Re: RP CYC
Richard Townsend
For my two cents, I think it would be useful to have in-depth coverage of a particular industry and the steam era freight car traffic it generated. The RMC articles on the tractor manufacturing company, and on Decker Meats are two good examples. RMJ did a nice one on a cement plant several years ago that I thought was a good start on understanding the freight flow of a specific industry type.
This would provide information on the proper mix of cars to serve an industry on the layout. For example, for a meat packer you might need two outbound reefers for every inbound stock car (I'm just making this up here), as well as a tenth of a box car for hides, a fiftieth for bone meal, a twentieth of a tank car for tallow, and a fifth of a hopper for coal. -- Richard Townsend Lincoln City, Oregon __________________________________________________________________ Switch to Netscape Internet Service. As low as $9.95 a month -- Sign up today at http://isp.netscape.com/register Netscape. Just the Net You Need. New! Netscape Toolbar for Internet Explorer Search from anywhere on the Web and block those annoying pop-ups. Download now at http://channels.netscape.com/ns/search/install.jsp |
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