ken garber wrote:
> On 1/23/06, John Degnan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>>Bob Werre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>(remember many HO Passenger cars are shorter also).
>>
>>RE : Oh REALLY? Since when, and from what manufacturer?!?
>>
>>The ONLY "too short" offering from ANY HO manufacturer that I am aware of
>>is a model from Branchline Trains... but the model just happens to be an
>>exact model of an actual prototype.
>
>
>
> Athearn's passenger fleet (streamlined and the heavyweights) are short cars
> (in the 70-75 foot range?). I don't know the prototypes. I think the
> baggage or RPO was a little shorter in relation to the rest.
(snip)
And don't forget that in years past HO also had Mantua, Herkimer (OK Car
Co - different name co - same cars), Model Power, Pennline, and even
brass imports from Tenshoda that were way too short. Somewhere I still
have a few of the Herkimer 60' cars, but I sold off the brass Tenshoda
cars years ago.
Bottom line, under-scale length cars have existed, and still do, in all
modeling scales to satisfy the needs of the masses who want passenger
trains and either do not have the space available for full-length cars,
or simply do not care.
In S scale , you have three realistic options.... 1) run freight only,
2) live with some under-scale cars and be happy with few full-length
cars available or coming in resin, or 3) open your wallet and start a
new company.
Take care
Bill
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