I modified a gondola as you described by slicing it down the middle to make it skinny enough for s, then added a new wood floor. Made a decent looking S car. Did this in the days before SHS, AM, PRS and others gave us some variety in rolling stock.
G C wrote: > > I have two Lionel gondola bodies which are the following: > > No. 6462 NYC Measuring: 51 feet long by 11 feet wide in "S" or 39 feet long by >8 1/4 feet wide in "O" Color: Black with eleven verticle braces on each side. > > No. 9031 NKP Measuring: 42 1/4 feet long by 11 feet wide in "S" or 31 1/2 >feet long by 8 1/4 feet wide in "O" Color: Sort of Brown or Box Car Red with nine >verticle braces on each side. > > My question is: Is there an internet or plain old fashioned book reference that >someone in our "astute group" can suggest to me that would give some idea as to what >prototypes would correspond to either or both of these items? Neither of the car >bodies still have trucks. From the little I have found on "The Net", neither of these >cars are rare. The 6462 NYC car is almost twenty five years older than the NKP No. >9031.6462 was produced from about 1948 until 1958, while 9031 was seen around the >early 1970's. Both cars look as though they would be OK for "S" if given "S" trucks. >I do at the very least, like to make my stuff appear as close to the prototype as >possible. I would "of course" have to remove the "L" word off of both cars. We >couldn't have that now could we? (Toungue In Cheek Here) Anyway, this is a great >goup of folks and I am glad to have joined. I am sort of a Newbie to "S", but not to >model railroading. > > Thanks for what help one or some of you can give on this one. > > Gene Cimino > > --------------------------------- > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > S-Trains list sponsor: http://www.americanflyertrains.com > All the Flyer you desire...books and accessories too! > > To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list send a note to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ -- Chuck Smith of the NASG, Rochester Area S Gaugers (RASG) and the S Gauge Chemung Valley Lines. http://home.eznet.net/~cesmith "It is often wiser to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak up and remove all doubt." Mark Twain S-Trains list sponsor: http://www.americanflyertrains.com All the Flyer you desire...books and accessories too! To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list send a note to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
