Well, we don't have the concrete tie track some modern lines use, either. There
are two brands manufactured in HO.
And what about date nails? The lack of good quality S scale date nails is a
major disappointment in S! Preferably packaged by decade so there are a minimum
of "waste" nails with dates later than my time period.
Toung firmly in cheek....
Pieter E. Roos
Railroad Home Page at
www.geocities.com/pieter_roos/pieter_1.html
--- On Mon, 9/8/08, Robert Nicholson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
From: Robert Nicholson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: {S-Scale List} What happened to the ties? (used to be wheels)
To: [email protected]
Date: Monday, September 8, 2008, 10:29 AM
<SNIP>
>From the Website in Raleigh's link above:
"An idea was born in 1832 when Robert Stevens, the president and
chief engineer of the Camden and Amboy Railroad of New Jersey, ran out
of stone blocks on which to mount the rails. As a substitute material,
ties were hand hewn from logs cut from nearby forests. Later, it was
noticed that the wood ties provided a smoother ride, and wood has now
been used for ties for over 160 years."
Such audacity and independent thinking would not be tolerated by the
fountains of infinite wisdom in the front offices, today.
Bring on them exact scale ties!
Bob Nicholson
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