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my library is bordering on archive status and includes nearly every book from kalmbach over the past nearly 40 years. they have been and continue to be extremely helpful. some of the old modelmaker books still provide insite and inspiration. i do find, however, my collection of model railroaders is just as helpful as the books. i just wish kalmbach would bite the bullet (they have done it in the past with reprints of the 1941 car cyc and the 1940 loco cyc) and produce the monumental epic of freight cars complete with pictures, who built them, when they were built, color pictures of the changes that were made to the cars (slogans, lettering) and the years the changes were made. this should included not only cars built by outside manufacturers, but also shop built cars. clear pictures showing variations in hardware and the years the changes were made. the number of side panels should be shown, the type(s) of ends used on the cars , the style and size of doors, the type of roof, everything. i have several simmons-boardman car cycs, but they ultimately fall short and have black and white pictures. i have several volumes of perportedly " complete guides" to freight cars. even have the neb&w scrolls about freight cars. i have written to multiple historical societies, but get tired of paying and paying for often less than high quality info. and what would this tome cost? you just know it won't be cheap. i would not hesitate to pay $200 for volume one with 3 or 4 other volumes to follow. and, yes, quality pictures of every freight car truck that has been in service since 1900. the december mr article was wholey inadequate. tell us about spring plankless trucks, and other mechanical variations, tell us about the group of trucks like the simplex high speed that were used on express reefers. boy, would i ever appreciate clear, accurate, concise and definitive info. and someone needs to step up and take over the role that champion decals played for so many years. there begins to be a paucity of accurate steam era decals, at least from my sources. it was good to blow off steam. yes, we only need one last series of prototype based databooks to fill in a major void.
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