Bill,
Thanks for the update on Chick. A flyer from PRS reported that he had done some special cars in the B&O blue and orange paint scheme. I called him and ordered two that I have yet to assemble. That was back in the Nineties. Good to hear he is still in business. Bill, your reference to the PRS "Cookie" box cars raises a question. I never ordered any because I thought that PRS never had the type of car designated by the D&RGW as "Cookie" box cars. The PRS box cars all had the more common tabed sills whereas the "Cookie" cars had the continuous sill and, I think, an IH of 10'4" with ends differing from those on the PRS car regardless of IH. Just a question and now a recommendation: Your REA building is so good that you should write up what you did to create it and how you did it. Tom ________________________________ From: [email protected] [[email protected]] on behalf of Bill Lane [[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2012 8:52 AM To: [email protected] Subject: {S-Scale List} Chicks Hobbies Chicks Hobbies is about 15 minutes from me & is the land “that S Scale forgot”. I have known Chick since I was 13. My 13th birthday present was bought from him – a AF 312 K5. I had to persuade my Pop to go for the extra $5.00 to get the “metal engine”. Back when I was involved with the South Jersey S Scalers (Now the South Jersey S Gaugers) Chick was an active member of the club. Some meetings were held at his house which is connected to the store. Chick bought in BIG for American Models and very early SHS items – just lots of stuff. It filled the 1 end of the store. Chick is not a big fan of discounting prices so much of t! hat stock remained for a long time and might still be there 15+ years later. A few years back the store was robbed of trains. Chick was not there which is strange because he never goes anywhere. Much of the trains that were taken were S, and most of them were recovered in good condition a few months later at an apartment in Woodbury which ironically also had a 5 foot alligator living in the bathtub. Maybe it was the Guard Gator! I can’t make this stuff up! Chick is truly innovative and handy especially in reworking AF for better performance. He custom built a crossi! ng using SHS sectional track that looked like it was made by SHS. There was a website for a while but Chick did not have interest in it because he would have to check email more than once a year. Since I am not much in the market for existing plastic cars especially American models, I really don’t go there. The last I heard he and the store were on a very semi-retired operating schedule. (856) 423-0773 Thank You, Bill Lane Modeling the Mighty Pennsy & PRSL in 1957 in S Scale since 1988 See my finished models at: http://www.lanestrains.com<http://www.lanestrains.com/> Look at what has been made in PRR in S Scale! See my layout progess at: http://www.lanestrains.com/My_Layout.htm Custom Train Parts Design http://www.lanestrains.com/SolidWorks_Modeling! .htm<http://www.lanestrains.com/SolidWorks_Modeling.htm> PRR Builders Photos Bought, Sold & Traded (Trading is MUCH preferred) http://www.lanestrains.com/PRRphotos.xls ***Join the PRR T&HS*** The other members are not ALL like me! http://www.prrths.com<http://www.prrths.com/> http://www.lanestrains.com/PRRTHS_Application.pdf Join the Pennsylvania Reading Seashore Lines Historical Society It's FREE to join! http://www.prslhs.com<http://www.prslhs.com/> Preserving The Memory Of The PRSL
