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Now THAT'S RI red !!! Want to send a copy of that photo to P2K, Mike, so they can use the correct color NEXT TIME ??!!?? I hear you about the plastic handrails - the Katos and Stewarts gave me fits, too. Just be CAREFULL when cutting the Stewart handrails off the spew and dont cut the...

Wolv - I don't think you saw my last map ??!?? I go from the QCA to Chicago (as per the IAIS - thru Silvis and Blue Island), and to KC (as per IMRL). That was already a given. Mike says to build to Wichita from KC, to meet up with him. I go down to St. Louis (along the Mississippi)...

Wolv - How do Mike's and my trackage compare to yours? Is that St. Louis to K.C. route I show on "your" track? It can be erased if so - just seemed logical at the time (and the RI did own such a route). Let me (us) know! ALSO Do Shane and Andy want to claim an area ??? I...

Ouch! Sulfuric acid is the one acid that even chemists worry about - it loves to attack carbon compounds, and as a carbon-based lifeform myself, I object !!! I'm glad you aren't there yet, Andy! Hope they get it neutralized soon. - George

Better get those track crews busy! Wichita, here we come! How does Wolv's "area" merge into ours ??? Where is that plan ............. - G

Mike - Maybe I should lay track into Wichita so we can meet up ??? Wichita is one of my former homes: I was stationed there at McConnell AFB, it's my wife's birthplace, her family live in or around there, plus I have a couple of degrees from Wichita State University! So the idea of...

GOOD NEWS !!! I have one on order at Tony's ... so hopefully once THEY get them, mine will be in the mail. I would guess two weeks on the mail turn-around. Will give a review once I get it, get it set up, and get it running! Say ... three weeks ?? - George

RIL regional RR map - 1996 Here is my 1996 RIL region map (so far):

Sorry Wolv ... ... YOU were right! I re-checked. Trainworld's offering for the GP18 IS the new one! When I looked last March, they just had the old one. Of course, "various roads" doesn't guarantee them having the RI model, but they probably do. Sorry! - George

One last GOOD thing ... ... about the GP18 that I forgot to say. The high air intakes DO have the horizional grid instead of chicken wire as per the prototypes. I think someone said the older P2K GP18s had the wrong (chicken wire) one. - George

Wolf - Yes, this my way of computing loco numbers IS backwards, but real railroads grow slowly, they don't spring up within a couple of years (like my layout) to full grown stature (over 7000 miles on the real ROCK, over 2000 just in Iowa). They would slowly add locomotives as the needs arose...

Wolv - USUALLY I DO buy from a cheaper source - Tony's Train Exchange (TTX),or AHobbyCircle, for example. In this case, Walthers was the only one to list the new P2K GP18 last March, so I went with them despite the cost (which, you will note is about what I would pay at my LHS). The THEORY...

Well, like I said, Mike - check it out in person! You may disagree with my observations. But I hope they are of some help! The photo Jeff has of the GP18 in R&Y is the one I was using - and that roadnumber the one on the model I got (I try to get prototype photos of my models, if...

P2K GP18 report Well - it runs! Oh ... you want more than that? If you have a P2K GP7 or GP9, the assembly is about the same: take off the couplers and fuel tank, put the shell on, put the couplers back on, two screws to hold shell to body, re-install the tank (same sticky tape as the...

Mike, Wolv and group - Please understand my "best" list is ON AVERAGE, and IMHO ! As the car dealers say, your actual loco (or tastes) may vary! There are lemons to everything from time-to-time, alas! For example, Kato had theirs with the last SD40-2 bunch, which had an electrical...

Mike - The ten RI C415s lasted until shutdown. Some (5) were returned to leasor Railcar, the others were returned to owner UP. You might check this site for what happened to the UPs: http://utahrails.net/all-time/all-time-index.htm The other major user was SP. The RI bunch stayed...

No, the C415 was never in the blue scheme. I would get the Red & Yellow scheme for this loco, too, Mike. But in plastic. Brass sounds nice - but ... $743.00 WOW !!!!!!!!! The IHC plastic model for $35 is sure cheaper !!! BTW I hear on the Atlas forum that there are...

Andy - Not yet (although I'm at work, so don't know what came today). The shipment was delayed to add a boxcar, which he had to order. My GP18 is also "in the mail" ... I CAN'T WAIT for all these goodies to get here !!! But I guess I'll have to (sigh). Will let ya know with I...

A very "new" look for UP on this e-Bay ad! http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?MfcISAPICommand=ViewItem&item=1766200669 - George

A search of various maker sites and Walthers shows that the only current SW 1500 maker seems to be Athearn, who does make an SW1500 in NS black & white (part # 3904). Atlas does not seem to have made one for at least the last 2-3 years, Kato and Stewart never have made this loco, and Walthers...