and he notes - Belfast & Moosehead Lake Railroad had a similar car and I seem to recall Bob Blois saying he used it as the basis for the kit. The B&ML rebuilt it from a combine (or a coach - can't recall which).
The original coach would have been a Laconia Car Company product and were common on New England roads. When steel cars came in most went to short lines or work trains, although the B&M operated many of them on branches and short commuter runs into the 50s. Incredibly, the New Haven covered many of them with copper siding and actually scribed the sides to look like wood! The idea was to hide the fact that the car had metal sides when used in electric territory and allay the public's fears of electrocution. The PRR had the same problem when they introduced steel cars in the tunnels. A few coaches survive at Strasburg which is about as close to Pennsy's tracks as one could get. Raleigh in snowy Maine... emporiumpictures.com At 10:45 AM 1/14/2008, ed_loizeaux wrote: >--- In <mailto:S-Scale%40yahoogroups.com>[email protected], >"Bill Lane" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > It was the first S Scale kit I wanted from back when <snip> > >Hi Bill....I s'pose you do know that there is no known prototype for >this car. It is a fictional fantasy type of car at best. There is a >similar narrow gauge car, however. But it won't fit onto PRR tracks. >Cheers...Ed L. > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> 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/
