In a message dated 1/6/2009 8:44:08 PM Eastern Standard Time, [email protected] writes:
> The November 1982 Mainline Modeler has a nice article, including > several S scale drawings. The M53 cars began construction in June 1937 > and were completed in March 1938. With the 40 year interchange rule > you can reasonably expect some of the cars to last into the mid-70's. > What percentage of the original 2000 M53's would have been left by then > would take more research. According to the Mainline article, Chessie > System showed seven M53 cars "in service" in 1982. > I photographed one in service on the B&O's CTV&W branch on New Years Day 1968. Lee Rainey ************** New year...new news. Be the first to know what is making headlines. (http://www.aol.com/?ncid=emlcntaolcom00000026) [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/
