My olllldddd sore is the song and dance that ALL REAL PSNGR CARS ARE 85 FOOT LONG. NOT TRUE!!! Sorry for yelling but I know about the prototypes for the AM cars. BUT; that does not mean that all cars were 85 feet long and anything shorter is not "full length". It might not be, BUT it just might be. The AM cars are a case of the High-Rail Market being larger than the Scale Market.
On Dec 24, 2008, at 12:19 PM, Richard Karnes wrote: > TC et al -- > > You have opened an old sore; I cannot remain silent. The specific > prototypes for the AM Budd cars are the 85-foot Empire State Express > (NYC) cars, built in 1941. Except that AM made them too short by > over two inches. There is no 72-foot prototype for these cars. In > fact, no other road had copies of these cars. > > Dick Karnes Talmadge C 'TC' Carr Sn42 and Hn42 somewhere in the wilds of the Pacific Northwest [email protected] ------------------------------------ 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/
