Model Forum / General / Railroads / October 2003

Some time ago I wrote a newsletter for our train club, and I used a font
called Railroad Roman.  A couple of computer changes later, I no longer have
the font.  Does anyone know of a source?
Jeff

I purchased a Dremel rotary tool in order to cut track.  I have used
that since May of this year.  In all, I doubt sincerely that I have 50
hours of use.
It is without doubt the worst designed tool I have ever used:

Hey Folks,
I am wondering about this item - and its low price: too low or so it
seems.
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New on trains of Europe:
- Goes Borsele Historic steamtrain, 45 pictures
- Trains in Canada,  44 pictures
- Railway under construction, 9 pictures

The Westchester Model Railroad Club will be holding their Early Fall
Train Meet at the Old Greenwich Civic Center, Old Greenwich, CT. Sunday,
October 5th, 10 am to 3 pm. This is a medium sized show, with a good mix
of scale and tinplate. They also have the best train-show hot dogs ...

I need some modern all-glass type phone boxes for my layout.
Anyone know who makes these in N?
tia
Pete

Look at the Bowser ad on page 39 in the November issue of MR.  The price for
the GM AeroTrain is quoted as $83.95 for the GM demonstrator road name, and
$93.95 for PRR, NYC, Rock Island and UP.  Since the only difference in the
paint job is the lettering for the various roadnames I ...

Just a bit of advance notice to those of you who have ordered the latest
batch of Heljan 47s from me; the following loco's are in transit from
Denmark at the moment:-
4665 47829 Police livery

Re: Pennsylvania Class R50B Express Reefer
The Walther's website description states that these cars could be seen
throughout the USA. I was wondering what roadnames could be seen
pulling a handful of these cars pooled within a larger consist if seen

Go to http://www.wnxx.com/ and click on "Latest News".
Looks nice, pity the bogies and underframe equipment weren't repainted too!
Cheers,
John.

An acquaintance mentioned having seen an article in Railway Modeller a
couple of months back on a proposed EM1/class76 OO gauge kit in brass and
whitemetal.  Anyone else know any more?

I bought several brass engines many years ago in anticipation of one day
having a layout.  I opened the box's and to my chagrin the packing foam had
broken down into a crumbly mess and was stuck to the models in several
places, both on the factory painted units and the laquered ...

Last minute reminder.......Our gigantic fall show is this weekend ..Sat 9-4
and Sun 10-4 at The Maryland State Fairgrounds in Timonium just north of
Baltimore. We have close to 800 tables of merchandise, over 25,000 sq feet
of operating layouts in all scales including Hi-rail and G. ...

I noticed yesterday a "M&S" train set, kind of an updated version of the
first Rovex. The carriages seem a little bit longer than the original.

I have 2 undec. HO scale PROTO 200 SD45's for sale.  I'm asking $100.00 each
plus shipping, or $200.00 for the pair and I'll pay shipping.
john binford
Warminster, Pa