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Lee - <br /> <br />It's PRR late 1940's, and I try to be relatively prototypical, though not fanatically so... So you won't find any Acela's or late model diesels, but the occasional anachonism or not-quite-right element doesn't bug me. Example: I have some nice early F-series diesels that really weren't prevalent until the early 50's.... But I runs 'em anyhow. And if my daughter or son ventures down to the basement, Thomas the tank engine usually comes out to run about too... Considering how many times we've ridden on the "real" Thomas over at the Strasburg Railway, I'm willing to say there's a prototype justification for that (though a bit out of era...) <br /> <br />All the rolling stock in question ran nicely on the previous layout with 22" curves (excepting the T-1, which was tested on a basic 22" loop and did fine). So operationally no issues there. Looks-wise, we can do better even if things "run" okay. That's why 30" minimums on the new layout (and most of the curves that are "out front" and more visible are even higher radius - 36-40") <br /> <br />I'm very into passenger rolling stock and operations (thus the large space devoted to this). So there are lots of passenger cars. In keeping with the era, there are some "fleet of modernism" streamlined cars, but still a goodly number of holdover 'heavyweight' cars. FWIW, these are mostly Rivarossi with some Spectrum thrown in. The Walther's cars came out after the old layout was deconstructed, so I've not yet given those a shot. <br /> <br />Passenger motive power is handled by a fleet of K-4 4-6-2s, and a couple T-1 4-4-4-4s. There's a GG1 that puts in an occasional appearance, though on none of my layouts have I yet strung actual catenary to make it look reasonable... So I mostly just deal with having a "magic" GG1 that runs without electricity! There's also the previously mentioned F-series diesel set (A-B set) <br /> <br />On the freight front, there's a lot of ice-reefers and box cars. Nothing overly-long in keeping with the era. Mostly 40' or less. Some gondolas and older tankers in there too. Broad mix of brands, a fair number of Athearn bluebox items through. A roster of shorty ore cars is there for mine duty. Motive power here is largely light and heavy mountains working out their final days. I plan to bring on some appropriate diesel power over time too. <br /> <br />On the "logging line" front, we're in new territory. I have a collection of shays, a 2-6-6-2 articulated logger and a heisler, that previously had no real purpose or rationale on my layout... I just like 'em and thus a logging line was born. The apple farm on the same line is based on a real prototype near my home, and will likely end up using custom-decorated reefers (as the prototype does) and I have no idea what motive power... Today they use small switcher-type diesels. I'll have to research what would have been realistic back in the day. <br /> <br />I'm miserably void of switchers, having had very little yard area in the prior layout. Switching is handled by a single 0-6-0 and there will have to be significant additions in this realm... <br /> <br />That's probably more than you needed to know. Feel free to comment and or ask if you think I'm missing anything. <br />
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