Just to be contrary, the longer a narrow gauge railroad existed, the more likely its rolling stock fleet would be a mixed bag - due to acquiring cast-off and used equipment from other narrow gauges as they folded or were standard gauged. The exceptions I would think are the Rio Grande and the EBT who developed a fleet appearance for their equipment over the years. The same could be said of the Colorado and Southern and the ET&WNC.
I would guess the same is true of some of the Maine two-footers.
But many narrow gauges became a mixed lot. The NCNG, the White Pass before modernization, most logging railroads, etc.
I for one would like to see a steel box car. It would fit with a slightly more modern era and fits the industrial/extraction industry type of railroad that was the reason for existence for so many narrow gauge railroads.
A steel box car would fit with the export line of locomotives, the industrial line, the common carrier line and perhaps the loggers would want a couple.
I am happy the long awaited Heisler, still waiting for it, will eventually be here.
I would guess the same is true of some of the Maine two-footers.
But many narrow gauges became a mixed lot. The NCNG, the White Pass before modernization, most logging railroads, etc.
I for one would like to see a steel box car. It would fit with a slightly more modern era and fits the industrial/extraction industry type of railroad that was the reason for existence for so many narrow gauge railroads.
A steel box car would fit with the export line of locomotives, the industrial line, the common carrier line and perhaps the loggers would want a couple.
I am happy the long awaited Heisler, still waiting for it, will eventually be here.