote:

Like a lot of you, I reckon, I've been collecting Ted Culotta's Essential Freight Cars series from numero uno.

Now all of a sudden I've discovered I'm missing two: #27, which I think was published in the January 2006 RMC, and #34, which appeared between Sept.-December 2006. Can anyone help me with the correct issue dates for nos. 27 and 34? Thanks.

The Essential Freight Cars article list through mid-2007 is in message #61846:
<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/STMFC/message/61846>


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Richard Brennan - San Leandro CA
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April is ³mid²?

8^)
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Thanks!

Brian Ehni



From: Richard Brennan <brennan8@...>
Reply-To: <STMFC@...>
Date: Sun, 20 Jan 2008 08:50:45 -0800
To: <STMFC@...>
Subject: Re: [STMFC] Ted's Essential Freight Cars





At 05:16 1/20/2008, John Fitts wrote:

Like a lot of you, I reckon, I've been collecting Ted Culotta's
Essential Freight Cars series from numero uno.

Now all of a sudden I've discovered I'm missing two: #27, which I
think was published in the January 2006 RMC, and #34, which
appeared between Sept.-December 2006. Can anyone help me with the
correct issue dates for nos. 27 and 34? Thanks.

The Essential Freight Cars article list through mid-2007 is in message
#61846:
<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/STMFC/message/61846>

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Richard Brennan - San Leandro CA

In Espee territory...
anything not within anticipation or remembrance of Xmas/New Year's... is "mid"
<VBG>

Richard B.

I hope Bill Schaumburg realizes the treasure he has in Ted Culotta and
the Essential Freight Cars series. It was this series that made me a
subscriber to RMC. When that series ends I will certainly consider
dropping my subscription.
Jared Harper
Athens, GA

Jared.
I know that Ted has a lot on his plate. He is trying
to put out more kits, which takes a lot of time. The
EFCs takes a lot of time. Lets not forget the good
ole' full time job! There will be more. How do I
know????? He likes it way too much.. Right, Ted????
Dennis
--- Jared Harper <harper-brown@...> wrote:

I hope Bill Schaumburg realizes the treasure he has
in Ted Culotta and
the Essential Freight Cars series. It was this
series that made me a
subscriber to RMC. When that series ends I will
certainly consider
dropping my subscription.
Jared Harper
Athens, GA

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Jared wrote:

I hope Bill Schaumburg realizes the treasure he has in Ted Culotta and
the Essential Freight Cars series. It was this series that made me a
subscriber to RMC. When that series ends I will certainly consider
dropping my subscription.

I shared Jared's feelings with Bill Schaumburg (who, with such a limited
staff, must limit the amount of time for lists such as ours) and he
obviously knows the value of Ted's series. He wrote back:

"Ted Culotta's Essential Freight Car series has been and continues to be an
important part of RMC and the hobby. The nature of the research and modeling
work, combined with the pace of the calendar's flipping pages, has made it
impossible for him to keep these coming on a monthly basis. However, Ted
says he has "more." "More" is great!

Although the series name is Ted's and will remain so, we should not make him
do all the freight car work himself! We (RMC) welcome articles of this
nature and caliber and encourage modelers to share their work in our pages.
I hope this is not taken as a blatant commercial. It is simply that we are
at another threshold in the history of the hobby, and it is up to its best
practitioners to continue to move it forward."

Bill Schaumburg/RMC editor

Although the series name is Ted's and will remain so, we should not

make him

do all the freight car work himself!

That explains why the use of the word 'essential' in my aricle. The
model or another similar car could be considered essential I guess.
But, the modeling was no where near what Ted called essential!!
Clark Propst

I know this question has been asked before, I forgot the answer,

-BUT-

have Ted's Essential Freight Car articles been complied into book form?

If so under what title?


Paul Catapano
Littlerock Subdivision
Atlantic Inland Railway Co.

"All it takes to start an insane asylum
is a big room and the right kind of people"

Paul Catapano wrote:
"I know this question has been asked before, I forgot the answer,

-BUT-

have Ted's Essential Freight Car articles been complied into book
form?"

The answer, again, is NO.


Ben Hom

No...

Jack Burgess
www.yosemitevalleyrr.com

I hope Bill Schaumburg realizes the treasure he has in Ted Culotta and
the Essential Freight Cars series. It was this series that made me a
subscriber to RMC. When that series ends I will certainly consider
dropping my subscription.
Jared Harper
Athens, GA

Yes, I read all the other follow-on posts in this thread, but I have to start here. I am quite
surprised to read that Jared would drop RMC because Ted's not there anymore (if that comes to pass).
Of the magazines, I'll probably let MR drop away before RMC; I've been "introduced" to model
railroading one too many times now. Make that about five too many times . . .

I'll newsstand cherry-pick, for the articles that look like something I can learn something from. I
find RMC has one or two articles I can learn from every month.

Like Clark Propst' M&StL article this last month. Nice work, both the car and the article.

SGL