Yes, it was published as a hardcover by John Hopkins Press, as was the American Railroad Passenger Car. Both can be found on the ABEbooks website if you can't find a new copy. ... pqr
----- Original Message ----- From: "John Degnan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, February 05, 2006 10:06 AM Subject: Re: S-Scale Modeling Re: Short, Early-Era Box Cars > Thanks to everyone for the replies! Does anyone know if this book was > ever availible in hard-back form? > > > John Degnan > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > meldridge2000 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > "The American Railroad Freeight Car" is available from Amazon: > > I have it in front of me, and in the chapter on "Cars for General > Merchandise, 1870 to 1899" 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, built by Canda. The > Southern Pacific bought 2000 of these 40 foot cars in 1899. > > > > --------------------------------- > Relax. Yahoo! Mail virus scanning helps detect nasty viruses! > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
