Years ago I bought a copy of the Railway and Locomotive Historical Society’s “Railroad History, No. 128,” Spring 1973 issue, that contains James E. Lane’s historic summary of USRA freight cars. The USRA freight cars have been noted in many hobby articles over the years. Some have featured prototype photos and references to Lane's 1973 article. But these are mostly out of print and often touch on only a portion of the USRA freight cars. 

Just read Somewhere Southwest post of operations. I thought I would post how I operate my FEC Florida City shelf switching layout.

I saw where you had pictures and video on Trainmaster TV about the National Convention which was nice, but so far nothing about the Narrow Gauge Convention my question is don't we count? The Convention was at Houston Texas and few days after the National Convention in which NMRA really screwed up seeing that the Narrow Gauge Convention is always the first weekend in September and the National Convention is the first week of August, but why wasn't it in Model Railroad Hobbyist ?

 My benchwork guy just called, he is bringing over the first of my new modules!  Some questions I will answer up front - he is an MRH advertiser, I have seen his work, and he lives 10 miles from me (free delivery!) This module is very complicated on the top surface, so complicated that it was worth it to farm it out.

The module will be the subject of a future article, so you can start holding your breath now.