Ok, so I think this discussion all started with Mr. Lane's comments a few weeks ago about putting all the Mighty Pennsy brass S engines side of a balance scale and NYC S brass engines on the other and that clearly the Mighty PRR would win. (Correct me if I'm wrong.) Well, maybe he should have said prototype preserved steam instead, because the "Mighty" would certainly have won that challenge. PRR management sought to preserve at least one of each major class of steam engine that they had (obviously some slipped by), but as a result, there's an outstanding collection preserved at the Pennsylvania Railroad Museum. In addition, some of the preserved engines are, have been, and/or will be under steam again. As for the NYC, well it's a good thing that we have those brass engines.
Incidently, if there was a class specific steam locomotive S-scale competition, neither the Mighty PRR nor the NYC would win. In fact, you could probably put all of the Pennsy and NYC engines on one side of the scale and the Rio Grande would win hands down if you consider the efforts of PBL, PFM and Tomalco. Of course, the track gauge would be a little narrower, but nevertheless, still S-scale. Happy Hoildays to all, Bob Frascella On Wed, Dec 24, 2008 at 8:25 AM, Robert Nicholson <[email protected]> wrote: > Careful, Andre - it is a well-established fact that ALCO diesel fumes > can cause hallucinations that can cause a person to uncontrollably > blurt truths that others would rather leave unstated. > > SANTA FE, All The Way! especially if they had bought the Erie > > Bob Nicholson > > > [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/
