Watch for for the RITS ad in the July issue of Model Railroad News, promoting the Savanna Depot Museum, Archives and Country Store. Also, our forthcoming ...
Dick, does this mean you have to be a member to have a brick? Smitty ... From: "Richard Hutchins" <rdhutchins@...> To: <ritslist@yahoogroups.com> Cc:...
River Station loses liquor license July Fourth festivities canceled at the riverfront restaurant advertisement By John Sharp of the Journal Star Posted Jul 02,...
Good job John, I see you used some of the photos that I rotated. I do that when I take photos lengthwise with the camera. I showed the photos to Sharon, now...
Howdy, Does anyone happen to recall how the switches at the end of double track at West Des Moines worked during the '70s? I understand there was a spring...
Taken recently at Hamburg, NY: http://www.rr-fallenflags.org/misc-b/bsor0423ssa.jpg Bob Yarger Railway Preservation News (free website) www.rypn.org...
I have many brand new HO scale Rock Island car kits for sale. All are in their original boxes. Prices are all plus postage and will be sold on a first come...
I did not know that the cars could be run 180 degrees; I thought all the windows ³leaned² forward like the busses of the era, so the two coaches shown in...
The ex-RI commuter car in Emporia Kansas is up for auction. http://www.purplewave.com/cgi-bin/pwdetails.cgi?purple211 Auction says "Removal of train must be...
Likely by the time they were placed in commuter service the need to turn them wasn't all that great. Likely they have walk-over seats so that only the engine...
Fellow ROCKologists: Just a quick note to let you know that Sharon and I had a good time at the Lionel Swap Meet in South Bend yesterday. We found a few Rock...
Ed, Are you aware that there were silver cabooses? There's a sheet from the RITS site I have substantiating it, written by Steve Hile. If you need a copy I...
Don't remember where I read it or who wrote it many years ago, the explanation was that the seats were fixed and about half the cars were reversed so that...
The areo trains and/or the Jet Rocket were never turned in suburban survice at Joliet or BI. Pete Hedgpeth Trainmaster Chicago Divison 1961-1964 ... From:...
Keevan: Attached is a photo of the Lionel RI caboose that I got at the show in South Bend this last weekend. If I could get decals for this caboose in H.O. or...
I acquired some photos from an estate. No dates or locations :-(. Where is this RI Freight House? Where is the roundhouse? It seemed to be in the same set. ...
Good question John! I have a few of that freight house as well that I bought a few years ago in a box of slides...I want to say that someone once told me it...
Strongly Agree - Trenton. DT ... From: RITSlist@yahoogroups.com on behalf of Mike Pralle Sent: Mon 7/14/2008 3:05 PM To: RITSlist@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re:...
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Ed, I have Hile's decals; what are you looking for? Denis _____ From: RITSlist@yahoogroups.com [mailto:RITSlist@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Edward Sent:...
John, They're all marked "Wamego, Kansas". Suggest you MapQuest the town. It's not far from Topeka. 45 miles to it from Topeka, a way west and a bit north...
Denis, Realize that Ed's talking about 'Lionel Scale', whatever that is. I don't think Steve decal's will help him authenticating the hack. Keevn In a...