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I think that others have hit the nail on the head. They model the railroads that bring them good memories. Either trainwatching as a kid, or their first train ride or the train going through the neighborhood they grew up with. Modeling failure? How about modeling an effort to avoid failure. Too bad they didn't make it. Perhaps it took the failure of PC to get the government more involved with the loans and Stagger's act. How many railroads were saved because PC's failure woke everyone? Would that be a failure then? It took the destruction of Penn Station in NYC to get the ball rolling on historic preservation. <br /> <br />Yes, the PC was a financial failure from day 1 and perhaps a management failure also, but like I asked above . .. what about the railroads that were willing participants with racism? That's ok if they were financial successes? The Norfolk Western was a powerhouse during the time they took advantage of cheap black labor and prison folks to build tunnels. Somehow that to me is worse than throwing away a bunch of papers in a station basement or selling a diesel before some guy to purchase it. But because they had economic good years that's an ok line to model? <br /> <br />Yes, every railroad had its ugly side. Be it economic, management, social whatever. What does make modeling a railroad fun is the memories that it invokes in its owner.
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