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I dunno..... Those pictures look like Arizona to me! (Remember when the conspiracy nuts were claiming that the manned moon pictures were a fraud?) This is great for science and all, but I can't shake the nagging feeling that we could have bought a whole lot of square meals and health care...

Maybe you've discovered a new career! I particularly like the clouds. Much more effective, dramatic, and interesting, than the typical blue-sky-with-a-few-white-puffy-things approach. Perhaps a tutorial is in order? Great job. BillS

Happy New Year to all. Here's hoping we not have any new Wag The Dog wars this year..... Anywhere. BillS

MRR has ALWAYS whined about not enough people submitting articles. Yet I personally know several model railroaders who STOPPED submitting articles because by the time their stuff was printed it had been edited to the point of their hardly recognizing the articles as theirs. I also know one...

I don’t really mind the number of ads in the present MR and RMC. Many of the ads are interesting, it’s a way for manufacturers to get the word out, and a way for the publishers to make money. But, that said, they ARE making plenty from advertising. So much so that the cover prices of the...

..... and prior to acetyline, oil lamps.

IMHO the Bachmann 4-4-0 is just about worthless, and it would be a MAJOR rebuild to upgrade the drive linkage. From an aesthetic standpoint, the cab and boiler can be useful for kitbashing projects, but that's about it. The cylinders, crossheads and guides are awful. The drivers must have...

Northwest Short Line has 'em. What period are you modeling, Michael? BillS

Also it could be argued --- and seemed apparent at the time --- that no private company would have undertaken the construction of (at least the first) transcontinental RR without the potential for profit from the land grants. The grants also were considered to be in the public interest in the...

The Southern Pacific was created as a company to build a southern transcon route, by the same (nasty) fellows who created the Central Pacific. Eventually, as they gobbled up every western road they could get their hands on --- they were firm believers in monopoly --- they merged the Central...

Yup..... Up early. I guess the season brings out the child in me. I was up before the grandkids! We're having a goose and a ham today instead of turkey. The ladies, young and old, are already in the kitchen..... Merry Christmas to all. BillS

It seems that the Union Pacific has always been a nasty bunch, from the days when they were building their half of the trans continental railroad --- and making the route zig zag as much as they could in order to con more mileage money out of the government. But we have to expect the sort of...

Here's hoping that all of you have a terrific Christmas (or whatever you may be celebrating) season and a healthy and happy New Year. Jeanette & Bill Stone

That is a beautifully finished box car. Kudos to the guy who did the work. But I feel sorry for the people who think of themselves as model railroaders, but miss what, at least to some of us, is a very big part --- the very best part --- of the hobby: Modeling..... Anyone who...

You say you replaced the arch bar trucks. I've always wondered why MDC put arch bars under those cars. So far as I know, no passenger cars ever were equipped with arch bar trucks. What trucks did you use? The MDC old time passenger? BillS

Great toy! My must-have-but-probably-never-will list just got longer. BillS

Thanks Vic. I've seen some like that and wondered how well they worked. BillS

Neat story. BillS

I was once a ham --- K6PTL. In fact the last year I was in the Air Farce, (1955-56) I ran the MARS station at Norton AF Base --- K6FCA. Stupidly I let the license expire and by the time, years later, that I got sort of interested again, I could never have passed the exams without some...

Can we expand this to torches? I've never used one, but feel I should get one for things like sweating brass together, etc., etc. I'd like to pick up something not too expensive that will do the job. BillS