Very interesting article. I really appreciate how in-depth you go.
1800's railroading is actually starting to tempt me, just a little. The other day I quickly scratchbuilt up an 1800's wooden iron ore car from a blurry photo. I just used Athearn handrail stanchions for the links, and I bent some brass wire into staples. Doesn't look as good as yours, but I thought that anything much larger would look out of place (this car is small!) I'll try and get pictures up tomorrow.
(And by the way: I think that scene up there looks much better with the OO/HO cars than the Oversized ones!)
