Hi John; While I can that 85 ft piggyback cars and the like would be a problem, AF passenger cars are 60ft long and the AM "Heavyweights" are 72 ft, which would allow for modern boxcars (including autoparts cars), centerbeam flats and other new car types.The hi-rail versions might perch a bit high over the trucks to clear, but they should work just as well as the AF passenger fleet.
Pieter Roos John Picur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: The biggest drawback to modern cars is they are long -- usually too long to successfully negotiate those tinplate curves, which are relatively sharper than even the 18-inch radius of HO train sets. That means your market for these cars is immediately diminished by the majority of S gauge train-operating buyers. My experience is that the collectors generally specialize in the AF collectables and will have no interest in a 60-foot anything that does not come in a Flyonel box. Atlas O has found this out, too, with their longer cars. Their current spring sale list is chock full of 3-rail modern cars, including the very prototypes you have mentioned. >From my observations, the most successful productions satisfy the majority of >the S market by being in the 40-50 foot range. This means prototypes that >were common no later than the 1960s. Cars go be longer if you offer >Talgo-style truck and coupler combinations but these require compromises that >seldom satisfy us SGRCs (Raleigh Designation), so defeat the purpose of the >product in the first place. regards ... John Picur ----- Original Message ----- From: ctxmf74 To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, February 18, 2008 11:41 AM Subject: {S-Scale List} Re: Are you S Guage or S Scale? ... The deep pockets of the 3 rail market allowed Atlas O to enter the 2 rail market by building cars for both segments. ... If the flyer/ hirail S segment is really the most numerous part of S scale/gauge then maybe they will support some new equipment? ... cylindrical hopper or 60 foot auto parts car. Recent Activity a.. 6New Members b.. 4New Photos c.. 10New Files Visit Your Group Yahoo! Finance It's Now Personal Guides, news, advice & more. Sitebuilder Build a web site quickly & easily with Sitebuilder. Curves on Yahoo! Share & discuss Curves, fitness and weight loss. . [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Links Pieter E. Roos Railroad Home Page at www.geocities.com/pieter_roos/pieter_1.html [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> 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/
