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Doc: Go to www.trains.com/Content/Dynamic/Articles/000/000/002/045mdwjs.asp (hell of a URL isn't it?) that will give you an idea of when various wheel arrangements of steam locomotives were state of the art. Diesels arent my thing but they began to come into service in the late 1930s and adoption was retarded by the state of the US economy and then the war emergency of WWII. These factors delayed their widespread usage until the decade of the 1950s. By the mid 1960s steam was almost entirely gone in US service, although steam is still the dominant motive power in India, South Africa and China. If you want to be 'protoypical' with your mixed fleet usage the two decades from 1940 to 1960 is where you want to situate your railroad. On the other hand do what you want ...ITS YOUR RAILROAD. Good Luck, Randy PS There is nothing anachronistic about having a large steam engine in service as a 'helper' for a long diesel powered freight drag to assist in climbing a steap grade.
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