ctxmf74 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: --- In [email protected],
"meldridge2000" wrote:
>
> "The American Railroad Freeight Car" is available from Amazon:
>there is a section called "The Debate Over
> Size." Judging from this, in the 1870's a common length was 28 feet
> for a 20 ton capacity car. By the end of the century, the common
> length was 35 or 36 feet for a 30 ton car. It also has drawings for a
> 50 ton car with a truss rod frame, 40 feet long
Hi Michael, Thanks for the link, Even though I model the recent
era I think I'll order a copy. I remember browsing thru it years ago
and thinking it was very interesting with lots of pages.
These older cars are small enough that they would be a good
candidate for O scale or P-48 modeling. I can see where it would be
fun to build a "little house on the prarie" layout with some old
steamers and short cars....dave
Another interesting book is a little one by Voss, I forget the author's full
name and the full name of the book. Discusses the practices in use in c1890. I
think there was also one about passenger car practice by the same author. The
one I saw was a Gregg reprint.
Ant.
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