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On Jun 1, 2011, at 12:59 PM, Pieter Roos <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Peter; > > Well, how many other road names are appropriate for a 2-8-0 with a Belpaire > firebox? PRR, Belfonte Central, ? > > Pieter E. Roos > > --- On Wed, 6/1/11, Peter Vanvliet <[email protected]> wrote: > > > 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 > > [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/
