and he notes - I didn't know they made date nails for concrete ties.
Raleigh in balmy Maine ...;-) At 12:43 PM 9/8/2008, Pieter Roos wrote: >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 ><<mailto:user141771%40q.com>[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >From: Robert Nicholson <<mailto:user141771%40q.com>[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: {S-Scale List} What happened to the ties? (used to be wheels) >To: <mailto:S-Scale%40yahoogroups.com>[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 > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > [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/
