----- Original Message ----- From: Bill Lane . . . . . . .I joined the Steam Era Freight Cars list . . . . . . I witnessed obsessing and regurgitation of minutia like I had NEVER seen before. . . . . . . . . . > > > > > > > > > By contrast, I'll recommend the Modern Freight Car [Yahoo} List. It's moderated by Jim Eager, and he doesn't let them get too far off-topic for very long. It is quote . . . . . dedicated to the prototype and modeling of North American railroad freight cars and cabooses from 1960 to the present day. Topics may also include trucks, couplers, cushioning devices, brake gear and other appliances . . . . . . . Freight car pools and relevant discussion of industries shipping by rail are also on-topic.
Note this list is geared toward individuals interested in achieving accuracy, sometimes referred to as "rivet counters". Yes, the small details matter! If you're not interested in what may be considered minutia by some, this list may not be for you. . . . . . . . . . . endquote Of course, there's a lot of talk about how specific HO cars do or don't accurately represent real cars, and how they can be corrected, but even that can sometimes be informative. You can find it at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MFCL/ Tom Hawley -- Lansing Michigan Otherwise, c'mon in and enjoy a tremendous amount of information shared by highly knowledgeable subscribers. You're also welcome to just sit back, lurk, and absorb all the great stuff posted here! Together we can all learn a great deal about North American freight cars, their use on prototype railroads, and how to model them. Yes, some of the posts were helpful. Many members were VERY knowledgeable about freight cars. I got some help when I asked. I have not asked in a while though. BUT, compared to this group on a real bad hair day, they were PROS at sometimes spending DAYS grinding on seemingly useless data. One day the subject came up about how many cattle could fit in ____ stock car. This went on for a while - no make that days! I completely lost it when they started talking about how many "fattened cattle" would fit in ____ stock car. I just happened to have gotten my first digital camera. I grabbed an Ertl cow, took a photo, and posted a link to the photo. I asked the group if it was a FATTENED S Scale cow or not. It was completely LOST on them. No one replied. Since I was the S Scaler freak, they ignored my goof, but still it was a viable question. Further, for modeling purposes why would anyone NEED to KNOW that!?!?! I tried to get them to post photos of their recently completed models. I started with my just completed H30a. All I got was chirping crickets - no interest whatsoever. My H30a is still on the home page 3+ years later. I am convinced all that gets made is email. I had to turn off the email, which was abundant, because I could not take the days of answering obscure questions, and some rather consistent and sometimes brutal shredding of new (mostly HO) products that were only seen from 30 KB pre-release website photos. I considered it to be chest beating and a defense as to why to NOT buy something. So Ed, what does any of this have to do with you wanting good S Scale livestock? Not much! (:->) I just say buy what you can when you see it. I am not getting into modeling S Scale livestock too! The Ertl stuff is more then good enough for me! I just put in "Ertl cattle" in eBay http://search.ebay.com/search/search.dll?from=R40&_trksid=m37&satitle=ertl+c attle&category There are a few to choose from. Thank You, Bill Lane Modeling the Mighty Pennsy & PRSL in 1957 in S Scale since 1988 See my finished models at: http://www.lanestrains.com Winner of the 2007 Josh Seltzer NASG Website Award Look at what has been made in PRR in S Scale! Custom Train Parts Design http://www.lanestrains.com/SolidWorks_Modeling.htm PRR Builders Photos Bought, Sold & Traded (Trading is MUCH preferred) http://www.lanestrains.com/PRRphotos.xls ***Join the PRR T&HS*** The other members are not ALL like me! http://www.prrths.com http://www.lanestrains.com/PRRTHS_Application.pdf Join the Pennsylvania Reading Seashore Lines Historical Society It's FREE to join! http://www.prslhs.com Preserving The Memory Of The PRSL ------------------------------------ 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/
