western(as in cowboys) design

[wowdey]

I would like ideas on trains during the cowboy era and model it- ant ideas? thanks

[fifedog]

I've always wanted to see someone construct a layout based on the Magnificent Seven.  There's the scene where James Cobern is harrassed into a dual, at a whistle stop.

During the late 80's John Olsen and Malcolm Furlow wrote some wonderful articles in MR about modeling the southwest and Mexico.  I'd start there for inspiration.

[CTValleyRR]

It looks like you started two nearly identical threads.

 

There has been a lot of discussion in this one:  http://cs.trains.com/mrr/f/11/t/231756.aspx

[fifedog]

CTValley - It's all good, buddy.  Sometimes a fresh start is a good approach.

[Anonymous]

Bis repetita non placent - a famous sentence coines by Julius Caesar, meaning "I don´t like repetitions".

Search the web for "early era model railroading" or "civil war model railroading" and you will get what´s available in terms of information on railroads in the 1860´s to 1890´s.

Be prepared that there is not that much available.

[tomikawaTT]

You can model the 'cowboy era' with stacks, racks and SD70MACs - except that the cattle all move in 18 wheelers, and I've never seen them piggybacked.  Of course, present-day cowboys ride the range in Jeeps and ATVs and wear team-logo baseball caps and jackets.

What you really seem to want is post-Civil War era (1869-1886) railroading.  Punch that into a Google search for photos and you should trigger a landslide of useful information.

Chuck (Modeling Central Japan in September, 1964)