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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by FundyNorthern James: Many of today's passes are indeed on business card paper, they now come 10 on a sheet of light card that you can print all at once in your computer printer. They are lightly scored so you can break the individual ones apart. In the past when they were printed on a press, they came in all sizes, the most popular being the somewhat larger round corner cards. These #63 cards used to come in boxes of 500, but are now very difficult if not impossible to locate. At least I couldn't find any ten years ot so ago.[/quote] Very Cool. I will have to look into making some, This sounds like alot of Fun. Do you know where I can obtain real passes or copies thereof so I can base mine off of them since I am modeling a prototype railroad, (Albiet in a freelance fashion) I am interested in Union Pacific and Great Northern ones in particular. One disadvantage of only being 23 years old. I missed all the cool stuff. And Model Railroading and the folks who work out of Chama, NM. are the closest thing we have to a Time Machine. [sigh] Another question. How many of these passes, also come accompanied with a Time Table of Trains for the line the pass depicts? (Another thing that confuses me, How do you read those things anyway?) [quote]QUOTE: I sure would like to sell off all of my printing outfit, but it's really not practical. The press itself is made from cast iron and probably weighs about 15-20 pounds. It's all of the other stuff that goes with it that is really big - furniture sized - that is a problem to dispose of.... ....You'd need at a minimum a minivan. I have two large type cabinets with drawers full of movable type that take up most of the room. And I actually have three printing presses - two similar ones and a differrent one, all about the same size. Bob Boudreau [/quote] I see. So I would need to settle down and have my own house and a dedicated room for it. At least I can take comfort in the fact that it probably isn't going anywhere in the mean time. But I have always have had a certain facination with old things. Especially old machinery. I like collecting things like that and learning how to use them I also try to learn how to make replacement parts if possible. (Why I can't figure my car out is beyond me) I can envisiion myself as an old man, living in a funky, weird, but charming house full of old antique machinery that only people like historians, and cooky people like me will have any idea what they are. And then Out of that motley crew, I would probably be the only guy who knows how to use it. I would really love to get my self a for real 1:1 Scale steam locomotive and associated train. However, I would imagine that would be somewhat difficult. Well I see that I am rabling way off topic now. So I will close for now. Yours truely, James
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