Just Curious about What time period y'all model.

[aloco]

At home I model the year 1974. That was the year I got my first train set, and also the year I had my first taste of railfanning. I lived near some light industrial trackage and I could remember seeing a lot of switchers in action. I painted several locos (mostly switchers) in the CN 1961-1972 black 'wet noodle' scheme and the CP Rail 1968-1975 'Action Red' scheme with the narrow stripes. On the model railroad club layout I run factory painted DCC equipped locos (again, mostly switchers) that are in paint schemes dating from the early 1950s to the late 1960s.

[Anonymous]

Transition era, my favorite roads are fallen flags. NYC & The New Haven plus I love to have Steam and 1st Gen Diesels on the layout. Plus railroading had this special "flair" (for lack of better words) to it back then that does not exsist an more.

[ericsp]

I mainly model Southern Pacific, with a significant percent of my locomotives in Speed Lettering, so that would put it in the early 1990s. However, that does not explain my F7s and Western Pacific locomotives, of course I model as if SP and WP still exist.

[rockisland4309]

1969-1980

[on30francisco]

I model the era between the early 1900s and the early 1930s. I model in On30 and while my layout is mostly logging, there are other industries and limited passenger service so I can run all sorts of equipment.

[Anonymous]

1996

BN and SF are merging, AMTRAK has P40s on the Zephyr, and the RI is a regional Iowa road (well, it is on MY layout !!! Sometimes, I run IAIS and IMRL when I want "real".).

[Anonymous]

I prefer the late 1980's to the mid 1990's for a variety of reasons....
1. The motive power has been well represented and established both by the prototypes and the modeling manufactures.
2. You can run almost most locomotives exceptions being SD70's etc...
3. All of the great paint schemes (read SP and DRGW) were mostly still around becuase UP hadn't overtaken SP and BN and SF hadn't merged....

Just my two cents....Enjoy your Easter Weekend....Its raining here in Dallas, guess I'll just have to go to the hobby shop since I won't be able to mow the lawn this afternoon....sigh....

[CPPedler]

Five years either side of the millenium 1995 to now or roughly speaking , if I find something I really,really like outside that period I might just go for it. CPPedler

[Anonymous]

The transition era, post WWII to about mid 1950s

[dave9999]

QUOTE: Originally posted by AggroJones

THE era. Transition.

Aggro,
Exactly!!

I voted for the 50's, although It ranges from the late 40's- early 50's... kinda.
This will be seen mostly in the vehicles and such that are used, along with the
equipment. Good luck, Dave