Virginian Vignettes

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The Virginian is a very good railroad to model.  Steam is hard to come by but has been done in brass.  I have a set of EL3 engines by Overland that were $700 each 20 years ago. Love to run them. Diesels are easy 100% FM tranmasters and baby trainmasters and one GE 44 ton.  Then there is those thousands of hoppers.

In relatively inexpensive plastic, there is a Walthers' USRA 0-8-0 that makes a good stand in for the Class SB switchers bought from the C&O, Bachmann's C&O 2-8-4's to represent the class BA, Walthers' USRA 2-8-8-2 for Class USA and USB, Bachmann's VGN EL-C/NH EF-4/PC E-33/CR E-33 electric and Accurail has VGN USRA twin hoppers, AAR 41 foot gondolas and 40 foot AAR boxcars - it's between you and yer bank (and maybe the missus) in terms of getting a fleet of bathub gons. 

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Unfortunately, the H16-44 wasn't the "Baby Trainmaster", the H16-66 was.FM "H16-66" Locomotives (american-rails.com)

[ndbprr]

The Virginian is a very good railroad to model.  Steam is hard to come by but has been done in brass.  I have a set of EL3 engines by Overland that were $700 each 20 years ago. Love to run them. Diesels are easy 100% FM tranmasters and baby trainmasters and one GE 44 ton.  Then there is those thousands of hoppers.

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Big steam, Big Electric, Big Time Railroasding...and not a single infernal combustion engine in sight!(11) Virginian Railroad Old Locomotive film, "Virginian Vignettes" - YouTube