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Our paper carries 'For Better or Worse' in the comics section. In the strip, he is a model railroader and she now owns a gift/hobby shop. Yesterday and today (Friday/Saturday) I watched as one customer distracted the clerk while another removed a locomotive form a showcase. Today, the theft of...

I have just put up the second Big Four Caboose drawing. This one is the smaller center cupola version used from 1925 until replaced with the steel caboose in the 40s. The Big Four was the CCC&StL, a New York Central subsidiary. http://madisonrails.railfan.net/lewman_drawings.html...

Good morning, afternoon or evening, I have just added a modeling drawing of an early Big Four caboose to my 'Railroads of Madison County' website. Maurice spent many years with the Central and after asking me if I was a modeler, sent me two caboose drawings. The early version is the...

From time to time, I read where someone wants to know where to find photos of layouts. There are many places that layouts can be found on the web, but there are a couple places that are easy to find. One is the NMRA Directory at http://www.nmra.org/directory/ where you can follow the...

Some time back, I posted a message about National Model Railroad Month and some ideas about what could be done for it. This is my follow up on what we (Central Indiana Division, MWR, NMRA) have been able to do so far. As a division, we held our `Free' National Model RR Month meet in...

Linda sent pictures with her message. I have uploaded them to the web rather than forward them or attach them here. The pictures are great and can be seen at: http://madisonrails.railfan.net/uncle.jpg This is NOT a small model folks. I'll let her message tell it all without further comment...

November is Model Railroad month here in the States. In the past, the Central Indiana Division, NMRA has held a regular Meet/Dealer Show at the end of October or early November. But we have never stressed promoting the hobby. This year we are. We are holding a free admission Meet in cooperation...

You saw it in the July Model Railroader. It was built at the National Train Show in St. Louis. And now you can own it and benefit charity at the same time! KMOX in St. Louis is auctioning off this 4x8 layout complete with scenery, structure, loco and rolling stock to benefit Outreach St. Louis...

You saw it in the July Model Railroader. It was built at the National Train Show in St. Louis. And now you can own it and benefit charity at the same time! KMOX in St. Louis is auctioning off this 4x8 layout complete with scenery, structure, loco and rolling stock to benefit Outreach St. Louis...

There have been some changes made in the location of the NMRA website. After nearly 6 years, the main NMRA pages have now been moved into the actual NMRA domain from Rich Weyand’s site. In other words, if you have been using the Weyand URLs such as www.mcs.net/%7Eweyand/nmra/ you will Now need...

La Belle Woodworking, manufacturer of quality wood craftsman kits, will continue under new owners. For those who have become aware that the current owners of La Belle Woodworking were going to retire, I’m pleaded to announce that the sale of the company is pending...

The Federal Railroad Administration's T-2000 inspection car came through Anderson Indiana the other day and I happened to catch a few shots of it. If interested, you can see the photos on my Railroads of Madison County site. Roger Roger Hensley - rhensley@anderson.cioe.com ==...

Greetings All, The NMRA has just added a new area to the national website. It's called NMRA News. Rather than having to wait for months for late breaking news, members will find more up to the minute news there. For example, there is a writeup on the problems with the NMRA Bulletin and the...