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eastside	Why we need Wal-Mart, Railroads, Big Oil, etc. to bash Posted to: General Discussion Posted by eastside on Sunday, August 20, 2006 Viewed 683 times	Latest post by eastside Sun, Aug 20 2006 6:06 PM	0
stuckinthe50s	Why we pick the era we model. Posted to: General Discussion (Model Railroader) Posted by stuckinthe50s on Sunday, July 26, 2015 Viewed 5240 times	Latest post by don7 Sun, Aug 2 2015 3:09 AM	56
fiatfan	Why we see so many coal trains Posted to: General Discussion (Model Railroader) Posted by fiatfan on Saturday, March 10, 2007 Viewed 2260 times	Latest post by Texas Zepher Sun, Mar 11 2007 4:26 PM	19
Anonymous	Why we'll never see the 4 axle 315k cars as the next "standard" Posted to: General Discussion Posted by Anonymous on Monday, August 8, 2005 Viewed 3164 times	Latest post by Murphy Siding Wed, Aug 10 2005 9:37 PM	22
FJ and G	Why were AA units (or ABA, ABBA, etc) usually run back to back? Posted to: General Discussion Posted by FJ and G on Friday, March 31, 2006 Viewed 3364 times	Latest post by Anonymous Mon, Apr 3 2006 11:39 PM	20
DavidH66	Why were Cylindrical Hoppers successful in Canada but not the US Posted to: General Discussion Posted by DavidH66 on Thursday, February 7, 2013 Viewed 9152 times	Latest post by jrbernier Mon, Feb 11 2013 5:13 PM	12
Ulrich	Why were E units not suitable for freight? Posted to: Locomotives Posted by Ulrich on Friday, June 10, 2022 Viewed 8110 times	Latest post by ATLANTIC CENTRAL Sun, Jun 26 2022 3:00 PM	65
Capt. Grimek	Why Were Genesis Big Boys Discontinued in HO? Posted to: General Discussion (Model Railroader) Posted by Capt. Grimek on Friday, July 25, 2008 Viewed 1775 times	Latest post by Capt. Grimek Tue, Jul 29 2008 3:24 PM	25
zugmann	Why were handbrakes high (post Westinghouse)? Posted to: General Discussion Posted by zugmann on Saturday, March 16, 2013 Viewed 6231 times	Latest post by Anonymous Wed, Mar 20 2013 6:22 PM	23
Tracklayer	Why were most steam locos painted black?... Posted to: General Discussion (Model Railroader) Posted by Tracklayer on Monday, March 24, 2008 Viewed 18652 times	Latest post by marknewton Sat, Mar 29 2008 6:32 AM	38
ThamasTehTrain	Why were none of the turboliners preserved Posted to: General Discussion Posted by ThamasTehTrain on Sunday, February 17, 2019 Viewed 2790 times	Latest post by tree68 Wed, Feb 20 2019 11:01 PM	21
Ulrich	Why were RDC's not generally used in commuter service? Posted to: Passenger Posted by Ulrich on Thursday, August 18, 2022 Viewed 3577 times	Latest post by CMStPnP Fri, Aug 26 2022 3:54 AM	24
lone geep	Why were some railroads called "Air Lines?" Posted to: General Discussion Posted by lone geep on Sunday, July 22, 2012 Viewed 6777 times	Latest post by Deggesty Sat, Jul 28 2012 3:37 PM	20
Trainman440	Why were the insides of bells painted red? Posted to: Prototype information for the modeler Posted by Trainman440 on Tuesday, April 24, 2018 Viewed 7247 times	Latest post by maxman Thu, Apr 26 2018 8:20 PM	18
VGN Jess	Why Were there No Great Northern GTELs? Posted to: Locomotives Posted by VGN Jess on Friday, December 11, 2020 Viewed 10082 times	Latest post by seafarer Tue, Jan 26 2021 11:50 PM	43