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Dear Russ,

I would love to see  an N&W battleship gondola.  My understanding is 
that they were used in unit trains, all battleship gondolas, from the 
mines to Lamberts Point in Norfolk, VA.  If someone would produce an 
N scale model, you would have people who would want enough to make a 
coal train with a Y3 Mallet leading the way.  An N scale train with 
an engine and tender, 20 battleship gondolas and a CF caboose would 
be very impressive.  From what I see, 20 hoppers or gondolas in an N 
scale train looks pretty realistic.

But 20 gondolas means 20 road numbers.  We need a limited number of 
gondolas (say five or six) with screen-painted or laser printed data 
and road numbers, and then additional gondolas with all the road date 
and the big N&W, but with a separate set of decals with more road 
numbers for those who wanted a big train.  [As I wrote, I think that 
20 gondolas would make a nice train, so go for a set of just 30 road 
numbers on the decal sheet.]

Of course, in addition to the battleship gondolas, N&W Class GK, we 
also need a good caboose, CF, CG, CH and/or C2.

Thanks for your consideration.

Joe Bernard

At 09:31 PM 2/12/2006, you wrote:


>Russ,

>What has never been appreciated, nor stated in this discussion, is 

>that N&W was a heavy user of the Battleship gondola, and I believe 

>rostered more than VGN. One VGN battleship car managed to remain in 

>the back yard at Princeton until 1960, was featured in H. Reids 

>book, but strings of them had not been is use for quite a number of 

>years. N&W had moved on to other designs by then.  I believe a 

>larger market would exist for an N&W car, especially since Proto 

>2000 has already provided us with a correct Y3 2-8-8-2.

>             Mason Cooper

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