A little clarification for our Canadian friends.....the cars were built to 42" gauge and were narrowed to 36" for our operation. The oldest car is 1902, the second one slightly newer, about 1912 I believe. No easy task trying to find the timbers for the trucks during the last rebuild. And guys, if your journals don't exactly look alike from one side of your model to the other, don't worry about it. That's the way the prototypes ended up after 50 or more years in service. Swapping of parts was common. J.R.
----- Original Message ----- From: JR May <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Multiple recipients of sslivesteam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2002 8:43 PM Subject: RE: New Bio [snip]......, boxcars (Tweetsy and a D&RGW), coaches > (two from Canada's CN), etc. J.R. To be accurate, they are actually Newfoundland Rwy. coaches, the CN didn't take over the Newfie Flat wheel Rwy until quite late in their lives. They are really great wooden open platform cars with clerestory roofs, African Mahogony inlaid wood work and wooden beamed trucks! real antiques in lovely shape. These cars would look nice in No.1 gauge ! Keith
