Re: SFRD Rr-30 Class Reefers From Athearn
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Miller, Andrew S. <asmiller@...>
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probability of seeing these cars goes up. BTW "The World Wonders" was not part of Nimitz's message it was the "pad", a random phrase put on the end of the message to confuse any Japanese cryptologist trying to break the code. It was an unfortunate choice because it seemed to fit the message and the decoding clerk mistakenly left it in, thus leading to the perceived insult to Halsey! Now for the trivia contest. What was the pad on the front of that famous message? regards, Andy Miller -----Original Message-----
From: STMFC@... [mailto:STMFC@...] On Behalf Of Mike Brock If one applies the Dave Nelson/Tim Gilbert "probability of occurrence" to these cars, one MIGHT be allowed one tenth of a car to be on the layout during a month of operating sessions. OTOH, if one were to...for some reason...model say two days [ as in May 14 and May 15, 1954 ] AND had proof that 4 of the Rr-30 reefers were in one train on one of those days in the area modeled...Bingo!...one could run 4 of them. No idea what to do about modeling and running the other 2400 or so cars active on those days in the area of the RR modeled. Not my problem. "The World Wonders"....Nimitz to Halsey, Oct 1944 Mike Brock |
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