Response for requests for Help from the Modeling Committee

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For a unit train, 20 would be nice in HO. I can imagine N-scalers going 
for several times that number! That's one of the reasons folks model in 
that scale, not because opti-visors are fun to model with!

Jeff
Two Blocks from the N&W Valley Line

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From: nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org
To: N and W Modeling List <nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org>
Sent: Mon, 13 Feb 2006 09:49:12 -0500
Subject: Re: Response for requests for Help from the Modeling Committee

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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