Pieter, I do not know enough about freight car details to go into this. I agree that it is a good idea for the website to mention that the photo is of an HO model and will differ in some details from the actual convention car. But this is not my control. Sorry I was not more cognizant myself when I first looked at the website photo. - Earl Henry In a message dated 8/19/2011 10:13:34 A.M. Central Daylight Time, [email protected] writes:
Hi Earl; I wasn't really complaining, but it should be clearly stated that the photo is an HO model and the production model will be different. The AM boxcar as currently offered has Improved Dreadnaught Ends, a diagonal panel roof and post war Youngstown doors, the car show differs in all those features as well as in such details as the grab irons, steps, ladders, etc. Making clear that it is not some kind of production sample, but rather a similar HO model will prevent later complaints. Pieter E. Roos --- On Fri, 8/19/11, [email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected]) <[email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected]) > wrote: > I am not an expert on freight cars > though I have been studying them a > little more lately. But I think the AM boxcar is > probably the best choice for > this car decoration. > > I once tried to get Don Thompson to offer the SHS rebuilt > boxcars in the > yellow striped scheme. Don had already studied > the issue. He declined to > do the NC&StL car because NC&StL never had > any 40 foot rebuilt boxcars in > this scheme. They did have 36 foot rebuilt > boxcars. Later NC&StL received a > large order of new 40 foot boxcars with the yellow > stripe. I think the > AM 40 foot boxcar is as close to perfect a choice as > is possible. > > Rob Sebastian could speak to this issue but I have been > told that the 40 > foot boxcars from the former PRS line are not available > right now for such a > project. > > - Earl Henry, > Nashville, TN, Headquarters City of the > Nashville, Chattanooga, & St. Louis > Railway [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/
