It might be useful to remember that SSA has very nice USRA composite
gondolas--which were also drop-bottom.
What would be nice to have are the Enterprise all steel ones as mass-production
in S scale, like the Max Gray brass ones in O scale,
or the old Ulrich die-cast ones in HO.
The lever mechanism on the SP convention cars is more evident than the
activating system on the USRA, so they
don't duplicate the SSA cars.
Jace Kahn
General Manager
Ceres & Canisteo RR Co./Champlain County Traction Co.
> It's their composite construction that makes them a bit unusual. The Drake
> brass all steel versions were a lot more common -- the DRGW had a bunch of
> them, and I am sure many other roads did, too.
>
> Amazingly enough, the SLE&P had some of the composite version...
> Billl Winans
>
> > Just for clarification, are you suggesting that SP composite side GS cars
> > were found all over the US
>
> Yup. Not necessarily in large quantities, but they were there.
>
> > or rather that GS drop-bottoms were found all over the US?
>
> Yup again.
>
> Standing firm.....Ed L.
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