[Accrs] Club Cars vs Era (changed heading to reflect the topic)

[Alameda County Central Railroad Society]

Great Idea Dennis.   I was thinking along that line this morning.   Get 
more people involved.   Take care of the era you are interested in.

Dean



On 7/10/2017 12:50 PM, Alameda County Central Railroad Society wrote:
> Message From: Dennis Stokely  dstokely at sbcglobal.net
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> How about we do an inventory of cars we have and do an 
> evaluation before we begin adding more? * Yes*
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> In my opinion we have too many club cars now.  The cabinet in the 
> hidden yard is full, as are all of the sidings in Oildale and the 
> port, which means any additional cars will end up in the hidden and 
> freight yards taking up one more tracks there.  I think the freight 
> yard is pretty much full now and hidden is getting that way.  If we 
> cull the cars we have now, getting rid of the ones that are beyond 
> repair and fix the others it would upgrade the fleet without clogging 
> the yard. * If everybody selected an era of preference and took 
> responsibility for all of the club cars in that era it would spread 
> the  maintenance effort. *
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> As for the cars with the pipes, they are Pennsylvania RR which went 
> away in 1968.  That makes them appropriate to pull with steam or first 
> generation diesel, but not contemporary power.  I doubt many people 
> notice, or care, about the trucks.  I also doubt the green protective 
> coating was used that far back.   BUT they are attractive and 
> reliable, which can't be said for a lot of the club cars.
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> Prototype accuracy is probably beyond our ability (and probably 
> desire) at this stage, but prototypical REASONABLENESS could be 
> achieved with a little effort.
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> I look forward to the discussion.
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> Dennis
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