--- In [email protected], gftolhurst@... wrote:
>
> Another thing to consider is the fact that flyonel wheels frequently
> necessitate compromises in the cars themselves resulting in decreased
> fidelity to scale--as Jim king has reminded us from time to time when the
> subject comes up: "Why don't we make models that can use any wheel profile
> under the sun?" It is just another reminder that scale model railroading is a
> distinct hobby from toy trains, and S will always be the victim of that
> distinction.
> I now apologize in advance to all of the "inclusivists" among us :-)
>
>
> Fred T in Tennessee
>
Speaking as an "incusivist,"(is there really such a word? If there is, I make
no apologies for it.) I was putting HiRail wheels and Flyer compatible couplers
on Pacific Rail Shops kits long before S Scale America by DPH was.
I have a spare Smoky Mountain ACL watermelon car that one of these days I'll do
the same to, just to prove it can be done without sacrificing too much of the
fidelity.
And, seeing that Brooks Stover's BC&G is essentially a HiRail railroad, does
that make it a toy train by your definition??? He does have those deep
flanges, after all...
Rich G(ajnak)
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