Roy, My comment was directed mainly at Flyonel, AF (general), Gilbert, AM and some SHS stuff, and was intended to focus on the SIZE (scale) of the details, not just the mere presence or non-presence of the detail. There is pretty-much always something that can be improved on these manufacturer's models, even as good as some of them already are.
Hope that clarifies. Sorry for confusion. John Degnan [email protected] ----- Original Message ----- From: Roy Inman To: S-Scale Sent: Wednesday, April 13, 2011 07:06 PM Subject: Re: {S-Scale List} SAL Roundroof boxcar John, I am a little confused by your comment ³I...don¹t think I have ever seen a model manufactured specifically for what we call hi-rail that had scale details.² I presume you are talking about just AF or Flyonel? I see it as three, not two divisions: Scale, hi-rail and Flyer, or Flyonel. I am thinking of the AM Northern, which was available (I believe) as scale or hi-rail, and same for SHS engines. Seems to me that in the last ten years or so there has been a blurring of the hi-rail and scale, or maybe merging is a better term. Oh, and Lionel has been offered a couple of relatively well-detailed articulated engines, the BB last year and the Challenger yet to come. While it would take a bit of work to get them to ³performance level², it looks to me as if they could be a good starting point for a more accurate scale model. Roy on 4/13/11 5:28 PM, John Degnan at [email protected] wrote: > > > > > > I, for one, don't think I have EVER seen a model that was manufacturer > specifically for what we call "hi-rail" track that had scale details. > > As for what a SAL car is... SAL stands for Seaboard Air Line... as in the SAL > Railway/Railroad... an early predecessor of what is now CSX. See below : > > http://www.trainweb.org/seaboard/salhistory.htm > > The tern "Air Line" was commonly used in the late 1800s and early 1900s to > represent the "fastest route" between two destinations. Ever heard the term > "making a bee line?" Same concept. The term "AIR" was used since traveling > in a perfectly straight line to another place was only possible by being in > the air, thereby being the fastest route. See below : > > http://www.trainweb.org/seaboard/SAL1906FromNYToFLAAd.jpg > > http://www.trainweb.org/seaboard/SAL1909PalmReaderAd.jpg > > John Degnan > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links [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/
