- Luke
Modeling the Southern Pacific in the 1960's-1980's
Elmer.
The above is my opinion, from an active and experienced Model Railroader in N scale and HO since 1961.
(Modeling Freelance, Eastern US, HO scale, in 1962, with NCE DCC for locomotive control and a stand alone LocoNet for block detection and signals.) http://waynes-trains.com/ at home, and N scale at the Club.
Robby Modeling the L&N CV Subdivision in 1978 http://s226.photobucket.com/albums/dd247/robby-ky/CV%20Subdivision%20Layout/
Generic Division of the Lamoille Valley. I also model B&M...
Alex
New Haven I-5 wrote: I model AT&SF, KCS, UP, NH,SP,NP, D&RGW, & Southern. What railroad or railroads do you model?
I don't "model" any road in particular. My layout is the model. Otherwise I just run trains as the spirit moves me... My steam era roads are Santa Fe, Southern Pacific, Western Pacific, Rio Grande, Union Pacific, Nickel Plate Road and Norfolk & Western. My diesel roads are Union Pacific, CSX, Santa Fe (before the BNSF merger), Southern Pacific/Cotton Belt and Amtrak.
Tracklayer
Texas Zepher wrote: New Haven I-5 wrote: I model AT&SF, KCS, UP, NH,SP,NP, D&RGW, & Southern. What railroad or railroads do you model?That is quite an odd mish-mash of road names. How exactly do you model them? Do you mean you model a specific train from each one? It obviously can't be shared scenery esp. with the NH and Southern in the mix.
The BN in 1972, so I can run NP,GN,CB&Q and freshly painted BN units.And early Amtrak with various road passenger car consists.
Terry
Terry in NW Wisconsin
Queenbogey715 is my Youtube channel
Given the location and era:
Chuck (modeling Central Japan in September, 1964)
MKT (Katy).....& CB&Q (Burlington Route).....pre BN...1964-1970.....in Eastern Missouri
Freelancing here.
Sawyer Berry
Clemson University c/o 2018
Building a protolanced industrial park layout
A true friend will not bail you out of jail...he will be sitting next to you saying "that was friggin awesome dude!" Tim...Modeling the NYC...is there any other?
I model the Missouri Pacific circa October 1979 in Northern Kansas. I will also include the Rock Island same time frame as I find the history of both lines in that area interesting. Granger modeling at its best.
Nate
New Haven I-5 wrote:My layout plan is freelanced. I have locos from those RR's. I forgot to add the Nickel Plate Road.
I have locomotives painted for many many railroads that I do NOT model. On the other hand I do model specific "trains". For example I have both real and freelanced California Zephyrs. I can model it in any time period from 1949-1962, pulled by the D&RGW, CB&Q, or Colorado Central. I do not have any WP locos to pull them with-yet.
A freelanced New York Central mid to late '50s set in New England because of the fall foliage. (imagining trackage rights over the B&M also interchanging with the C&O because my wife loves the sleeping kitty!)
Matt
When I was a youngin, my layout was a completely imaginary shortline in western Montana named the Timberline and Glacier Ridge Railroad. It owned an ex-BN SW1000 and was connected to the greater world with Burlington Northern at Timberline, where an SD40-2 made appearances. It was the "Modern Day" according to the double stack intermodal cars and that lone 89' flat car I had (which eased its away around those 22" curves quite precariously) but the high number of CBQ cars around challenged that notion. Why a very small town in rural western Montana had a small intermodal facilty I'll never know.
A few years ago when I made an aborted reentry to the hobby, I devised a new freelance railroad. Of course, being a college guy in a small apartment and other things demanding my limited funding (girls, beer, football, you know the essentials). Now a few years later, with space and money, albeit both in small quanities, that railroad returned but in a moderately modified way. I decided to return to my home town, where I knew what the land looked like and knew what I could model and not model but still give it the right look and feel. I don't know what the heck Montana really looks like. But I know what semi-rural but kinda urban small town Western Pennsylvania looks like.
Grafting together the Bessemer & Lake Erie (now CN), Buffalo & Pittsburgh (ex B&O), and a hefty helping of abandoned Conrail (ex Pennsy), I forged a mighty regional railroad that could only exist in myth or a Pennsylvania where the whole "Rust Belt" thing never happened. Still firmly in the planning stages, awaiting a day its warm enough to go out in the garage to get to work, the Allegheny, Mercer, & Lake Erie is what I will model. Or at least a scaled down half mile of its trackage in Butler PA.
Lot of words to say "I made one up."
A freelance logging railroad in Cass, WV in the early 1950's.
Wayne
Modeling HO Freelance Logging Railroad.
For my self, just about anything that catches my eye. If I where to do a cout most of my engines and rolling stock is Santa Fe.
Engines at a quick guess.
Santa Fe about 15, all but one war bonnet passanger, just gor a SD40-2 in freight.
UP, 1 Big Boy, 2 GE AC 6000's and 1 Dash 9 with flag.
Monon, 4 F-3, 4 BL-1 and 1 heavy Mike.
SP, 3 engines with bloody nose
2 Rio Grand engines, SD-50 and SD-7, 8 hoppers and 5 box cars.
Cuda Ken
I hate Rust
Hogwarts ExpressBuffalo and PittsburghRock Ridge RailroadSouthern Pacific Currently without a layout
PRR 1950Has a layout
Chip
Building the Rock Ridge Railroad with the slowest construction crew west of the Pecos.