----- Original Message ----- From: "T Larson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Does anybody know if the TTX had flats this short; 53'6"? . . . . . . . . > > > > > > In trying to learn about the prototype 75 ft F-39 cars (� la BTS) I came across the fact that it is a popular misconception that 50 ft flatcars predate 75 foot flatcars. Trailer Train Co started with those 75 foot trailers, but when typical trailer length went from 35 foot to 40 foot, Trailer Train added 50 foot flat cars to its fleet for one trailer to a flat car service.
Also, see Model RailroadING April 1989 for an article on how, in the sixties, the UP draw-bar-connected those 53� ft Commonwealth cast steel flat cars in pairs for COFC service. Tom Hawley -- Lansing Mich > The poll results are in....... To REPLY to the list, use REPLY ALL, to reply to the sender, use REPLY. I do NOT know if this works on all e-mail software, but it works on some of the most common ones. For those of you on DIGEST mode, all REPLY messages go to the list. Change your membership, change your message settings, use our CALENDAR, view shared files or photos, view the list archives, GO TO http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
