Re: Another newbie question
Bob Webber <no17@...>
White's Freight Car Book:
http://tinyurl.com/78zvl
(http://dogbert.abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?an=white&y=13&tn=The+American+Railroad+Freight+Car+From+the+Wood-Car+Era+to+the+Coming+of+Steel&x=61)
And Trainshed Cyclopedia's for the era:
http://www.railroadtreasures.com/
http://www.railroadtreasures.com/Train%20Sheds/list%20by%20number.htm
Would be the first place to start.
At 09:20 PM 12/4/2005, you wrote:
http://tinyurl.com/78zvl
(http://dogbert.abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?an=white&y=13&tn=The+American+Railroad+Freight+Car+From+the+Wood-Car+Era+to+the+Coming+of+Steel&x=61)
And Trainshed Cyclopedia's for the era:
http://www.railroadtreasures.com/
http://www.railroadtreasures.com/Train%20Sheds/list%20by%20number.htm
Would be the first place to start.
At 09:20 PM 12/4/2005, you wrote:
I am planning to build a model railroad set in 1919.Bob Webber
My question is how do I figure out what cars existed in 1919, and in
what proportions?
The railroad itself is to be freelanced, running in northern Illinois,
near Chicago.
My goal is to create a railroad that is "plausible" or "believable".
One of my issues is not knowing what car details should or should not
exist. I understand that around that time new safety standards went
into effect, but I do not know what those standards are.
What books or reference materials would educate me?
Thanks
Phil Jannusch
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