The number of miners in Colorado who struck it rich created a large number of the top model autos being in that state. Those cars also had the power to go up hills which Colorado had a surplus of. It was like the ownership of Mercedes today. "miners" with little packets of "ore"
John Armstrong ----- Original Message ----- From: JGG KahnSr To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, August 02, 2011 11:52 PM Subject: RE: {S-Scale List} narrow gauge I'm not sure anyone has quite answered that; as another list member has said, the single most helpful source is an article in a Colorado Rail Annual (I think by Stan Rhine); there may be more in Silver San Juan. Any number of possibilities suggest themselves, but most turn on what was available to the RGS master mechanic when he started assembling them. Pierce Arrows were a premium automobile, not made in large numbers, and how several of them got to Colorado and ended up in junk condition I have never heard (they were manufactured in Buffalo, a long way away). The internet will establish it for certain, but my recollection is that the Depression did for Pierce-Arrow, as the market for luxury vehicles disappeared. How old the actual ones used to construct the geese were perhaps only an auto historian could establish from looking at the bodies, but they were obviously not newer models in the 1930's. Jace Kahn General Manager Ceres & Canisteo RR Co./Champlain County Traction Co. > > Why did the narrow gauge roads seem to prefer to use Pierce Arrow vehicles for their homade motorized units? Thanks. > Stan [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 6345 (20110802) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 6347 (20110803) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com [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/
