You said a mouthful there! Never thought about it that way, but you're right - most similar car types do look the same today.
The only ones I find interesting are the intermodal cars... expecially the well cars... and the odd-shaped and multi-trucked, specialty flat cars as well. If I were going to model today, my trains would be mostly intermodal cars and flat cars. A "Razorback" as the Seaboard used to call them. John Degnan [email protected] ----- Original Message ----- From: John To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, December 02, 2011 04:21 PM Subject: Re: {S-Scale List} Let's Get Modern I find I rarely bother looking at the present day railroad trains any more. Usualy 100 cars that all look alike.----- This is after riding 207 non tourist railroads over the years. The diesels only vary according to the paint scheme. Riding in the cab all day in an oil fired Santa Fe 2-8-0, In an EBT caboose, In a C&O or a NYC loco cab. Now if some one comes up with a working model of a horse drawn early B&O tain ??????????????? John Armstrong [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/
