So, Don, why did you not proceed with a PRR version of the 2-8-0? Are there more B&O modelers in S than PRR modelers?
- Peter. On 06/01/2011 11:18 am, Don Thompson wrote: > Dear Chris, > No, that is not how the project evolved. Our first proposed steam > engine was to be the USRA 0-6-0. Right before we were starting to > send research material to our builder, the Bachmann 2-8-0 came out in > HO. One of our advisors, suggested we consider a 2-8-0 instead of the > 0-6-0. He told me that half of all the steam engines made in the US > were 2-8-0s. He went on to explain that the PRR had more 2-8-0s > (almost 10,000 H class engines) than the AT&SF had steam engines. > Don -- Peter Vanvliet ([email protected], or [email protected]) Houston, Texas "It is easy to give up; anyone can do that..." http://pmrr.org/ (my model railroad - RSS feed <http://pmrr.org/rss.xml>) http://fourthray.com/ (my company) http://houstonsgaugers.org/ (model railroad club) -- [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/
