Hi -- Although the PBL car kits represent a form of that era of construction, they really represent the 1926 rebuilds (and later) of turn of the century rolling stock. Other than locos, I bet one could build almost any of the early freight cars with not much more than wood, wire (flat and round), and turnbuckle/queen post castings (apart from the trucks, couplers and brake wheel). As someone else mentioned, John White’s BIG book, The American Railroad Freight Car, about freight car development would probably supply all the info required to build whatever you need. If the cars had wood beam trucks, it is quite possible that they were even shorter (26 to 28 feet) than the narrow gauge cars, though probably not narrower (8-1/2 feet seems typical). Rail Master has Sn3 4-4-0 kits that night be able to be converted to standard gauge by an enterprising modeler.
Best holiday wishes! Bill Winans ------------------------- From: John Degnan Sent: Thursday, December 22, 2011 4:22 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: {S-Scale List} 1870-80's (was New Member) If PBL's Sn3 cars "seem" small to you it is most likely because most freight cars of that era were much smaller than later cars. With that in mind... does that make this an optical DELUSION...? LOL But seriously... the "S" in Sn3 means they must be true S scale. Yet since there are most likely none of the original cars still around, I guess we'll never really know for 100% sure. Best we can do is just go with what is known about them based on records and just be happy with it. I like what one other person said about how these very early cars are easy to scratchbuild since nearly all of them were made of wood. I've always been fond of American 4-4-0 locos and freight cars of the Civil War era, so I wish I knew of an exhaustive source for info, drawings and photos of some of these early locos and cars. Has anyone ever made an American 4-4-0 or 2-6-0 in S like those seen on this page? : http://www.trainweb.org/seaboard/SandS/sandsry.htm John Degnan mailto:Scaler164%40comcast.net ----- Original Message ----- From: Rance Velapoldi To: mailto:S-Scale%40yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, December 22, 2011 03:02 PM Subject: Re: {S-Scale List} 1870-80's (was New Member) Hi all: My impression is that they might be a little smaller than standard S, but I sem to remember someone saying that the only difference is the trucks. [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/
