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Re: Back to S trains now
Hey Bill,
I was waiting for "I walked 5 miles up hill both ways in the snow"
John Mann
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Steer this old man cranky fest back to S trains or I will lock the whole this down until it is back on track.
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Thank You,
Bill Lane
Modeling the Mighty Pennsy, PRSL & Reading in 1957 in S Scale since 1987
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OK ? Steer this old man cranky fest back to S trains or I will lock the whole this down until it is back on track. ? Thank You,
Bill Lane
Modeling the Mighty Pennsy, PRSL & Reading in 1957 in S Scale since 1987
See my finished models at:
Look at what has been made in PRR in S Scale! ? See my layout progress at:
Join the Pennsylvania Reading Seashore Lines Historical Society
It's FREE to join!??
Preserving The Memory Of The PRSL
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So, can we assume that if Mr. Trump manages to privatize USPS, we will all get better service from the new operator?? Maybe the price of a stamp will go down.
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And milk was delivered early mornings.? ?Stan
There was a time that, with twice a day delivery and before everybody had telephones, that people would send postcards to friends and families in the same city to make arrangements for things.
For example, "We are taking you dinner at 6 pm at such and such restaurant.? Will pick you up at 6 pm."? The other person gets the card in the day's second delivery, and they got the message.
This seems to have peaked in 1909, and you see a great many collectable cards from that period.
Charles E. "Chuck" Kinzer
On Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 09:13:08 AM PST, Gary Chudzinski via groups.io <chudgr@...> wrote:
Stan Houghton comments I remember mailman walking his route twice a day.?
Stan, I also recall two mail deliveries a day in my hometown of Fremont, Ohio....especially in the? business?district. The postmen walked their assigned routes within the city limits and had? special boxes?strategically located along their?route for mail pickup. They were polite and? customer oriented. In?rural areas, addresses had a RFD (Rural Free Delivery) number and? postmen used their own?vehicle?to deliver mail. These mailmen knew, by name and location,? every resident?on his route. The only?vehicle used was the postman dropping off bundles at the delivery postmen's special pickup boxes.
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Re: latest FS items from BBB!
?Although, like most I do complain
about delivery services--late lost or expensive!? Today i was
pleasantly surprised about a item that I bought late Friday
evening and was dropped off a few hours ago! ?
I had bought a used Weller soldering
station at a train show.? When I got it home, I realized that the
original iron/probe was the wrong kind.? So I turned around and
purchased the correct one, as indicated by a multi wire plug.? It
arrived actually within less than one day!? The seller was
Zoro-=-,new to me but shipping was included in the selling price.?
I missed the actual delivery but a box was next to the front door,
just a bit damp from the sporadic rain
Bob Werre
PhotoTraxx? ?? ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ???
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Re: Tichy factory tour video
I stocked up on their phosphor bronze wire years ago. Best investment I ever made! Roger Nulton ?
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From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Jim & Cheryl Martin
Sent: Sunday, February 23, 2025 7:16 AM
To: S-Scale Group <[email protected]>
Subject: [S-Scale] Tichy factory tour video? Hi Guys. I don't know why or how Tichy sent me this because I can't remember ever direct ordering anything from them, but this was a real eye? opener for me. I had no idea the Tichy products came from such a large manufacturing facility. Don is obviously a real entrepreneur with a knack for buying industrial equipment for pennies on the dollar. When working on this scale you need big machines to make little products. Tichy makes a few S scale items but a wide range of their HO windows are also useful in our scale. Jim Martin TICHY TRAIN GROUP INC ? ? February 22, 2025 ? Dear Modeler: ? For those of you who are interested in how we actually make our products here in the USA, here is a link to a YouTube video of our factory. It was taken and posted by a member of the Company Shops RR Club here in Burlington NC during an open house for members of the local clubs. ?
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Re: River Raisin Models NYC 2-8-2 H10b Version
Hi, John,?
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My emails don't seem to be going through. Please call me at 217.971.9817 or email me at jackson-standard@.... ?
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Brian
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There was a time that, with twice a day delivery and before everybody had telephones, that people would send postcards to friends and families in the same city to make arrangements for things.
For example, "We are taking you dinner at 6 pm at such and such restaurant.? Will pick you up at 6 pm."? The other person gets the card in the day's second delivery, and they got the message.
This seems to have peaked in 1909, and you see a great many collectable cards from that period.
Charles E. "Chuck" Kinzer
On Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 09:13:08 AM PST, Gary Chudzinski via groups.io <chudgr@...> wrote:
Stan Houghton comments I remember mailman walking his route twice a day.?
Stan, I also recall two mail deliveries a day in my hometown of Fremont, Ohio....especially in the? business?district. The postmen walked their assigned routes within the city limits and had? special boxes?strategically located along their?route for mail pickup. They were polite and? customer oriented. In?rural areas, addresses had a RFD (Rural Free Delivery) number and? postmen used their own?vehicle?to deliver mail. These mailmen knew, by name and location,? every resident?on his route. The only?vehicle used was the postman dropping off bundles at the delivery postmen's special pickup boxes.
Gary Chudzinski
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100 Ton Roller Bearing Trucks
Good morning everyone.
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I got my order of 4180 Airslide cars from 3D Central yesterday as they shipped with my order of 4750's.? Looking forward to putting these together.?
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I know 3D Central said they were working on having 100 Ton Roller Bearing trucks made but nothing yet.? Looking to find out what my options are: Plate C, who works with 3D Central, Steel Mill Modelers Supply, which currently shows $0 so I am assuming they are out; and Smoky Mountain Model Works.??
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Michael Osweiler
Waseca, MN
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Stan Houghton comments I remember mailman walking his route twice a day.?
Stan, I also recall two mail deliveries a day in my hometown of Fremont, Ohio....especially in the? business?district. The postmen walked their assigned routes within the city limits and had? special boxes?strategically located along their?route for mail pickup. They were polite and? customer oriented. In?rural areas, addresses had a RFD (Rural Free Delivery) number and? postmen used their own?vehicle?to deliver mail. These mailmen knew, by name and location,? every resident?on his route. The only?vehicle used was the postman dropping off bundles at the delivery postmen's special pickup boxes.
Gary Chudzinski
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This is an extensive tour of Tichy. He told me he is all SELF TAUGHT. Truly a 1 man manufacturing expert.
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Thank You,
Bill Lane
Modeling the Mighty Pennsy, PRSL & Reading in 1957 in S Scale since 1987
See my finished models at:
Look at what has been made in PRR in S Scale!
?
See my layout progress at:
Join the Pennsylvania Reading Seashore Lines Historical Society
It's FREE to join!??
Preserving The Memory Of The PRSL
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Re: River Raisin Models NYC 2-8-2 H10b Version
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Hi Guys. I don't know why or how Tichy sent me this because I can't remember ever direct ordering anything from them, but this was a real eye?
opener for me. I had no idea the Tichy products came from such a large manufacturing facility. Don is obviously a real entrepreneur with a knack for buying industrial equipment for pennies on the dollar. When working on this scale you need big machines to make little products. Tichy makes a few S scale items but a wide range of their HO windows are also useful in our scale.
Cheers Jim Martin
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TICHY TRAIN GROUP INC
February 22, 2025
Dear Modeler:
For those of you who are interested in how we actually make our products here in the USA, here is a link to a YouTube video of our factory. It was taken and posted by a member of the Company Shops RR Club here in Burlington NC during an open house for members of the local clubs.
Hope you enjoy the video.
Don & Teri Tichy
DONALD TICHY
TICHY TRAIN GROUP INC
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Not a reprint: significant unsold inventory.
Earl Tuson
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On Sat, Feb 22, 2025 at 06:18 PM, JGG KahnSr wrote:
I suspect most of us are biased in favor of mail by rail; I think putting mail into trucks was one of the dumber ideas ever from government.
Except the CN/IC line that passes nearby doesn't have passenger service and another nearby town which used to be a division point both the railroad and tracks are long gone.? Ironically, the post office there is located where the yard used to be...
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Besides, all that mail put into RPO's had to be trucked to the hubs.? What the RPO's primarily provided was sorting in route.
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Rich G(ajnak)
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Group,
Use the?Mute button/icon at the top of the post to stop receiving emails/posts.
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Matt Hogan
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Re: latest FS items from BBB!
Let’s see FedEx or UPS deliver anything for $0.73.
Ted Z
On Sat, Feb 22, 2025 at 8:29?PM John Hutnick via <johnhutnick= [email protected]> wrote: If the Trump government wants to "privatise" something, it is very likely not to the benefit of any of us.
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I propose this, based on my having worked for a government, the Port Authority of NY & NJ.? PANYNJ does not get taxpayer funds, but relies only on its own revenues.? ? They own/operate the airports, port facilites, tunnels & bridges, real estate, etc.? Regarding our own train interests, they have 2 railroads;? PATH, which carries commuters from NJ to New York; and NYNJ Rail, which floats railroad cars across the harbor.
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To privatise, Congress would have to pass legislation to eliminate the current Postal Service.? Our federal government would first have to write an RFQ, a request for qualifications.? This is publicly advertized and is to prepare a list of firms that would be judged to be qualified to operate a postal service.? A request for bids to operate the USPS would then be advertised to those who have been judged to be qualified.? The award would be to high bidder, to operate for 5 years with a possible 5 year renewal, approved by Congress and signed by the President.? So no "funny business" could go on.? And the public would not be "stuck" with a non-performer forever.? Existing USPS workers would be able to keep their jobs as employees of the new management firm, and retain their current pensions and benefits.? This way we(the public) would see if a new operator would be able to do any better on the same terms as now.? We eliminate this business of Musk/Trump being able to "fire" everyone, as they seem to like to do.? In any case, a process to interview and qualify 600,000 new workers might prove to be impossible.
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Excuse me if this seems long.? It has not that much to do with our "S" hobby, but I felt that I should speak up.
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To bring it back to railroading a bit, many don't know that a lot of RPO cars had a mail slot where people could drop their letters into the car.
This photo happens to be a Canadian railroad, but the U.S. had them, too.? It has been a topic on the PassengerCarList group.
Charles E. "Chuck" Kinzer
On Saturday, February 22, 2025 at 06:07:12 PM PST, Bob Werre <bob@...> wrote:
although I'm sure we're near moderation
status. In my hometown most people were responsible for picking up
their own mail.? You would walk downtown open a little lock box
and take it home.? Or you could not pay the few dollars for the
lock box and get 'general delivery' at the counter.? Running down
to the PO was a welcome chore for most people as many were retired
farmers and the business people going for coffee!?
Rural folks and those living along the
highway would receive mail in a rural type box on a post delivered
by a Rural Route driver--we had three of them.? They were paid by
the length of the route and they received an single electric
window--that was big time stuff!?
When Jeff talks about bringing back the
RR RPO's...well maybe.? However a tiny town called Artas located
on the SOO line would send mail East/West bound that would cross
the MILW line going North/South bound--about 5-6 miles distance.
?? However, the RPO's only exchanged mail someplace in Minnesota?
probably 200 miles away. So basically it took two days to get a
letter from one little town to the other where a young kid could
drive his bike in a couple hours despite the gravel roads! ? Where
is the efficient part of that equation and how far will a 3 ct
stamp get you?
The big thing that we often forget is
that IT'S a service.? If you were charged some regular fee,
everybody would loose.? Don't forget that the mail person
sometimes helps in monitoring older folks--those that can't get
up!?
And they also seem to attract stray
dogs--get a nasty one in my neighborhood, and you won't see mail
for a couple of days!
Bob Werre
I remember mailman walking
his route twice a day.? ? Stan
Amen to the 3 days a week. Also,
ganging mailboxes in subdivisions would help as
well.? Jeff Madden? -- Oh yeah, to keep with the
train theme - bring back the mail trains - hee,
hee.??
My
wife who grew up in the Bronx remembers mail being
delivered twice per day in the late 60’s.? I think
a first class stamp was 5 cents back then!? No
internet, e-mail or cell phones.? How we have
“progressed”!!
Regards,
Tony Salvate
> On Feb 22, 2025, at 5:22?PM, alex binkley via
<alex.binkley=[email protected]>
wrote:
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> ? Right on Ed. 3 days a week is what Canada
Post needs as well.
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>? ? ? ?From: Loizeaux@...
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17:16
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> On Sat, Feb 22, 2025 at 11:52 AM, Ron Kemp
wrote:
>? ?I’d say mail delivery should be privatized.
>? Not to be argumentative, but I think the
problem does not lie at the carrier/clerk level.?
Need to look much higher up at the top
management.? My idea, worth what you paid for it,
is to deliver mail three days per week.? Your
address is put on a Mon-Wed-Fri schedule or a
Tues-Thurs-Sat schedule.? I can live with that and
the financial problems mostly go away.? No DOGE
needed for this one.?
>? Cheers........Ed L.
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I suspect most of us are biased in favor of mail by rail; I think putting mail into trucks was one of the dumber ideas ever from government.? As to lack of logic in routing, the rail situation Bob mentions is trumped by the current system.? Posting a letter
in Asheville to a local address is never processed in Asheville—it goes to the regional handling center in Greenville SC, 75-80 miles away to be stamped and routed back to Asheville, a minimum of two days.??
I have had packages routed all over the place for no discernable reasons: sometimes they go to Charleston, two hundred miles away, sometimes just to Columbia, perhaps a hundred and fifty.? Or they end up in Charlotte, a hundred and twenty miles east and can
then be shipped to Greensboro, even further east.? And it is doing well to be rerouted right away from all these intermediate stops; it is not unusual to sit at one of them for 2-3 days before going on.
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although I'm sure we're near moderation status. In my hometown most people were responsible for picking up their own mail.? You would walk downtown open a little lock box and take it home.? Or you could not pay the few dollars for the lock box and get
'general delivery' at the counter.? Running down to the PO was a welcome chore for most people as many were retired farmers and the business people going for coffee!?
Rural folks and those living along the highway would receive mail in a rural type box on a post delivered by a Rural Route driver--we had three of them.? They were paid by the length of the route and they received an single electric window--that was big
time stuff!?
When Jeff talks about bringing back the RR RPO's...well maybe.? However a tiny town called Artas located on the SOO line would send mail East/West bound that would cross the MILW line going North/South bound--about 5-6 miles distance. ?? However, the RPO's
only exchanged mail someplace in Minnesota? probably 200 miles away. So basically it took two days to get a letter from one little town to the other where a young kid could drive his bike in a couple hours despite the gravel roads! ? Where is the efficient
part of that equation and how far will a 3 ct stamp get you?
The big thing that we often forget is that IT'S a service.? If you were charged some regular fee, everybody would loose.? Don't forget that the mail person sometimes helps in monitoring older folks--those that can't get up!?
And they also seem to attract stray dogs--get a nasty one in my neighborhood, and you won't see mail for a couple of days!
Bob Werre
I remember mailman walking his route twice a day.? ? Stan
On Saturday, February 22, 2025 at 05:48:02 PM EST, Jeffrey Madden via groups.io
<nasgdispatch@...>?wrote:
Amen to the 3 days a week. Also, ganging mailboxes in subdivisions would help as well.? Jeff Madden? -- Oh yeah, to keep with the train theme - bring back the mail trains - hee, hee.??
On Sat, Feb 22, 2025 at 4:30?PM Anthony Salvate via ?<n1tks= [email protected]> wrote:
My wife who grew up in the Bronx remembers mail being delivered twice per day in the late 60’s.? I think a first class stamp was 5 cents back then!? No internet, e-mail or cell phones.? How we have “progressed”!!
Regards,
Tony Salvate
> On Feb 22, 2025, at 5:22?PM, alex binkley via ?<alex.binkley=[email protected]> wrote:
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> ? Right on Ed. 3 days a week is what Canada Post needs as well.
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>? ? ? ?------ Original Message ------
>? ? ? ?From:
Loizeaux@...
>? ? ? ?To:
[email protected]
>? ? ? ?Sent: Saturday, February 22nd 2025, 17:16
>? ? ? ?Subject: [S-Scale] USPS commentary
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> On Sat, Feb 22, 2025 at 11:52 AM, Ron Kemp wrote:
>? ?I’d say mail delivery should be privatized.
>? Not to be argumentative, but I think the problem does not lie at the carrier/clerk level.? Need to look much higher up at the top management.? My idea, worth what you paid for it, is to deliver mail three days per week.? Your address is put on a Mon-Wed-Fri
schedule or a Tues-Thurs-Sat schedule.? I can live with that and the financial problems mostly go away.? No DOGE needed for this one.?
>? Cheers........Ed L.
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although I'm sure we're near moderation
status. In my hometown most people were responsible for picking up
their own mail.? You would walk downtown open a little lock box
and take it home.? Or you could not pay the few dollars for the
lock box and get 'general delivery' at the counter.? Running down
to the PO was a welcome chore for most people as many were retired
farmers and the business people going for coffee!?
Rural folks and those living along the
highway would receive mail in a rural type box on a post delivered
by a Rural Route driver--we had three of them.? They were paid by
the length of the route and they received an single electric
window--that was big time stuff!?
When Jeff talks about bringing back the
RR RPO's...well maybe.? However a tiny town called Artas located
on the SOO line would send mail East/West bound that would cross
the MILW line going North/South bound--about 5-6 miles distance.
?? However, the RPO's only exchanged mail someplace in Minnesota?
probably 200 miles away. So basically it took two days to get a
letter from one little town to the other where a young kid could
drive his bike in a couple hours despite the gravel roads! ? Where
is the efficient part of that equation and how far will a 3 ct
stamp get you?
The big thing that we often forget is
that IT'S a service.? If you were charged some regular fee,
everybody would loose.? Don't forget that the mail person
sometimes helps in monitoring older folks--those that can't get
up!?
And they also seem to attract stray
dogs--get a nasty one in my neighborhood, and you won't see mail
for a couple of days!
Bob Werre
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I remember mailman walking
his route twice a day.? ? Stan
Amen to the 3 days a week. Also,
ganging mailboxes in subdivisions would help as
well.? Jeff Madden? -- Oh yeah, to keep with the
train theme - bring back the mail trains - hee,
hee.??
My
wife who grew up in the Bronx remembers mail being
delivered twice per day in the late 60’s.? I think
a first class stamp was 5 cents back then!? No
internet, e-mail or cell phones.? How we have
“progressed”!!
Regards,
Tony Salvate
> On Feb 22, 2025, at 5:22?PM, alex binkley via
<alex.binkley=[email protected]>
wrote:
>
> ? Right on Ed. 3 days a week is what Canada
Post needs as well.
>
>
>? ? ? ?------ Original Message ------
>? ? ? ?From: Loizeaux@...
>? ? ? ?To: [email protected]
>? ? ? ?Sent: Saturday, February 22nd 2025,
17:16
>? ? ? ?Subject: [S-Scale] USPS commentary
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>
> On Sat, Feb 22, 2025 at 11:52 AM, Ron Kemp
wrote:
>? ?I’d say mail delivery should be privatized.
>? Not to be argumentative, but I think the
problem does not lie at the carrier/clerk level.?
Need to look much higher up at the top
management.? My idea, worth what you paid for it,
is to deliver mail three days per week.? Your
address is put on a Mon-Wed-Fri schedule or a
Tues-Thurs-Sat schedule.? I can live with that and
the financial problems mostly go away.? No DOGE
needed for this one.?
>? Cheers........Ed L.
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>? ?
>? ?
>? --
>? Ed LoizeauxLos Altos,
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Bill Lane
Bob Werre
Roger Nulton
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