How close did Kinsman come to having an observation car? DJE
----- Original Message ----- From: JGG KahnSr To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, July 25, 2011 8:11 AM Subject: RE: {S-Scale List} Kinsman Passenger Cars Was that a mental lapse (goodness knows I have them increasingly frequently)? Did you mean CLOSED-vestibule? The open vestibule stock were based on B&M [mostly] commuter stock. And the O&W "Great Splinter Fleet" were primarily closed-vestibule equipment with the remaining open-end cars rapidly becoming MOW equipment. Jace Kahn General Manager Ceres & Canisteo RR Co./Champlain County Traction Co. > The Kinsman wood kit, open vestibule cars were modeled after the NYNH&H > cars. > The O&W open end cars (prototype) were built in two different series by > Jackson & Sharpe and Ohio Falls. The model recently scratchbuilt by Bill > Monahagan are close to the O&W Jackson & Sharpe cars, except, short by one > window. > Jeff Sankus > > > The Kinsman cars were sold either open or closed vestibule. The open were > > (as someone noted) B&M prototype, the closed vestibule are generally close > > to New Haven and (I think) NYO&W cars. > > Pieter E. Roos [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [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/
