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Re: likeability bias in model freight car selection

I like all freight cars, but I especially like to have several versions of the same car that were around at the same time -- like a weathered original car, a repaint, and maybe a rebuild. To me that

By Tim O'Connor · #81900 ·

Re: likeability bias in model freight car selection

James, ===> You are -not- alone! Welcome to the club. Reading between the lines what I think you are saying is that you are concerned that your selection process will end up with "not

By Jim Betz · #81898 ·

Re: likeability bias in model freight car selection

There's a lot to be said for having one of everything as far as freight cars go. For me, the uglier the car, it seems the more likely I am to have it. (An HO F&C Lehigh Valley "wrong-way" boxcar

By Steve Lucas <stevelucas3@...> · #81899 ·

Re: likeability bias in model freight car selection

Where might one find such a randomness generator? Frank Valoczy Vancouver, BC SUVCWORR@... wrote:

By destron@... · #81901 ·

Re: likeability bias in model freight car selection

Jim, Perhaps as discussed on this list previously, you need to expand your fleet beyond the cars that are needed to serve your industries on a regular basis.? Add those cars that will only show up

By SUVCWORR@... · #81897 ·

Re: likeability bias in model freight car selection

By Schuyler Larrabee · #81896 ·

Re: likeability bias in model freight car selection

Not to discredit your approach but I've never been a "one of everything" modeler (or as I phrased it Noah's Arc divided by 2). I prefer more commonly seen items and absolutely love "the same but

By jerryglow2 · #81893 ·

Re: likeability bias in model freight car selection

- Tim: Best answer so far! Stephan Parachuk Toronto

By sparachuk <sparachuk@...> · #81892 ·

Re: likeability bias in model freight car selection

You can't have it all ways Jim. If you want disorder, join a club! Tim

By Tim O'Connor · #81889 ·

Re: likeability bias in model freight car selection

Jim, Jerry, list, My study of my modeling area, the PRR panhandle Divn in th Ohio River environment has shown that the most numerous interchange cars from

By Frederick Freitas <prrinvt@...> · #81888 ·

Re: likeability bias in model freight car selection

I just had a friend over today who belongs to but does not monitor the list very often. I showed him how the ORER has interchange roads for every road listed so it's an easy matter to pick some that

By jerryglow2 · #81891 ·

REA wood express cars

Does anyone have or know where I can obtain a drawing of the undercarriage of one these cars, showing brakes, piping, etc? Thanks in advance, Paul R Greenwald PRRT&HS NMRA

By pennsyrrnut <pennsyrrfan@...> · #81886 ·

Re: likeability bias in model freight car selection

Jerry Glow wrote: less likely that a nearby road's cars would be on yours than a distant one. Not impossible but to me, less likely. Of course we all are PRR modelers regardless of what we call our

By rwitt_2000 · #81890 ·

Re: likeability bias in model freight car selection

Maybe its a growing orderliness I see in my HO scale fleet that is uncomfortable. Like a home flower garden. Each car has a purpose. And I like every single car. There is an underlying orderliness

By jim_mischke <jmischke@...> · #81887 ·

Re: likeability bias in model freight car selection

"Likeability bias"? Is that so much of a problem? It seems that most of us here have never met a freight car we didn't like. - Andy Andy Sperandeo Executive Editor Model Railroader

By Andy Sperandeo <asperandeo@...> · #81883 ·

Re: The NMRA and RPM Meets, Wheels & Couplers

Actually an article on GM pointed out that Consumer Reports currently recommends 71% of Ford vehicles but only 17% of GM vehicles. The Ford percentage is comparable to imports. C.R. uses paper and

By Tim O'Connor · #81881 ·

Re: REA wood express cars

Paul, I believe that PSC has the drawing in their catalogs. I don't know how accurate it is. Chuck Hladik

By Charles Hladik · #81895 ·

On-line article: IC “Mainline of Mid-America” 2-bay offset hoppers

Hello all, While I have been a long-time lurker on this group and have really enjoyed the modeling efforts and information shared by many of you, I have never posted here before. Most modellers on

By thbguy <livingston@...> · #81885 ·

Re: likeability bias in model freight car selection

James: I am in accord with what you are doing. It's too bad you feel there's something wrong with it, though. I like the idea of walking around my HO scale yard going "Oh, look! A B&O wagontop!" "Wow!

By sparachuk <sparachuk@...> · #81882 ·

Re: likeability bias in model freight car selection

Poverty (or in my case, unemployment) helps to discipline ones purchases. Not that I recommend it, but it sures helps one say "no" to shiny baubles in the hobby store... I have met only one or two

By Tim O'Connor · #81880 ·

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