There is no question of the need for interchange for my concept, as I have
always been a shortline enthusiast; few of the smaller shortlines ever had more
than a locomotive
or two, perhaps a caboose or combine, and a flatcar or gondola for MOW service.
A few were so marginal that they even had to rent the locomotive from a
connecting class
I. When market conditions changed in the 1960's many shortlines ended up
buying (often second-hand) and repainting boxcars for per diem rentals, but the
entire point of that business was to RENT them out to larger operations rather
than to use them on-line.
Just a nit: the AM boxcars are NOT PS-1's but sort of between the ARA ("X29")
really available only in AF boxcars and the AAR 1937/40 boxcars offered by PRS.
As I was informed
by the more-informed on the list, the only genuine PS-1 in S scale is the Kaslo
resin kit. Ken Zieska pointed out that no existing
mass-market/injection-molded housecar could be
used to provide a dimensionally-accurate PS-1, and the prohibitive cost of the
creating dies for an entirely new housecar would probably not have been
recoverable, since the
primary market for S scale is the AF-type operators, who mostly could care less
about specific prototypes.
Jace Kahn
General Manager
Ceres & Canisteo RR Co./Champlain County Traction Co.
> The Humongous Company ships corn starch all over the country in boxcars, its
> own and other roads. SHABBONA home road boxcars used in this service are
> generally the 1600-Class PS-1 cars from American Models. Since SHABBONA
> ostensibly extends to Minneapolis, this would be a natural fit.
>
> Shipping bulk corn syrup in tank cars is now a budding business, you could
> also receive tank car loads of that commodity as well.
>
> In return, Humongous could use Korn shipped in boxcars from elevators in
> Minnesota (just don't use 1600-Class SHABBONA boxcars for grain service -
> they are designated for clean foodstuff commodities ONLY!)
>
> If you're going to be in Columbus next weekend, we can talk more, there. I
> smell a car swap program here.
>
> Bob Nicholson _________________________________________
>
> >
> > Ah, you got me on this one. I like the idea of knowing about industries on
> > other people's layouts with the idea that I can "send" cars to interchange
> > points on my layout with the thought they are traveling somewhere, visiting
> > someone else's layout. Hard core operators are not interested in that much
> > story which is fine but that type of story is enjoyable to me. Some
> > commodities are more regional but even if the first commodity was regional,
> > the cars, particularly boxcars routed all around the country. I recall an
> > article that tracked a boxcar's trip crossing the country over and over
> > again. There was also an article in the Northern Pacific Railway
> > Historical Association magazine about a boxcar shortage that was caused
> > because the NP sent cars east loaded and the railroads would not send them
> > back. It was during the decline of the eastern roads prior to
> > consolidation and so much of their fleet was deadlined. In addition to
> > buying rebuilt boxcars such as the 37 AAR cars (Pacific Rail), the NP
> > bought a number of the Pennsy round roof style cars that originally were on
> > the DT&I and other eastern roads.
> > Well anyway, with that in mind, I will be building a list of places to
> > interchange with. Why, my railroad even has a Spiral Hill hopper on it
> > that is in good enough shape to be used to haul sugar beets now that it is
> > harvest time. Can't say for sure how a two bay hopper got off line and to
> > Minnesota but it is not likely to get back east for interchange until after
> > harvest.
> > Sorry for the interruption, you can get back to whatever you were really
> > talking about.
> >
> > Ken
> >
>
>
>
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