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Monday, April 27, 2020

Determining the Content of the Fleet

This is part 2 of the "Determining the Basic Fleet Series". In part 1 I estimated that 16 cars would be required to fill the layout. Now the question is:


Just Which 16 Cars Should I Model Anyway?



Browsing though the history books of the San Diego Electric Railway and seeing the variety of cars, it is so easy to just want them all!

But that's not practical.

So what is practical? Build models that are commercially available now. Scratch build later.

So using that parameter, here is my breakdown of the 16 cars:


QTY
Make
Model
3
Pacific Traction
400 Series Class 5
3
Andrew Chier
Unannounced project
3
Bachmann
Birney
3
Suydam
Niles
3
TBD
PCC
1
NJ Custom/Orion
3rd Ave Railway 400 Series

Suydam Niles, Pacific Traction 400, WP PCC, Orion 3rd Ave Car, Ken Kidder Birney

You know, seeing this list, suddenly building a fleet doesn't seem like too huge of a project. 
This actually feels downright doable.

Yes Sir! Downright doable!

Dandy


4 comments:

  1. Glad to see you posting again! Looking forward to more. Forward with the fleet!

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    1. Thank you, I'm looking forward to it also!

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  2. You are back! Man I missed your posts. You actually inspired me to start my own project. I am having a little New Orleans layout and right now I am about to set up my own blog for documenting it.

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    1. I shall be watcing your Crescent City Streetcars blog with great interest! Good luck!

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