Proposal

[NW Modeling List]

Firmly in PART of the steam era. I model 1934 and have seen the MRH poll pointing out 20-30% of modelers in pre-1940 era.

This probably will be a great choice for a model, but I am constantly reminding/educating modelers and manufacturers that the steam era is literally 1829-onwards and while most current day modelers are post 1950 due to personal experience/nostalgia, many modelers who never experienced the prototype steam era might start exploring earlier eras especially with new technologies allowing more obscure models.  Maybe we need to categorize early (4-4-0 and before), golden (2-6-0 to 2-8-2), transition (diesel emerges), and late steam (diesel dominant) generations? 

This car is for transition+ steam generations.

Just a thought.

Sent from Dave Bott's iPhone

> On Jul 2, 2024, at 9:57 AM, NW Modeling List <nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org> wrote:
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> 
> All,
> I propose for our first project, the Intermountain PS-1 40' boxcar (see attachment 1), decorated as N&W class B-8 in the as-delivered scheme (see attachment 2).  This car is FIRMLY in the steam era, but photos show cars in this scheme still operating through the 1970s, so it would appear that it should appeal to almost everyone.
> What I need is for each and every one of you to look at the model (plenty  of photos on IRC website and web in general) and the prototype (drawings, photos, etc on our website) and compare.  Scrutinize them very closely and give me your comparison feedback both positive and negative.
> But what I need even more is for each of you to let me know how many of these cars (in different road numbers) you, yourself would purchase, knowing that a big hunk of the price would go to the society.
> Please take the time to send a note with your feedback to the list, and if it is positive enough, I will make a formal proposal and start moving forward with obtaining a quote for presentation to the BoD.
> Thank you all,
> Jim
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