> Hello again group-was wondering if anyone out there has done > any research into the mix of freight cars on the EL-have > noticed on several other web sites that there is discussion > about the mix or percentage of home road cars vs. foreign > road cars and the most common foreign road cars in that > mix-if anyone has similar info for the EL would appreciate > hearing from you the information would be most helpful in > filling out a freight car roster for my HO layout.Hope to > hear from you all soon. > Thanks- > Ed Barry Ed, General rule of thumb is that 20% of your freight equipment should be home road cars (in EL's case, mostly EL with a token few Erie and fewer still DL&W, depending on what year you model) I find photos useful as a guideline as well. I notice there's a big predominance of Penn Central equipment in mid-to-later EL years (after all, they had the most freight cars nationwide!). And of course, depending on the area you're modeling, you'll see certain roads' cars over and over again (CP and CN newsprint cars, State of Maine boxcars, etc.) I'm trying to stick with the "20% EL" rule and mixing up the rest. Additionally, you should give heavier weighting to connecting road cars (think D&H, PC/PRR/NYC, N&W, ATSF, BN+variants) - Paul The Erie Lackawanna Mailing List Sponsored by the ELH&TS http://www.elhts.org To Unsubscribe: http://lists.elhts.org/erielackunsub.html ------------------------------
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