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[Anonymous]

Charles Ro is da man! He sends ol Red free catalogs.[:D]

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by Ogaugeoverlord

At least someone out there is excited about something.

I guess I must be getting old, Bob! About the only thing that excites me these days is walking across the Tech campus in these warm pre-autumn days and admiring the twenty-something "scenery." [;)]

But Charlie Ro definitely is Da Man! He and Chuckie have gotten more than a few dollars from me over the years (for O gauge as well as Large Scale), and I can always count on him for the latest catalogs.

[Anonymous]

I anybody goin?

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by redneckgoober

Charles Ro is da man! He sends ol Red free catalogs.[:D]

Yes, he sure does! Great public relations indeed! I got my lastest catalog from Charles Ro Fri...!
I put in a few hours yesterday at the ol' grind. Thanks to a little inspiration from RO's gift of catalog, I decided to stop by Mr. Davis' place in Milford since it's only a few miles out of the way! I was treated to the unpacking and testing of one of Charles Ro's new USA offerings. The Pennsylvania GG-1 in Tuscan with five strips! WOW!!! The Standard Gauge of the twenty first century. 60 lbs of diecast wonder! Comes in it's own campain style furniture box! Price is affordable when you consider the size and detail, but sadly it's not my scale of choice. But what a great model for the G gaugers! My hats off to Charles Ro and his contrbutions to our hobby!

[Anonymous]

That Large Scale GG1 is, indeed, drawing a whole lot of attention in the Large Scale world. Wouldn't mind having one myself, but the garden railroading I'm planning on for the future just won't have the curves, or the theme, to justify that kind of purchase. At around $1,450 though, you're sure getting a whole lot of locomotive for the money. And Charlie's offering them in just about every roadname and/or paint scheme carried by the originals.

[brianel027]

Monto, don't want to let you down too much, but Calabrese visiting a train shop is hardly huge news. Yeah, if I lived near a retailer where he was going to visit I too would be excited and probably wouldn't pass on the opportunity to meet him.

On the other hand, it's not that unusual for company reps to visit retailers or select locations for promotion. K-Line sends reps to various places. And most notably, Mike Wolf seems to do a lot of personal promotion for his company: I'd say currently he's doing more of this than anyone else.

Now big news would be something like:
- Lionel, MTH and K-Line have all settled their legal problems.
- A train copmany CEO is making an appearance on some national TV show like the Today show, Leno or Larry King.
- One of the train companies signed a major retailing agreement with Wal-Mart.
- One of the train companies has a major television advertising campaign planned.
- One or more of the train companies moves production back to the mainland US... which they will probably regret not doing when China makes it promised (and anticipated in many circles) military move against Taiwan, unless the US caves to economic interests and forgets about the treaty to defend Taiwan.
- One of the train companies has finally tooled up a non-scale modern engine under 13 or 14 inches in lengh and 3-1/2 height for the 027/traditional market that clears 027 switches with dual motors without fancy electronics and retails under $150.00 in roadnames other than NYC and PRR..

Any of those would be huge news, and that last one for me might just be too unbelieveable to be true. For me, that last one would be Earth shattering news. But I ain't counting on it either which is why I make my own.

[Buckeye Riveter]

[#ditto]
Good description Brian.[tup][tup][tup]

A big news item would be: Microsoft developes remote control system that runs MTH and Lionel control systems for $24.95. No new wiring needed, just plug and play. Also runs all conventional systems.

[waltrapp]

Brian: I'm GLAD that you're on my side!!!!!

- O27 walt

[Anonymous]

Well the discounts!