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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by vsmith AntonyRio Why not use the prototype as a basis for your freelance? That way you can use whats commercially avilable, paint it to match the prototype and use commercail structures the same way. Use the existing tools and supplies to as closely match your carrier without getting slavi***o replicating it exactly, you might be surprised how close you can get to the original. [/quote] I've thought along those lines in the past, but my "line of choice" has always been the defunct Chicago Aurora and Elgin... an interurban line that has been defunct for some 40+ years. My layout that i am planning will approximatly follow the same geographical and societal influences yet be set closer to the modern day.. basically what if a line, with the same approximate history of the CAE had survived as a suburban freight hauler in an area like chicago where transfer service is king? Obviously, I will need to embelish some things and downplay others to "make it work" but i am finding myself enjoying the process thus far.. simply because I am not starting with grid paper and scale rule in hand. I am starting with some story writing... basically creating the history of the line to show how it got to where it is when I model it. I dare say that by the time I'm done, that there will be little difference in "depth" between a real life proto-type and my line.
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