Modeling the 1870's in OO/HO - Update

[hminky]

I got my John H. White's American Railroad Passenger Car History
finally. I compared the drawings to exisiting HO models and the MDC and
Bachmann Old time passenger cars scale out to the right size for OO.
There seems to be a percentage shift in size from the late 1860's to
the 1880's of people size. The later era equipment scales downward to
the earlier era. Maybe the increase in food due to the railroad traffic.

http://www.pacificcoastairlinerr.com/1879/why/image/passenger_car.JPG

A MDC car with OO Langley figures.

I have also updated my 1870's Why model in OO/HO site with more
pictures and better explanation of Why.

http://www.pacificcoastairlinerr.com/1879/why/

Thank you if you visit
Harold

[hminky]

We now have a complete train. I have found an HO kit that will make an
1870's 4-wheel caboose. The Silver Streak bobber scale's out to the
caboose in the 1879 Car Builders dictionary.

http://www.pacificcoastairlinerr.com/photos/bobber.JPG

It is available from Ye Old Huff and Puff

Now OO/HO has everything for the 1870's
Harold