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Ross,

Very nice indeed! Glad you took the time to share it with us.

-John

Thanks Andrew, I have not been able to do much in quite a while on these cars. I did do some work (finally) on the Truckee bridges. Thank you for posting these. I wish other Manufacturers were as proud of their rocker cars as Jackson and Sharp as I then might be able to find the V&T type! I still ha...

Added upper and lower truss bracing, arch rods and seats.

-John

It has been quite a while since I have visited my research project but I have done some additional cad work. Next task is to create the angle blocks with the tubes as referenced in the 'Railroad and Engineering Journal'. In the mean time please enjoy a couple of jpegs of my current cad work.

-John

Hi Brian,

I will have to check. I have seen it in two books. One of them is the trains and technology series. the one in here I found in a generic picture book about railroads that I happened to have stumbled across.


-John

Hi Craig, I agree, Sketchup is a great program. Easy learn and in full "scale" does not have much problem with artifacts. Some great work there that you have done. I was working on trucks myself sometime ago but ran into a lack of specific data on the trucks and went on to some other projects. The o...

I was wondering if anyone recognizes this photo and if they might know where I could find a better copy...? These cars appear very similar to the V&T cars.

-John

Looking forward to seeing the list!

When I had heard awhile back that the collection might go up for sale I fantasized about aproaching them and continuing the business that he had going. But, alas, I knew full well I would not have time to do it any justice. This idea could work though. Pease count me in. btw... what is the "big $$" ...

I certainly would not mind having her sitting in my garden like that!