How many road names do you run?

[Kent]

This is my first poll posting, so if I do it wrong please don't be too mean:)

[Anonymous]

Cotton Belt, Missouri Pacific, and my own Texas and St. Louis




P.S. COOL LAYOUT Kent [8D][8D][8D]

[Anonymous]

Cotton Belt, Missouri Pacific, and my own Texas and St. Louis




P.S. COOL LAYOUT Kent [8D][8D][8D]

[tomwatkins]

Two, the Southern and the L&N. My railroad is set in southwest North Carolina in the late '40's so both roads are appropriate for the time and place.

[tomwatkins]

Two, the Southern and the L&N. My railroad is set in southwest North Carolina in the late '40's so both roads are appropriate for the time and place.

[BentnoseWillie]

Whatever I see on the prototype, plus whatever tickles my fancy. I got a sweet deal on an Athearn PS 5244 boxcar in B&M, and it's gonna get the "Mike Rose Treatment" (tm)!

One plus to modelling a regional or a shortline - you can have all kinds of cool paint schemes!

[BentnoseWillie]

Whatever I see on the prototype, plus whatever tickles my fancy. I got a sweet deal on an Athearn PS 5244 boxcar in B&M, and it's gonna get the "Mike Rose Treatment" (tm)!

One plus to modelling a regional or a shortline - you can have all kinds of cool paint schemes!

[BRAKIE]

I model the C&O and my own Short line the Columbus & Hocking Valley..I also have 2 IHB engines and 2 R.J.Corman locomotives I picked up on a whim..That is to say I had no use for them but bought them anyway( a little bit of a collector in me?)..These locos is hardly used.

[BRAKIE]

I model the C&O and my own Short line the Columbus & Hocking Valley..I also have 2 IHB engines and 2 R.J.Corman locomotives I picked up on a whim..That is to say I had no use for them but bought them anyway( a little bit of a collector in me?)..These locos is hardly used.

[MAbruce]

It depends on the best price I can find on a quality item. I try to target N&W as my primary road, but am unwilling (and unable) to shell out a great deal of money to get exactly what I want. So instead of a pair of N&W SD-35's, I get a pair of ACL SD-35's at a price that I could not get close to with N&W - and so ACL becomes another roadname running on my layout.

I think being too picky just costs too much. [:D]

[MAbruce]

It depends on the best price I can find on a quality item. I try to target N&W as my primary road, but am unwilling (and unable) to shell out a great deal of money to get exactly what I want. So instead of a pair of N&W SD-35's, I get a pair of ACL SD-35's at a price that I could not get close to with N&W - and so ACL becomes another roadname running on my layout.

I think being too picky just costs too much. [:D]

[tankertoad70]

Maybe I shoulda gone for 6+, however, my primary roads consists of my home road in Central 'Orygun', the Great Northern and Wobbly. Espee has a one o' day run through and I also created a short line feeder connection. And, well, then there is my daughter's 'Chessie' stuff - - - - - -

[tankertoad70]

Maybe I shoulda gone for 6+, however, my primary roads consists of my home road in Central 'Orygun', the Great Northern and Wobbly. Espee has a one o' day run through and I also created a short line feeder connection. And, well, then there is my daughter's 'Chessie' stuff - - - - - -

[Westside]

Right now I just run two - Union Pacific and Santa Fe. In the future I plan to run my own version of the Rio Grande as well. In addition to modeling multiple roads, I'm also thinking about modeling different eras as time goes on.

[Westside]

Right now I just run two - Union Pacific and Santa Fe. In the future I plan to run my own version of the Rio Grande as well. In addition to modeling multiple roads, I'm also thinking about modeling different eras as time goes on.

[dt8089]

I model the Rock Island in the 70's and my Sioux City & New Orleans RR. Dan

[dt8089]

I model the Rock Island in the 70's and my Sioux City & New Orleans RR. Dan

[Anonymous]

Mainly BN but also MRL, Amtrak and just a little Santa Fe. NO BNSF!!! ;-)

[Anonymous]

Mainly BN but also MRL, Amtrak and just a little Santa Fe. NO BNSF!!! ;-)

[Anonymous]

Oh I forgot, I have German railway stuff too!

[Anonymous]

Oh I forgot, I have German railway stuff too!

[Anonymous]

I model the NYC and the New Haven, but not McGinnis. I also enjoy German RRing too.[:D]

[Anonymous]

I model the NYC and the New Haven, but not McGinnis. I also enjoy German RRing too.[:D]

[johncolley]

Basically two, Great Northern down the woods to Beiber and the interchange with Western Pacific up from Keddie wye and yard.

[johncolley]

Basically two, Great Northern down the woods to Beiber and the interchange with Western Pacific up from Keddie wye and yard.

[Anonymous]

I model CB&Q and Amtrak inthe late 50 & larely 60.

[Anonymous]

I model CB&Q and Amtrak inthe late 50 & larely 60.

[Anonymous]

I model the C&O jointly with my free-lanced Newport News & Western on one shared route.

Andre Ingels
Brussels, belgium

[Anonymous]

I model the C&O jointly with my free-lanced Newport News & Western on one shared route.

Andre Ingels
Brussels, belgium

[Anonymous]

i run mostly Union Pacific and BNSF circa now. so that includes BN BNSF SF UP SSW DRGW SP. I also run Amtrak trains and an electrified line, Texas Electric. I also have Galveston Railroad switchers working the island. in addition to all that i have many lease un its and run through power such as NS CSX CN TFM and KCS.

seems a little bit of everything makes it on to Galveston in my world.

[Anonymous]

i run mostly Union Pacific and BNSF circa now. so that includes BN BNSF SF UP SSW DRGW SP. I also run Amtrak trains and an electrified line, Texas Electric. I also have Galveston Railroad switchers working the island. in addition to all that i have many lease un its and run through power such as NS CSX CN TFM and KCS.

seems a little bit of everything makes it on to Galveston in my world.

[jbd522]

Baltimore & Ohio and the Western Maryland.

[jbd522]

Baltimore & Ohio and the Western Maryland.

[GDRMCo]

Monon and my own, the GDRMCo.

[GDRMCo]

Monon and my own, the GDRMCo.

[CP5415]

I run mostly Canadian Pacific, Soo & D&H but I also have Seaboard, Conrail,
Union Pacific, C&NW, NS, MEC, B&M.

[CP5415]

I run mostly Canadian Pacific, Soo & D&H but I also have Seaboard, Conrail,
Union Pacific, C&NW, NS, MEC, B&M.

[Anonymous]

Mainly Lackawanna,Pennsylvania and Reading, but will run others.

[Anonymous]

Mainly Lackawanna,Pennsylvania and Reading, but will run others.

[Anonymous]

CSX, NS, and a regional Cincinnati Hamilton and Dayton RR. The C,H, & D was once a real railroad but it vanished back in the dark ages of steam [:D]
My version is what the C,H,&D could have been had it survived until present times. Plus a lease unit.

[Anonymous]

CSX, NS, and a regional Cincinnati Hamilton and Dayton RR. The C,H, & D was once a real railroad but it vanished back in the dark ages of steam [:D]
My version is what the C,H,&D could have been had it survived until present times. Plus a lease unit.

[Anonymous]

I started out with one but it sort of evolved from there because of some really neat stuff available. So now I have CB&Q, AT&SF, UP, C&NW and IC. All pre-merger stuff. All roads cross somewhere in the midwest.

[Anonymous]

I started out with one but it sort of evolved from there because of some really neat stuff available. So now I have CB&Q, AT&SF, UP, C&NW and IC. All pre-merger stuff. All roads cross somewhere in the midwest.

[Anonymous]

I'm a certified C&NW nut so I've got a lot of green and yellow. Throw in UP, a couple of AMTRAK units, Santa Fe, and I'm just finishing a California Northern GP-15 (Ex C&NW)

[Anonymous]

I'm a certified C&NW nut so I've got a lot of green and yellow. Throw in UP, a couple of AMTRAK units, Santa Fe, and I'm just finishing a California Northern GP-15 (Ex C&NW)

[Anonymous]

Southern Pacific and Santa Fe both interchange with my UP subsidiary San Gabriel & Southeastern.
-- Paul

[Anonymous]

Southern Pacific and Santa Fe both interchange with my UP subsidiary San Gabriel & Southeastern.
-- Paul

[Casey Feedwater]

I have 2: my Central Missouri & Southern and its wholly-owned subsidiary, the Osage Valley Tie & Lumber Co. The OVT&L is a self-contained logging road. The CM&S will eventually interchange with Missouri Pacific and M-K-T ("Katy") - when that part of the benchwork is completed.

[Casey Feedwater]

I have 2: my Central Missouri & Southern and its wholly-owned subsidiary, the Osage Valley Tie & Lumber Co. The OVT&L is a self-contained logging road. The CM&S will eventually interchange with Missouri Pacific and M-K-T ("Katy") - when that part of the benchwork is completed.

[Yampa2003]

Anything that used to operate along the Colorado Joint line in the 60's / 70's.

[Yampa2003]

Anything that used to operate along the Colorado Joint line in the 60's / 70's.

[Anonymous]

Mostly Canadian Pacific and Canadian National in western Canada, as well as a logging shortline of my own creation.

[Anonymous]

Mostly Canadian Pacific and Canadian National in western Canada, as well as a logging shortline of my own creation.

[Anonymous]

The question is a bit too open ended (ie ambiguous) I run locomotives of one railroad that I Model with a few of predecessor roads when I modernize for a session but have rolling stock from all connected and some further foreing as would be found on the prototype.

[Anonymous]

The question is a bit too open ended (ie ambiguous) I run locomotives of one railroad that I Model with a few of predecessor roads when I modernize for a session but have rolling stock from all connected and some further foreing as would be found on the prototype.

[cbq9911a]

My own road, plus some "visitors" from the Illinois Railway Museum (models of engines in the IRM collection).

[cbq9911a]

My own road, plus some "visitors" from the Illinois Railway Museum (models of engines in the IRM collection).

[Anonymous]

Right now my layout is "laid up", but soon I will be running MILW RD, GN and SOO. Kind of an upper midwest rural locale. I would like to add CB&Q, and NP just to add a little flavor! Recently, Atlas added the GE U25B in N scale to its excellent line of diesels. When I saw a CB&Q & GN in Sky Blue together, I thought that would make a great patriotic combination![;)]

[Anonymous]

Right now my layout is "laid up", but soon I will be running MILW RD, GN and SOO. Kind of an upper midwest rural locale. I would like to add CB&Q, and NP just to add a little flavor! Recently, Atlas added the GE U25B in N scale to its excellent line of diesels. When I saw a CB&Q & GN in Sky Blue together, I thought that would make a great patriotic combination![;)]

[Trainnut484]

The Santa Fe is my main road. The UP and UP family (MKT<CNW etc) are secondary.

[Trainnut484]

The Santa Fe is my main road. The UP and UP family (MKT<CNW etc) are secondary.

[Martin4]

Canadian National, Union Pacific, Santa Fe (before BNSF), Western Maryland; no specific period from the 60s until today. I also run a TGV Atlantique set.

Martin
Québec City

[Martin4]

Canadian National, Union Pacific, Santa Fe (before BNSF), Western Maryland; no specific period from the 60s until today. I also run a TGV Atlantique set.

Martin
Québec City

[Anonymous]

Yes I have three, my main one ATSF. a few S. Pacific's, and one named after my wife; Zarina Pacific Rail( ZP Rail )this is a short line.

[Anonymous]

Yes I have three, my main one ATSF. a few S. Pacific's, and one named after my wife; Zarina Pacific Rail( ZP Rail )this is a short line.

[GerFust]

I run what I was given as a youth: motive power - Rock Island, Amtrak, Sante Fe, UPRR, C&O and B&O. I'll likely change them all to my own road name sometime later

[GerFust]

I run what I was given as a youth: motive power - Rock Island, Amtrak, Sante Fe, UPRR, C&O and B&O. I'll likely change them all to my own road name sometime later

[fec153]

I RUN THE D&P RR.. THE DISMAL AND PATHETIC.. NO BALLAST,ROADBED OR
SCENERY. FEC,N&W,GREAT NORTHERN,CSX,CONRAIL,NS,BM,ACL,SBD,UP,SP
AND WHAT EVER ELSE I WISH. WITH ABOUT 100 FEET OF TRACK,LOOP TO LOOP
AND A SECOND SHELF CONNECTED WITH 20 IN. RADIUS TRACK THERE ARE
ALSO THREE SIDINGS. I JUST ENJOY WATCHING THEM RUN.
TO EACH HIS/HER OWN. ENJOY MENT IS THE NAME OF THE GAME.

[fec153]

I RUN THE D&P RR.. THE DISMAL AND PATHETIC.. NO BALLAST,ROADBED OR
SCENERY. FEC,N&W,GREAT NORTHERN,CSX,CONRAIL,NS,BM,ACL,SBD,UP,SP
AND WHAT EVER ELSE I WISH. WITH ABOUT 100 FEET OF TRACK,LOOP TO LOOP
AND A SECOND SHELF CONNECTED WITH 20 IN. RADIUS TRACK THERE ARE
ALSO THREE SIDINGS. I JUST ENJOY WATCHING THEM RUN.
TO EACH HIS/HER OWN. ENJOY MENT IS THE NAME OF THE GAME.

[the-big-blow]

Three

Union Pacific, Milwaukee Road and Rock Island

[the-big-blow]

Three

Union Pacific, Milwaukee Road and Rock Island

[Anonymous]

I'm running 6 regional carriers most of which are now fallen flags that still live in my basement, Most of which have online interchange with my own Fictious AC&E RR
The others are B&M, MEC, D&H, CP and BAR . The RR is large, double decked, and divided into four main areas of service. B&M is predominant in one area with a smattering of MEC and my road doing a few jobs. MEC is the central player in another with the BAR & my road handling some of the work. Bar is predominant in another section with MEC making up a few consists. The road primarily handles wood products from the great Maine woods and ships them south and to the online industries (3 Paper Mills) Thie empties return North on other scheduled trains. The CP & D&H are merely interchanged and used as turns in two of the major yards.
My own AC&E RR has it's own yard and services a seaport and 16 industries (requires 9 units to handle the work). There is also a lot of run-thru traffic from one staging to another some 500 feet away.
All in all I'd say the answer to this question is whatever is plauseable and you have the space, ability & time to portrey in a reasonably realistic fashion is what works. Operations sessions (8+ Operators) are enhanced by the use of multiple schemes but a single carrier can be just as effective
There's no right answer or wrong for that matter. Just enjoy "keeping em on the tracks"

[Anonymous]

I'm running 6 regional carriers most of which are now fallen flags that still live in my basement, Most of which have online interchange with my own Fictious AC&E RR
The others are B&M, MEC, D&H, CP and BAR . The RR is large, double decked, and divided into four main areas of service. B&M is predominant in one area with a smattering of MEC and my road doing a few jobs. MEC is the central player in another with the BAR & my road handling some of the work. Bar is predominant in another section with MEC making up a few consists. The road primarily handles wood products from the great Maine woods and ships them south and to the online industries (3 Paper Mills) Thie empties return North on other scheduled trains. The CP & D&H are merely interchanged and used as turns in two of the major yards.
My own AC&E RR has it's own yard and services a seaport and 16 industries (requires 9 units to handle the work). There is also a lot of run-thru traffic from one staging to another some 500 feet away.
All in all I'd say the answer to this question is whatever is plauseable and you have the space, ability & time to portrey in a reasonably realistic fashion is what works. Operations sessions (8+ Operators) are enhanced by the use of multiple schemes but a single carrier can be just as effective
There's no right answer or wrong for that matter. Just enjoy "keeping em on the tracks"

[Anonymous]

i run my railroad name sagebrush and southwestern with a private logo on that equipment. but most of the equipment is santa fe. the layout is of a southwestern flavor and santa fe fits right into it. my branch line sagebrush and southwestern interchanges with the santa fe at needles ca. the layout is generic otherwise. a freelance design and runs between barstow ca. and santa fe nm.

[Anonymous]

i run my railroad name sagebrush and southwestern with a private logo on that equipment. but most of the equipment is santa fe. the layout is of a southwestern flavor and santa fe fits right into it. my branch line sagebrush and southwestern interchanges with the santa fe at needles ca. the layout is generic otherwise. a freelance design and runs between barstow ca. and santa fe nm.

[Anonymous]

I run almost all Great Northern (circa 1966-1967) with interchange from NP and Soo, but my 9 year old son sure likes modern Santa Fe and BN/BNSF so who am I to discourage him becoming a model railroader himself? The lash-ups might look a little strange but it's priceless.

[Anonymous]

I run almost all Great Northern (circa 1966-1967) with interchange from NP and Soo, but my 9 year old son sure likes modern Santa Fe and BN/BNSF so who am I to discourage him becoming a model railroader himself? The lash-ups might look a little strange but it's priceless.

[Anonymous]

My own lines, MCR, MHR, MSR and MTR, along with NS and CSX. From time to time you will also see leased /run-through units from BNSF, UP, CP, KCS and CN, along with individual leased units, including one from NERLX. Amtrak also operates on the MCR System.

[Anonymous]

My own lines, MCR, MHR, MSR and MTR, along with NS and CSX. From time to time you will also see leased /run-through units from BNSF, UP, CP, KCS and CN, along with individual leased units, including one from NERLX. Amtrak also operates on the MCR System.

[Anonymous]

I run CN and Quebec/Gatineau RR as well as VIA Rail for passenger trains. I operate on N scale and I am in the process of rebuilding my entire layout as I just move to my retirement house. I hope to have my new layout running by early Fall.

[Anonymous]

I run CN and Quebec/Gatineau RR as well as VIA Rail for passenger trains. I operate on N scale and I am in the process of rebuilding my entire layout as I just move to my retirement house. I hope to have my new layout running by early Fall.

[ssprokop]

The Delaware & Hudson. I don't follow the prototype exactly, I just use the name and logo along with the color scheme.

[ssprokop]

The Delaware & Hudson. I don't follow the prototype exactly, I just use the name and logo along with the color scheme.

[Anonymous]

I run 5 sf ,drg,sp,up,and the burlington .since my r/r is set in the early 60s

[Anonymous]

I run 5 sf ,drg,sp,up,and the burlington .since my r/r is set in the early 60s

[clinchfieldfan]

Three, the Clinchfield, Norfolk & Western, and the Southern. I model the mid-fifties in the southwestern Virginia area.

[clinchfieldfan]

Three, the Clinchfield, Norfolk & Western, and the Southern. I model the mid-fifties in the southwestern Virginia area.

[Anonymous]

3...NYC...erie lackawanna...and pennsylvania...

[Anonymous]

3...NYC...erie lackawanna...and pennsylvania...

[Anonymous]

SP,UP,Amtrak and a couple of Santa Fe's

[Anonymous]

SP,UP,Amtrak and a couple of Santa Fe's

[Anonymous]

I Run Soo & CP, Along with my Bayport Paper lines.

[Anonymous]

I Run Soo & CP, Along with my Bayport Paper lines.

[Anonymous]

I'll be running 4. My fictional home line, and intercange/run-through with BN, SP, and the ATSF-All in Texas. My brother models D&H, so strange things will turn up on both layouts.

[Anonymous]

I'll be running 4. My fictional home line, and intercange/run-through with BN, SP, and the ATSF-All in Texas. My brother models D&H, so strange things will turn up on both layouts.

[cp1057]

2 roads. My primary model interest is CN transition era but I also have some CP equipment in that nice maroon and gray. There is no formal interchange on my layout at the present, but I would like to include one in my forthcoming layout redesign.

Charles
Hillsburgh Ont

[cp1057]

2 roads. My primary model interest is CN transition era but I also have some CP equipment in that nice maroon and gray. There is no formal interchange on my layout at the present, but I would like to include one in my forthcoming layout redesign.

Charles
Hillsburgh Ont

[Anonymous]

My main roads are SP,UP,& ATSF. I also run New zealand rail steam and have started building a South African GMA/M garret loco. So you see I will run any out line or road.

[Anonymous]

My main roads are SP,UP,& ATSF. I also run New zealand rail steam and have started building a South African GMA/M garret loco. So you see I will run any out line or road.

[Anonymous]

In my model railroad world my railroad owns and operates the LNE, Reading, and CNJ. They also have agreements with the B&O, C&O, Western Maryland, PRSL, and PRR. SO any of these roadnames can show up. I also model a later period and Chesssie, and Penn Central can show up.

[Anonymous]

In my model railroad world my railroad owns and operates the LNE, Reading, and CNJ. They also have agreements with the B&O, C&O, Western Maryland, PRSL, and PRR. SO any of these roadnames can show up. I also model a later period and Chesssie, and Penn Central can show up.

[Martin4]

To denisbcan

Where do you find items ( or decals ) for the Québec/Gatineau ? Are you aware of HO stuff ?

[Martin4]

To denisbcan

Where do you find items ( or decals ) for the Québec/Gatineau ? Are you aware of HO stuff ?

[Anonymous]

I run both C.P. rail and C.N. rail for no other reason than variety[:D][^]

[Anonymous]

I run both C.P. rail and C.N. rail for no other reason than variety[:D][^]

[Anonymous]

Now I have switch to four Kent SSW, MP, Texas & St. Louis, and KCS.
But I am having second thoughs about my own made up road the Texas & St. Louis.
For now three.

[Anonymous]

Now I have switch to four Kent SSW, MP, Texas & St. Louis, and KCS.
But I am having second thoughs about my own made up road the Texas & St. Louis.
For now three.

[Anonymous]

I model Union Pacific, Southern Pacific, BNSF, Amtrak, (short line) Pacific Harbor lines, and not but not least National de Mexico (NDEM). By the way I just added another road name just recently, Texas Mexican Railway.

[Anonymous]

I model Union Pacific, Southern Pacific, BNSF, Amtrak, (short line) Pacific Harbor lines, and not but not least National de Mexico (NDEM). By the way I just added another road name just recently, Texas Mexican Railway.

[dragenrider]

It's interesting how many people run a "real" railroad and a freelance road as well. (Do I hear a future poll coming?) I do the same. My HO scale layout features the Missouri Pacific in the early 80's with my own freelance Cedar Branch & Western. Its time frame shifts depending on which engine and cabooses I pull out.

I can't imagine modeling any more railroads. I've got more Mopac engines and cabooses than I could ever run in a month! And I just keep hitting eBay....(hey, where's the ‘bid now' button?)

Happy Rails, [:o)]

Randy
aka dragenrider

[dragenrider]

It's interesting how many people run a "real" railroad and a freelance road as well. (Do I hear a future poll coming?) I do the same. My HO scale layout features the Missouri Pacific in the early 80's with my own freelance Cedar Branch & Western. Its time frame shifts depending on which engine and cabooses I pull out.

I can't imagine modeling any more railroads. I've got more Mopac engines and cabooses than I could ever run in a month! And I just keep hitting eBay....(hey, where's the ‘bid now' button?)

Happy Rails, [:o)]

Randy
aka dragenrider

[sebamat]

beside a quite large swiss railway collection I run only one american RR: IC, as a souvenir of my study timesin Illinois. I started because models in the US were so cheap compared to european... for the price of 4 european engines I brought home a full railroad!

lately a few 'foreigner steam engines (N&W, UP)' sneaked in.. i just could not resist!

Sebastiano

[sebamat]

beside a quite large swiss railway collection I run only one american RR: IC, as a souvenir of my study timesin Illinois. I started because models in the US were so cheap compared to european... for the price of 4 european engines I brought home a full railroad!

lately a few 'foreigner steam engines (N&W, UP)' sneaked in.. i just could not resist!

Sebastiano

[AlcoRS11Nut]

I run anything under the sun and my own railroad (Sheboygan & Lake Superior). I used to by anything that looked good, but now I am mostly buying modern equipment unless a model catches my eye and undecorated models.

[AlcoRS11Nut]

I run anything under the sun and my own railroad (Sheboygan & Lake Superior). I used to by anything that looked good, but now I am mostly buying modern equipment unless a model catches my eye and undecorated models.

[dano99a]

I run C&O and B&O since C&O had 80% stock control of the B&O by 1960 it made sense to run them both on my layout.

DANO
Columbus, OH
C&O lives on!!!

[dano99a]

I run C&O and B&O since C&O had 80% stock control of the B&O by 1960 it made sense to run them both on my layout.

DANO
Columbus, OH
C&O lives on!!!

[Anonymous]

I run one roadname. Atsf. How ever I might change my layout and run Bnsf and UP.
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[Anonymous]

I run one roadname. Atsf. How ever I might change my layout and run Bnsf and UP.
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[Anonymous]

N scale: B&O, C&O, WM
O gauge: Frisco, UP, ATSF, RI

[Anonymous]

N scale: B&O, C&O, WM
O gauge: Frisco, UP, ATSF, RI

[Anonymous]

Six.... regions that is;
I guess I have that collector gene. Because I have more equipment than could be practical.
I recently hit 400 because of tax refund check and Greenburg show.
Therefore I have divided int6o six regions.
In my world NYC and PRR are still independent. Some PC thrown in.
Central of NJ, Erie, Erie Lackawanna, Delaware & Hudson, Reading, Atlantic Coast Line all become the "East".
I like BN with GN mixed in.
I have N&W mixed with Southern and NS like it's a short time after the merger.
Finally CP, NP, UP and SP all become the "Pacific".
I think the plusses of this system are: each region gets assigned an industry and a corresponding car type. Therefore, BN has grain storage and consequently, covered hoppers. PRR is my coal carrier. NYC is TOFC etc.
I like to rotate the roads through the year. Two months at a time and thus I don't get tired and bored of one set. I also concentrate on the industry and scenery of the current road and match region to season.
A wild scheme but works for me.

[Anonymous]

Six.... regions that is;
I guess I have that collector gene. Because I have more equipment than could be practical.
I recently hit 400 because of tax refund check and Greenburg show.
Therefore I have divided int6o six regions.
In my world NYC and PRR are still independent. Some PC thrown in.
Central of NJ, Erie, Erie Lackawanna, Delaware & Hudson, Reading, Atlantic Coast Line all become the "East".
I like BN with GN mixed in.
I have N&W mixed with Southern and NS like it's a short time after the merger.
Finally CP, NP, UP and SP all become the "Pacific".
I think the plusses of this system are: each region gets assigned an industry and a corresponding car type. Therefore, BN has grain storage and consequently, covered hoppers. PRR is my coal carrier. NYC is TOFC etc.
I like to rotate the roads through the year. Two months at a time and thus I don't get tired and bored of one set. I also concentrate on the industry and scenery of the current road and match region to season.
A wild scheme but works for me.

[Anonymous]

Anything which ran around Chicago in the late 80's and early 90's, mainly BN, CSX, NS, KCS, IC, SP and some belt /short lines, with occasional visits from a host of others - too many to count.

With a little bit of deft swapping of buildings, I can also run Alabama based companies (see as above, but with different shortlines)

I also model the North Eastern Railway (UK) during the first world war.

[Anonymous]

Anything which ran around Chicago in the late 80's and early 90's, mainly BN, CSX, NS, KCS, IC, SP and some belt /short lines, with occasional visits from a host of others - too many to count.

With a little bit of deft swapping of buildings, I can also run Alabama based companies (see as above, but with different shortlines)

I also model the North Eastern Railway (UK) during the first world war.

[n2mopac]

On my present layout I model merger era MoPac, so I have locomotives sporting UP, MoPac, and WP shcemes. On my new layout currently in production I am modeling BNSF in summer, 2000 in North Texas, so BNSF interchanges with UP, Fort Worth and Western, and Wichita, Tillman and Jackson. I have much more variety in rolling stock as well.
Ron

[n2mopac]

On my present layout I model merger era MoPac, so I have locomotives sporting UP, MoPac, and WP shcemes. On my new layout currently in production I am modeling BNSF in summer, 2000 in North Texas, so BNSF interchanges with UP, Fort Worth and Western, and Wichita, Tillman and Jackson. I have much more variety in rolling stock as well.
Ron

[CG9602]

Let me think . . .
Amtrak, CNW, KCS, WICT (let's see if any railfans out there in cyberspace can spot that one), and WSOR, with a little bit of BNSF and GN thrown in. As you can figure out, much of my RR has fantasy included.

[CG9602]

Let me think . . .
Amtrak, CNW, KCS, WICT (let's see if any railfans out there in cyberspace can spot that one), and WSOR, with a little bit of BNSF and GN thrown in. As you can figure out, much of my RR has fantasy included.

[Anonymous]

ATSF, UP, D&RGW, WP, SP, PRR, P&LE, GN, IC, Erie, MP, Southern, B&O, C&O and N&W.

[Anonymous]

ATSF, UP, D&RGW, WP, SP, PRR, P&LE, GN, IC, Erie, MP, Southern, B&O, C&O and N&W.

[Anonymous]

I approach it a little differently. I have a small table top layout, so for variety, I use different sets of locomotives/cabooses for different operating sessions. One time it will be a set of Southern engines circa mid-'80s, the next will be a set of Clinchfield engines circa mid-'60s, and there is C&O, Blue Creek (a freelanced road), and other leased engines from other roads that will participate from time to time.

---jps

[Anonymous]

I approach it a little differently. I have a small table top layout, so for variety, I use different sets of locomotives/cabooses for different operating sessions. One time it will be a set of Southern engines circa mid-'80s, the next will be a set of Clinchfield engines circa mid-'60s, and there is C&O, Blue Creek (a freelanced road), and other leased engines from other roads that will participate from time to time.

---jps

[Anonymous]

CSX, penn central, new york central

[Anonymous]

CSX, penn central, new york central

[Anonymous]

currently Rock Island only, but I hope to add more roads.

[Anonymous]

currently Rock Island only, but I hope to add more roads.

[trainfan1221]

I do have my own railroad, with a paint scheme. But since I can't paint worth a darn I stick with a lot of different road names, though I try to concentrate on a few.

[trainfan1221]

I do have my own railroad, with a paint scheme. But since I can't paint worth a darn I stick with a lot of different road names, though I try to concentrate on a few.

[Junctionfan]

Right now nothing but I plan to run almost everything including my own railroad the Great Lakes and Atlantic.

At my club we run mainly CN, CP, NS, VIA, Trillium Railways and Amtrak but we also use run through power including Conrail, CSX, CEFX, CNW, UP, SP, SOO, STL&H, Wisconsin Centreal, Ontario Northland, GT, Algoma Centreal, BNSF, Chessie System, Montana Railink and GO Transit. Now that CN bought BC Rail we will use that too.

[Junctionfan]

Right now nothing but I plan to run almost everything including my own railroad the Great Lakes and Atlantic.

At my club we run mainly CN, CP, NS, VIA, Trillium Railways and Amtrak but we also use run through power including Conrail, CSX, CEFX, CNW, UP, SP, SOO, STL&H, Wisconsin Centreal, Ontario Northland, GT, Algoma Centreal, BNSF, Chessie System, Montana Railink and GO Transit. Now that CN bought BC Rail we will use that too.

[ClinchValleySD40]

My own Clinch Valley and connecting roads - L&N, SRR, N&W, Chessie (C&O, B&O,WM) DT&I and V&O. Connecting power mostly only into and out of staging.

[ClinchValleySD40]

My own Clinch Valley and connecting roads - L&N, SRR, N&W, Chessie (C&O, B&O,WM) DT&I and V&O. Connecting power mostly only into and out of staging.

[SD40-2W]

CN and VIA

[SD40-2W]

CN and VIA

[Big_Boy_4005]

My layout is modeled after the prototype, in a very high traffic area. The BNSF and CP are the main focus, but the UP is also included. A little Amtrak, abd a couple of smaller roads round out the mix.

[Big_Boy_4005]

My layout is modeled after the prototype, in a very high traffic area. The BNSF and CP are the main focus, but the UP is also included. A little Amtrak, abd a couple of smaller roads round out the mix.

[cspmo]

Chicago & Northwestern,Chicago Great Western,Minneapolis &St.Louis,&Chicago St.Paul Minneapolis& Omaha

[cspmo]

Chicago & Northwestern,Chicago Great Western,Minneapolis &St.Louis,&Chicago St.Paul Minneapolis& Omaha

[Anonymous]

boy... we have a lot of differnt road going though our layout... its supposed to be set some where in CA, and since im a big SP freak we have lots of SP. we also have some UP, santa fe, WP and amtrak that regularly runs though. My one brother really likes rio grande, so they run trains though. my other brother really likes pensy, so we also get our share of pensy trains going though. it may not be prtotypical.... but hey every one here is happy =P

[Anonymous]

boy... we have a lot of differnt road going though our layout... its supposed to be set some where in CA, and since im a big SP freak we have lots of SP. we also have some UP, santa fe, WP and amtrak that regularly runs though. My one brother really likes rio grande, so they run trains though. my other brother really likes pensy, so we also get our share of pensy trains going though. it may not be prtotypical.... but hey every one here is happy =P

[Jetrock]

Class 1's: Southern Pacific, Western Pacific
Short lines: Sacramento Northern, Central California Traction
Trolley lines: Pacific Gas & Electric

[Jetrock]

Class 1's: Southern Pacific, Western Pacific
Short lines: Sacramento Northern, Central California Traction
Trolley lines: Pacific Gas & Electric

[Todd McWilliam]

The Rock, Milwaukee Road, CNW, and Iowa Northern

[Todd McWilliam]

The Rock, Milwaukee Road, CNW, and Iowa Northern

[Anonymous]

I model a CR and CP interchange with my fictitious private mining railroad.

Jim

[Anonymous]

I model a CR and CP interchange with my fictitious private mining railroad.

Jim

[MAbruce]

Did anyone else notice that this topic started in July 2003, ended in September 2003 and then restarted a couple of days ago (a year later)? What's up with that?

[MAbruce]

Did anyone else notice that this topic started in July 2003, ended in September 2003 and then restarted a couple of days ago (a year later)? What's up with that?

[twhite]

Basically Rio Grande and SP. But Rio Grande is always power-short (this is the WWII era I model) so it's always 'borrowing' from other railroads. Which means I've got C&S, GN, ATSF, MOPAC, WP, and from the East Coast, C&O and Pennsy. Oh, yeah, and Missabe, but not really. The roster of 2-8-8-4's I use have become the Rio Grande's fictitous 3900 series.

[twhite]

Basically Rio Grande and SP. But Rio Grande is always power-short (this is the WWII era I model) so it's always 'borrowing' from other railroads. Which means I've got C&S, GN, ATSF, MOPAC, WP, and from the East Coast, C&O and Pennsy. Oh, yeah, and Missabe, but not really. The roster of 2-8-8-4's I use have become the Rio Grande's fictitous 3900 series.

[Isambard]

Steam era Canadian Pacific Railway and Grizzly Northern Railway, a Canadian Pacific subsidiary.

[Isambard]

Steam era Canadian Pacific Railway and Grizzly Northern Railway, a Canadian Pacific subsidiary.

[RMax1]

Lets see

Amtrak, UP, Southern, Santa Fe, BN, Katy, RI, Chessie, Conrail maybe a few others hanging around.

RMax

[RMax1]

Lets see

Amtrak, UP, Southern, Santa Fe, BN, Katy, RI, Chessie, Conrail maybe a few others hanging around.

RMax

[Anonymous]

CSX, Conrail, Amtrak, Chessie System, and NS.

[Anonymous]

CSX, Conrail, Amtrak, Chessie System, and NS.

[PistolPete]

Mostly BN and UP, with some SF, And I will throw in some eastern RR some of the time speciffically MEC and BAR

[PistolPete]

Mostly BN and UP, with some SF, And I will throw in some eastern RR some of the time speciffically MEC and BAR

[Anonymous]

B&O
Chessie
CSX
C&O
D&H
Maryland Midland
Mt Airy & Western (Clubs pvt. road)
Nickel Plate
Pennsy
Western Maryland (about 80% of the fleet)
And a few periodic visitors from the Island of Sodor.[:D]

[Anonymous]

B&O
Chessie
CSX
C&O
D&H
Maryland Midland
Mt Airy & Western (Clubs pvt. road)
Nickel Plate
Pennsy
Western Maryland (about 80% of the fleet)
And a few periodic visitors from the Island of Sodor.[:D]