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How many road names do you run?

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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, August 10, 2003 10:49 AM
N scale: B&O, C&O, WM
O gauge: Frisco, UP, ATSF, RI
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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, August 10, 2003 10:49 AM
N scale: B&O, C&O, WM
O gauge: Frisco, UP, ATSF, RI
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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, August 10, 2003 11:40 PM
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.

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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, August 10, 2003 11:40 PM
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.

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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, August 11, 2003 9:45 AM
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.
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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, August 11, 2003 9:45 AM
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.
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Posted by n2mopac on Saturday, September 6, 2003 10:53 PM
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.
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Posted by n2mopac on Saturday, September 6, 2003 10:53 PM
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

Owner and superintendant of the N scale Texas Colorado & Western Railway, a protolanced representaion of the BNSF from Fort Worth, TX through Wichita Falls TX and into Colorado. 

Check out the TC&WRy on at https://www.facebook.com/TCWRy

Check out my MRR How-To YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/c/RonsTrainsNThings

 

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Posted by CG9602 on Saturday, September 13, 2003 6:41 PM
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.
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Posted by CG9602 on Saturday, September 13, 2003 6:41 PM
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.
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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, September 2, 2004 4:28 PM
ATSF, UP, D&RGW, WP, SP, PRR, P&LE, GN, IC, Erie, MP, Southern, B&O, C&O and N&W.
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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, September 2, 2004 4:28 PM
ATSF, UP, D&RGW, WP, SP, PRR, P&LE, GN, IC, Erie, MP, Southern, B&O, C&O and N&W.
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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, September 2, 2004 5:11 PM
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.

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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, September 2, 2004 5:11 PM
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
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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, September 2, 2004 5:27 PM
CSX, penn central, new york central
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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, September 2, 2004 5:27 PM
CSX, penn central, new york central
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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, September 2, 2004 6:30 PM
currently Rock Island only, but I hope to add more roads.
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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, September 2, 2004 6:30 PM
currently Rock Island only, but I hope to add more roads.
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Posted by trainfan1221 on Thursday, September 2, 2004 6:35 PM
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.
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Posted by trainfan1221 on Thursday, September 2, 2004 6:35 PM
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.
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Posted by Junctionfan on Thursday, September 2, 2004 6:46 PM
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.
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Posted by Junctionfan on Thursday, September 2, 2004 6:46 PM
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.
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Posted by ClinchValleySD40 on Thursday, September 2, 2004 8:45 PM
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.
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Posted by ClinchValleySD40 on Thursday, September 2, 2004 8:45 PM
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.
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Posted by SD40-2W on Thursday, September 2, 2004 8:54 PM

CN and VIA
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Posted by SD40-2W on Thursday, September 2, 2004 8:54 PM

CN and VIA
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Posted by Big_Boy_4005 on Friday, September 3, 2004 12:02 AM
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.
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Posted by Big_Boy_4005 on Friday, September 3, 2004 12:02 AM
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.
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Posted by cspmo on Friday, September 3, 2004 12:05 AM
Chicago & Northwestern,Chicago Great Western,Minneapolis &St.Louis,&Chicago St.Paul Minneapolis& Omaha
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Posted by cspmo on Friday, September 3, 2004 12:05 AM
Chicago & Northwestern,Chicago Great Western,Minneapolis &St.Louis,&Chicago St.Paul Minneapolis& Omaha
Brian

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