ACF has produced all sorts of covered hoppers. Just do a Google image search.
Charles Weston --- On Tue, 2/28/12, Alex Binkley <[email protected]> wrote: From: Alex Binkley <[email protected]> Subject: Re: {S-Scale List} Re: inside info To: [email protected] Date: Tuesday, February 28, 2012, 12:41 PM Hi: The Lionel website says the hopper is an ACF model. Isn't that what PRS--SSA produce? cheers ----- Original Message ----- From: Jim and Cheryl Martin To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:31 PM Subject: Re: {S-Scale List} Re: inside info So Don, now that SHS is thankfully ramping back up, is this something you would see as a viable future strategy, provided you found an O scale manufacturer willing to sell the rights to their patterns? I'm not suggesting anything...just wondering if the time is ripe for these sort of synergies. Jim Martin From: Don Thompson <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:10:56 PM Subject: Re: {S-Scale List} Re: inside info I suspect the savings in time alone is very important as a set of drawings takes 90 to 120 days. But, if they use a complete set of autocad drawings and just rescales and adjust for small changes needed in thickness for stock items (screws, etc.) you are talking being ready to tool in a few weeks instead of months.... Don How much does it save if the company already builds a car in O and decides to add it in S ? Does it give them a big cost advantage over someone starting from scratch?
