Earlier I wrote that my knowledge on real trains is lacking a bit, as it happens to be I am reading my first RR book, as normally I am reading about US History or baseball.
http://www.amazon.com/Railroads-Triumphant-Rejection-Rebirth-American/dp/0195038533/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1281401251&sr=1-1 The above is the book I am reading as I am learning allot about the past, pre- Acela. LOL One thing I learned is how the refrigerator car came about. G. Swift of the Swift meat company wanted to ship meat already "boxed" meaning already slaughter and dressed at his plant and then ship the boxes off to distribution centers. The RRs did not want to do as they made more money shipping live animals to slaughter houses. So Swift made 10 refrigerator cars on his own. Mike Marmer [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: [email protected] [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/
