Whom was I talking to recently about drop-end gondolas? Doesn't really matter, but below is an interesting picture of exactly what the purpose is of such a car. They also frequently carry loads of steel construction components, I-beams & the like.
There's nothing wrong with any of our S scale RTR gondolas, but one might also consider the Lionel O-27 gondola with the approximately 49 S-scale foot inside length. If you look at it and think about it, its prototype is a drop-end gondola. That's the reason it has the brake wheel(s) on the side rather than the end. (Having two brake wheels on such a short car is strictly a Lionelism.) The Lionel car can be used as-is, though it's a bit too wide for S and would better be narrowed down. The hardest part of narrowing down an O-27 car is the seam at the ends. If one were to do one of these, that problem would be obviated - You just remove the ends and put them in your scrap pile. The seam in the floor is hidden by the load. Click below. Tom Hawley -- Lansing Mich ----- Original Message ----- From: toddsyr Subject: Re: [MFCL] Gondola pix by Ron Hawkins Now THAT'S a loaded gon! http://pfe_coi.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=2472268 Todd K. Stearns ------------------------------------ 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/
