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Just got back from MRR show in Raleigh, NC. (kinda long)
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Yeah, we see alot of the high hood geeps of Southern vintage up here in NJ too. I like photographing them, especially going across some of the stone viaducts. It makes me want to pretend that I've traveled about 40 years back in time and the GP 7's are running on the Jersey Central mainline again. They do alot of the local drills and switching, especially those branches off of the Lehigh line. My son likes running his high hood GP 50 on the layout because "It's just like the trains you see in real life!" <br /> <br />There are many ways to model. I like to find or come up with a great track plan with plenty of operational options with good economy of space. Nearly everyone, from the person with the small shelf industrial switching layout to a club with seemingly limitless amounts of space, makes some compromises when designing a layout. The 2006 Great Model Railroads special issue features a Conrail layout in North Jersey. It is a complete basement empire. But even he had to make compromises, as the layout is not an exact representation of Conrail and New Jersey Transit operations. I think the secret is a great track plan and then fit the prototype, region and theme into the plan. <br /> <br />One suggestion. When modeling Eastern North Carolina you will need plenty of pine trees. It is cheaper and more realistic looking to learn how to make them yourself than to pay for the premade ones.
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