Follow what's happening at this week's NMRA Nationals

[ljudice]

Thanks, Bryan!  That was a pretty good overall report!

That Wespe firm has military models starting at "Z" and going up to "G", but skipping "N"!!!

[Ryan87]

Wow.... Intermountain = Fail



http://www.cprdieselroster.com/Roster%20Archive/CP%208700B/CP%208705-2.htm

[Philip H]

Thanks, Bryan!  That was a pretty good overall report!

That Wespe firm has military models starting at "Z" and going up to "G", but skipping "N"!!!

But if you look at their construction stuff:
http://www.wespemodels.ro/cmt/-c-43.html

[sirenwerks]

Thanks, Bryan!  That was a pretty good overall report!

That Wespe firm has military models starting at "Z" and going up to "G", but skipping "N"!!!

But if you look at their construction stuff:
http://www.wespemodels.ro/cmt/-c-43.html

These look like Marks Metallmodellclassics products.

[Ed Kapuscinski]

Wow, 20eur for this? http://www.wespemodels.ro/cmt/deutz-blade-p-575.html?osCsid=1bb9e38a6733816f5e5e8852d95f38e8

[wazzou]

Wow, 20eur for this? http://www.wespemodels.ro/cmt/deutz-blade-p-575.html?osCsid=1bb9e38a6733816f5e5e8852d95f38e8

So what is that now?  About $50.00 US?  What is the conversion now?

[ljudice]

1 euros = 1.2979 US dollar

[wazzou]

1 euros = 1.2979 US dollar

OK, so $26.00 US w/o shipping seems like a lot for a bulldozer.

[ljudice]

And the shipping is probably $30 more - people don't realize how cheap the US postal service (and also the Japan postal service, for some reason) is...

[atsf_arizona]

Now that we're back from NMRA 75th Anniversary National Convention, the X2011 West 2011 NMRA Convention Committee is starting to go through the 2nd round of photos/videos.   There's a bunch of these now up on the X2011 West Facebook page:

http://www.facebook.com/x2011west

(you don't have to be a Facebook member, anyone can see it).

We have up in the past couple of days:

* More layout tour photos, including a special layout tour of Model Railroader Senior Editor Andy Sperandeo's work-in-progress Santa Fe Cajon Pass in 1947 layout



As well as more in-depth photos of Tim Warris'  HO Bronx Terminal layout with the amazing trackwork:



For N scalers, recently retired Model Railroad senior contributor Jim Kelly's Tehachapi Loop:



There's more on the Facebook page above, including videos, etc.  Hope you enjoy.  We still have some more to post in the next several days as we get time.  

[GaryHinshaw]

John, thanks for posting this.  It's great to see Jim Kelly's layout;  I hadn't heard much about it in recently.  BTW, I had to tweak the link you posted to get through:

http://www.facebook.com/x2011west

Cheers,
Gary

[AlkemScaleModels]

Andy's layout doesn't look much different from when I visited in 1997.

[lock4244]

1 euros = 1.2979 US dollar

OK, so $26.00 US w/o shipping seems like a lot for a bulldozer.

But a significant portion of that purchase price would be funding free, social services in Europe, like healthcare for all. Oh, then I guess they're not exactly free. US is not burdened by a socialist tax regime (yet). We have similar taxes here in the Great White Multiracial North. Infact, 13% sales tax is why 90% or more of my hobby dollar is spent in the good old USA. Thank you internet 

Man that Bronx Terminal trackwork is insane!

[atsf_arizona]

John, thanks for posting this.  It's great to see Jim Kelly's layout;  I hadn't heard much about it in recently.  BTW, I had to tweak the link you posted to get through:

http://www.facebook.com/x2011west

Cheers,
Gary

Gary, thx for bringing this to my attention.  I fixed the URL in the original post, and thx for posting the correct URL for all of us. 

[daniel_leavitt2000]

1 euros = 1.2979 US dollar

OK, so $26.00 US w/o shipping seems like a lot for a bulldozer.

But a significant portion of that purchase price would be funding free, social services in Europe, like healthcare for all. Oh, then I guess they're not exactly free. US is not burdened by a socialist tax regime (yet). We have similar taxes here in the Great White Multiracial North. Infact, 13% sales tax is why 90% or more of my hobby dollar is spent in the good old USA. Thank you internet 

Man that Bronx Terminal trackwork is insane!

We certainly spend like we do! If we were to balance our budgets like most EU contries (except Greece, Spain, an Italy), we would have about the same tax levels. Our policy of "we'll pay for that later" is not as sound as a heavy tax burdon.

I've said it before... the baby boomers single handedly destroyed the financial stability of this contry and it will be our kids slave labor to pay off our Chinese debt.

Great