Stan...I ain't no Enhorning expert, but will try to bring some perspective to
the Enhorning Story. It is a long time ago and was confusing even then.
> Was the plastic used in the hump models the problem?
I think the humped-roof problem was caused not by the plastic itself, but by
the design of the sprues which carried the molten plastic into the mold proper.
The sprues were, I think, inadequate (not sure how) and the hump happened
during the cooling period after the shot was made.
> Did Enhorning try to correct hump problem before putting models for sale?
I have no idea. The hump was an Enhorning feature for sure and everyone knew
it. I believe that, years later, Wabash Valley reworked the tooling to resolve
the hump issue. But, as usual, I could be wrong.
> Did the Wabash shells have the same hump?
I think some did and some did not. Depends on whether they were shot before or
after the tooling was modified.
> Did Enhorning/Wabash models come with power?
Enhorning had several different versions of power over the years. They also
had aluminum wheels on the diesel engines which was another major problem all
by itself since aluminum oxide pitted very easily and was a poor conductor (if
I remember correctly). Later, I believe they had brass wheels, but they never
had really decent wheels ever.
> Hirail or scale?
Scale for sure. Don't remember about high-rail since I never paid much
attention to high-rail.
> Lots of ?s.
You didn't ask about the motor. Or the rubber band (O-ring) connections
between axles. Or the cast metal version (like weight?). Lots of changes and
revisions over the years. None of them really great.
> Thanks. Stan Houghton
You are welcome. Some of my comments could be in error since I am going
totally from an ancient memory stretching back about 40+ years.
But it is an interesting story to be sure. Tom Hawley visited the Enhornings
(brothers?) in their later years. He can probably add a bit to this story.
Cheers....Ed Loizeaux
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