I take your point and realized after I'd posted that he would not need to 
figure out a drive for a GP-38, as presumably (I haven't checked
dimensions) a shell would fit on the AM GP-9/18.  While I probably won't be a 
customer, I hope it does become a reality for those that
want one.

Jace Kahn

General Manager 
Ceres & Canisteo RR Co./Champlain County Traction Co.




> There are a  number of factors involved, not least of which is his return on 
> investment for the work involved. I'm not sure a locomotive body requires 
> that much more CAD time than a boxcar, but locomotives sell for more. Also, 
> he has had good response on locomotives so far, while the SAL boxcar almost 
> died on the vine until it became a last-chance thing (and a number of people 
> talked it up both on-list and off!).
> 
> Pieter E. Roos
> 
> 
> --- On Mon, 5/30/11, JGG KahnSr <[email protected]> wrote:
> > I don't really mean to be discouraging, but if Jim King
> > won't do a MILW ribside boxcar because he can't sell them in
> > HO, wouldn't 
> > that be even more the case with a common diesel
> > locomotive?

                                          

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