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Roberto, I don´t know whereabouts you are located in beautiful Italy, but there is a minimum 700 miles distance between us - hardly a neighbor... [swg] Years ago, I had the idea of building a post-civil war layout, but gave it up, because there is hardly a decent loco around. Rivarossi/Pocher´s "Inyo" and "Genoa" of the famous Virginia & Truckee R.R. are fairly old designs, which doubtful performance, oversized flanges (which we call pizza-cutters). Bachmann´s 4-4-0 is rather generic, which is not really a problem, but their performance is erratic at best. The 2014 releases seem to be improved, but their price has gone up dramatically. There are some decent passenger cars available from various manufacturers, but on the freight car side, the picture is pretty bleak, as most of them rather fit into the 1890´s and early 1900´s era. Following your idea will take a lot of time shopping around in the Internet, but be aware that the sellers on "The Bay" quite often do not ship outside of the US. Good luck and keep pictures of your layout coming - we all love pictures!
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