JP Barger wrote:

Hi-- Tony Thompson's last message made me think that a 'pareto' list of the top twenty RR's total freight car ownership in 1950 would be most useful in thinking about what is under- and what is overrepresented in model form. Does someone have this data? Thanks in advance.

Yes, I published such a chart years ago, and have reproduced it in a post on my blog. Here's the link:

http://modelingthesp.blogspot.com/2010/12/choosing-model-car-fleet-2.html

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