12-30-2009, 09:21 PM
To build on what Sumpter has said...
Have you ever heard of the Louisiana Eastern?
It was a gravel pit operated whom amassed a collection of 30-40 or so steam locomotives in the late 1950s. The largest power was probably his three Nickel Plate hudsons...but he had 2-8-2s, 4-6-2s, and such as well...the power came from many different railroads. Unfortunately, his untimely death in the 1960s lead to most of his collection being scrapped.
Here's an ownership bill for one of the few survivors:
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Triplex, I must disagree. The cars you describe as being more interesting are really incredibly uninteresting.
The pinnacle of railroad car history was right around 1900-1905: wood, composite, and steel cars in service...fabricated, pressed, and cast trucks...link & pin and Janey couplers (plus some Miller Hooks)...a variety of automatic air brakes plus some vacuum and hand brakes...electric and Pitsch Gas lights. Passenger cars development was at its apex for luxury. The passenger car industry was practically dead by 1960, and freight car variety was at an all-time low. Obviously, I must disapprove of anyone's taste which is different from mine 
Have you ever heard of the Louisiana Eastern?
It was a gravel pit operated whom amassed a collection of 30-40 or so steam locomotives in the late 1950s. The largest power was probably his three Nickel Plate hudsons...but he had 2-8-2s, 4-6-2s, and such as well...the power came from many different railroads. Unfortunately, his untimely death in the 1960s lead to most of his collection being scrapped.
Here's an ownership bill for one of the few survivors:
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Triplex, I must disagree. The cars you describe as being more interesting are really incredibly uninteresting.
The pinnacle of railroad car history was right around 1900-1905: wood, composite, and steel cars in service...fabricated, pressed, and cast trucks...link & pin and Janey couplers (plus some Miller Hooks)...a variety of automatic air brakes plus some vacuum and hand brakes...electric and Pitsch Gas lights. Passenger cars development was at its apex for luxury. The passenger car industry was practically dead by 1960, and freight car variety was at an all-time low. Obviously, I must disapprove of anyone's taste which is different from mine
Michael
My primary goal is a large Oahu Railway layout in On3
My secondary interests are modeling the Denver, South Park, & Pacific in On3 and NKP in HO
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My primary goal is a large Oahu Railway layout in On3
My secondary interests are modeling the Denver, South Park, & Pacific in On3 and NKP in HO
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