CD-ROM Equipment Register -- 1979

Insure the authenticity of your layout with these handy references, which provide complete listings of all freight equipment in service in a specific time period. Printed volumes from this era are long out-of-print, very hard to find and require plenty of shelf space to store when you can locate them! Now, a selection of these must-have references from popular eras are available on CD-ROM. Research your favorite roads quickly and easily on your home computer to create an authentic roster for your favorite line, as well as profile cars from other roads seen in interchange service during each era. All railroads reporting cars have a separate file, named for that road's reporting marks. Some duplication occurs where more than one road was listed per page in the originals. An index of all roadnames is provided and each listing includes all of the car data: length, number series, capacity, load limit, class etc. (Text pertaining only to actual cars, usually found at the