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My approach was to model a fictional shortline railroad, which means that it is small enough for me to completely fictionalize the whole thing, from the moment of its inception in the 19th century, up until its final demise as it was merged. Then, I chose a larger prototype railroad (in this case the Norfolk & Western) which was the one who gobbled up the smaller line, in much the same way that NW raked in the Akron Canton & Youngstown in 1964. This way, I model a real line with specific references to the NW motive power that was running in the Shenandoah Valley in the 1970's, while at the same time being free to invent whatever I want for my WP&P (now the Winchester Branch of the Shenandoah Division). <br /> <br />Actually, my short line was supposedly birthed by two major parents, the Baltimore and Ohio, and the N&W, neither of which was on its own ready to invest in the region but who each became major shareholders in the road, which ultimately formed an east-west bridge route between Front Royal and Grafton. This backstory lets me exhibit influences from both roads in my fictional paint schemes and practices, while permitting diversions wherever I really just feel like it. Nobody can tell me that my top-heavy WPP fleet of Alco RSD-15's (with NW style high noses) is wrong! Had I painted them in NW blue and yellow, though, I'd know through and through that it was incorrect, and live a life without joy because of it. ;-)
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