Just dropping in briefly, as my week has been thoroughly disrupted by things beyond my control (sorry, Ed). I've had a reprint of the 1879 Master Car Builders Dictionary for a number of years--I think published by Simmons Boardman,and Dover reprinted another nineteenth century edition as a paperbound. I suspect there are lots of copies of those floatingaround out there, even if one or both are now technically out of print. With the White, they should provide most of the informationanyone would need for modelling the era. The real problem may be trucks: I don't know if the new owner of the Downs line will reissue the Ace archbar trucks, and probablythe Kemtron production fixtures have long disappeared (I grabbed a pair sitting under a junker at S Fest which are now in the box with my LibertyModels Ma&Pa flatcar kit for when I get around to building it). Granted I am still relatively-new to S scale, but except for the lost-waxones offered by SHS, probably the only others produced may have been for imports. I hope to come up for air again next week, God willing.
Jace Kahn General Manager Ceres & Canisteo RR Co./Champlain County Traction Co. > To: [email protected] > From: [email protected] > Date: Thu, 22 Dec 2011 17:10:55 -0700 > Subject: Re: {S-Scale List} 1870-80's (was New Member) > > 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 Whites 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 > ------------------------- [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/
