The range of different railroad cars that formerly came through on the NYC and Big 4 lines was amazing. My brother in law had the Pennsy main line practically in his front yard and every line came through there as well.
All the short lines sooner or later. John Armstrong ----- Original Message ----- From: gsc3 To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, April 11, 2011 3:55 PM Subject: {S-Scale List} Oddball freight cars If you lurk on the Steamera Freightcar list and I know several of us do, you will come to realize you can justify the oddball car on your layout if you model the transition era. Much as been noted about the N&W hopper going west over Sherman Hill, and I've seen a DVD of a Western of Alabama boxcar behind a Big Boy. I've seen roundroof SAL boxcars on the Maine Central headed for Canada. I'm coming to believe that for the major carriers, boxcars and some gons and flats were free runners. It apparently worked like if Southern Railway did 8% of the national boxcar business then Southern was expected to contribute 8% of the national boxcar fleet. BAR and FGE reefers were found in California during the busy season and in one of my Clinchfield Railroad books it clearly shows a Burlington Road hopper in the s.w. Virginia coalfields. To relate to S, the fact that you are modeling a particular section of the country doesn't mean you can't run a SAL or NP boxcar or any other major road from I'm reading on Steamera Freightcars. Right, Pieter? George Courtney __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 6034 (20110411) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 6034 (20110411) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com [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/
