Dennis, you've hit on an important point I also tried to make. Toproperly model prototypical freight car movements, you need a LOT of excessfreight cars. "Randomness" is what you are describing, not

Railroad prototype modeler meets have finally come to the Intermountain Area! This Saturday! Connect with friends and fellow prototype modelers at the only prototype modeling meet in the

---In STMFC@..., <Jeff.A.Aley@...> wrote : [QUOTE] I have countered numerous times that 1) onetrain does not make a sample and 2) the distribution hypothesis has nothingwhatsoever to say about the

I'm still working on it, maybe a reliable printer soon. Tom Dempsey

I’ll save you the trouble of looking up the yogurt: [QUOTE] I have countered numerous times that 1) onetrain does not make a sample and 2) the distribution hypothesis has nothingwhatsoever to

Bill; Also, IIRC, the HO trucks (2F-F2 and later 2F-F3 (both "Buckeye", but different load limits) were bagged under the Crown Custom Products label, as well. Elden Gatwood

Guys; There was a lot of discussion about this before the RP CYC article came out, and yes, there were a LOT of different doors on the X26 after the rebuilds: "new" Y-town doors, ex-X28 splices,

LOL - so noted, Tony! If I were writing the software (I did at one time, but the club hatedit, preferring their old non-random consists that simply turn around in thestaging yard and come back the

Bill, Railworks has been out of business for many years, but these cars and trucks show up on eBay and at the PRRT&HS annual meeting with some frequency. Regards Bruce Bruce F. Smith

Lester That set has long been on my "I wish I'd bought a couple moresets" list! The 9601-11 and 9601-21 are excellent for making up freight carlettering. And Dry Transfers are the way to go for

Tim O'Connor wrote: Good advice, Tim -- but in the 1950 era, AAR surveys showed that only about 70% of cars were loaded in accord with the Car Service Rules. I would suggest that SLAVISH adherence

Bruce In the absence of a 1% sample of millions of conductor's books, I prefersimple logic. XM box cars and GB gondolas followed AAR rules for reloading almost allof the time. As a result, they could

And Second, over time, you'll notice that the percentages of cars follow the G-N model. QED. I don't think that is necessarily true. Schuyler Well, as you said, you didn't take any probability,

One of the problems people seem to have in accepting the theory is in the failure to understand that average does not mean instance. I recommend a search in the archives for the word yogurt (possibly

Schuyler, A couple of points – the G-N model only applies to free-roaming cars (think “plain boxcars”). Not bottle cars, not hoppers, not reefers. Not even boxcars in Pool

Steve Hoxie wrote: "I hate to be contrarian, and Ben has corrected me before, but the X26 photos I have available show most commonly the 5/4/5 door as on the USRA car in Bryian's photo. 38333, 45466,

I simply searched for "PRR X26 Box Car" and the first good prototype view was of PRR #564287, a B&W vintage view (The sheathing was in good condition). That car had the pre-war Youngstown 5/5/5-s

The July, 2010 issue of RMC has an article by Kris Kollar on modeling the F 33 using the F&C kit and it includes modifying the trucks. Gary Laakso Northwest of Mike Brock

Eric, Schuyler and all; I also love these images, one reason being the variety of freight cars and other great city features visible. One can see Pennsylvania Lines, Erie, NYC, DL&W, of course many

Tim's dead, I'm alive. Bruce Smith's summary does as good a job at stating the bottom line as any. If you need extra wrinkles then add WWII (maybe as early as 1940) into the 50's, mainline trunk