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Re: A Purpose For Frt Car Distribution Studies.

My impression of most club layouts is that anachronism is a far worse distraction than reporting marks. At least with good staging the percent of reporting marks can be corrected, while the

By Tim O'Connor · #74964 ·

tax vs. customs

----------------------- We should distinguish between tax authorities and customs rules in this discussion. AFAIK, customs violations were a civil violation that could result in payment of

By Malcolm Laughlin <mlaughlinnyc@...> · #74963 ·

Loading Canadian cars

Although we know there was a rule that Canadian cars could not be loaded between points in the US, and it was a customs violation to do so, and a rialroad could be fined for a violation, that doesn't

By Malcolm Laughlin <mlaughlinnyc@...> · #74962 ·

Re: A Purpose For Frt Car Distribution Studies

Dave A train club I belong to last month had a design "bake off" for a new layout. I'd submitted a design with a large amount of staging, enough for 1,000 freight cars (for a layout w/ a 500'

By Tim O'Connor · #74961 ·

Re: A Purpose For Frt Car Distribution Studies

Dave Nelson wrote: Here I think Dave makes a vital point. The cars you see when you visit a layout multiple times should not be the same cars every time. Of course the most eye-catching cars are

By Anthony Thompson <thompson@...> · #74960 ·

Re: A Purpose For Frt Car Distribution Studies.

Folks, Even though this discussion "appears" to go on fo ever, Dick Argo did a good presentation on what was freight car distribution in the C&O Parsons Yard, Columbus, Ohio, in the 1950s. A lot of

By water.kresse@... · #74959 ·

Re: Frt Car Distribution, diversions, routing et al

Greg Martin wrote: Ah, got it. Dan's post proves your viewpoint, while Larry's is just an exception. Interesting. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906 Forest

By Anthony Thompson <thompson@...> · #74958 ·

Re: A Purpose For Frt Car Distribution Studies.

It would be nice if this topic would get integrated into the mainstream Model Railroad Hobby..... Having been in both the manufacturing and distribution end of the Industry, there is WAY too much

By Charlie Vlk · #74957 ·

Re: A Purpose For Frt Car Distribution Studies.

Jim Betz says: "Having said that - I personally do not think it makes a big difference whether you take the national percentages and try to match them for your layout. I -do- think it is important to

By Mike Brock <brockm@...> · #74956 ·

Re: A Purpose For Frt Car Distribution Studies.

With respect to the 'purpose' ... I think it has been left unsaid that it is very common to go to an NP layout and see far too many NP cars - or to a B&O layout and see almost nothing but B&O

By Jim Betz · #74955 ·

Re: 1940s flat car loads

Ed, I built both of the Bowser/Selley tractors. They are pretty clunky by today's standards (I replaced some of the parts on mine), and I'm not even sure they have a real prototype. That said, you

By Garth G. Groff <ggg9y@...> · #74954 ·

Re: STOCK CARS IN NRHS BULLETIN

John, No, it's not a typo. That's what the magazine says on both the cover and the title page. It is my understanding that the NRHS fell way behind with their magazine, not untypical of society

By Garth G. Groff <ggg9y@...> · #74953 ·

Re: 1940s flat car loads

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By eabracher@... · #74972 ·

Re: A Purpose For Frt Car Distribution Studies. Was: Re: Re:Fwd: Re: Freight car distribution

Dave Nelson notes: "To be clear, just as the distribution hypothesis requires a large number of cars, observed over a period of time -- the length of which will vary by traffic volume -- so must the

By Mike Brock <brockm@...> · #74951 ·

1940s flat car loads

Anyone familiar with the farm tractors that Selley offers? Do they require much work? Would several on a flat car be too heavy? Is there an on line site for antique farm machinery? Ed

By ed_mines · #74952 ·

Re: A Purpose For Frt Car Distribution Studies. Was: Re: Re:Fwd: Re: Freight car distribution

I feel the need to respond to my own post here, for clarification. Full response at end.

By Dave Nelson · #74950 ·

Re: STOCK CARS IN NRHS BULLETIN

I hope this is a typo! Jon Miller AT&SF For me time stopped in 1941 Digitrax, Chief/Zephyr systems, JMRI user NMRA Life member #2623 Member SFRH&MS

By Jon Miller <atsf@...> · #74949 ·

A Purpose For Frt Car Distribution Studies. Was: Re: Re:Fwd

We're still working on it :-) Dennis (hear no evil) Storzek

By Dennis Storzek <destorzek@...> · #74948 ·

Re: A Purpose For Frt Car Distribution Studies. Was: Re: Re:Fwd

I must comment that this has been disproven by the mere existence of the internet.... :) Meanwhile, I do find the studies useful. They have helped me keep my fleet populated with 'typical' cars

By Craig Zeni <clzeni@...> · #74947 ·

Re: Question re Tichy USRA hopper - HO

Ben, you said: "Last weekend, I gave a presentation on the B&O's USRA freight cars at the B&ORRHS' Eastern Mini-Con at Harpers Ferry. I'll convert the handout to PDF and post it to the group files

By Misc Clark · #74946 ·

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