Doesn't the gondola plow go back to a Paul Larson construction article in Model Railroader from the 1950s? Milwaukee road prototype if I recall correctly. I could probably find the article and scan it if anyone is interested.
Charles Weston --- On Thu, 12/23/10, JGG KahnSr <[email protected]> wrote: From: JGG KahnSr <[email protected]> Subject: RE: {S-Scale List} Sunshine Kits To: [email protected] Date: Thursday, December 23, 2010, 8:09 AM No, John, I probably confused the issue by asking originally about the AMBROID kits, which were definitely B&M. The followup question was about the Sunshine kits, one of which was a gondola-mounted plow, probably a midwestern prototype, but whether freelanced generic or a specific prototype I was hoping to establish. Jace Kahn General Manager Ceres & Canisteo RR Co./Champlain County Traction Co. > I think the plows were Boston & Maine. and probably 50 years ago. Thats > about when I built my first one > > B M = before marriage. John Armstrong. > If I ever got up to one of the PPSW Thursday night gatherings, the fellows > there could probably enlighten me, since the kits were > produced in Minneapolis, but I doubt I am going to hazard the drive until > after spring thaw now. > > As noted in the thread on the Ambroid B&M winged Russell-type plow, I > picked up both the gondola-mounted plow and tool/rail > work car at Duluth. The instruction sheet mentions no prototypes, so I > wonder whether these are freelance or based on an actual > prototype? I infer these were produced about twenty years ago? > > Jace Kahn [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [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/
