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Greetings! This is my first post in this forum and I am hoping it's fruitful. I have begun a Model Railroad (HO) for the late 30s-early 40s period. I am hoping to lock down the date era a bit more specifically and tailor industries appropriately to the period. I want to incorporate: a large engine servicing facility with roundhouse (where were roundhouses located on the NYC?), double mainline track, a tall wood trestle (prototypical or not!), multiple elevations with long passing sidings, appropriate industries, (fairly) prototypical rolling stock, my fleet of NYC locos and good signals and blocks. I have found tremendous reference material available for the New York Central but still have lots of questions. How big (it seems to have run from St. Louis to a point beyond New York) was the NYC of this period? Within the range given, were there significant differences in motive power, rolling stock, magnitude of the line? What is the difference between New York Central Lines and New York Central System? Were Hudsons and other named engines ONLY used on certain lines? How many (which) roads did the NYC interchange with during this era? Did other roads' locos share any of the stations or terminals? Are there particular books, literature or other reference that can break this down into a timeline of sorts? Looking back... this is a fairly big first post! Thanks for the help!
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