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Posted by ChrisNH on Tuesday, March 18, 2008 8:26 AM

My 3x5 models the interchange at Whitefield NH between the B&M and the MEC around 1949. That will let me use my 2-8-0 as well as the RS-2 I put on my Christmas/Birthday list.

The 10x10 I am working on will be a modern New England theme. Currently I am working on plans for both Pan-Am (ex B&M ex Guilford) in Seacoast NH including the Portsmouth Branch and plans to model the Vermont Railway (ex Washington County) between either White River Junction or Wells River and Newport VT. 

Chris 

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Posted by wmshay06 on Tuesday, March 18, 2008 8:38 AM

I model C&O steam-diesel transition era with a date cutoff of Nov 1952 so I can run certain locomotives.

 

Charles

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Posted by el-capitan on Tuesday, March 18, 2008 8:49 AM
ATSF in Deming NM, 1957 and 1967 (couldn't decide on one year, long story)

 Check out the Deming Sub by clicking on the pics:

Deming Sub Deming Sub

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Posted by Dave Vollmer on Tuesday, March 18, 2008 10:04 AM
My signature says it all!

Modeling the Rio Grande Southern First District circa 1938-1946 in HOn3.

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Posted by 4merroad4man on Tuesday, March 18, 2008 10:25 AM
Having been a Locomotive Engineer for them, I model Southern Pacific 1952-1956
Serving Los Gatos and The Santa Cruz Mountains with the Legendary Colors of the Espee. "Your train, your train....It's MY train!" Papa Boule to Labische in "The Train"
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Posted by IRONROOSTER on Tuesday, March 18, 2008 10:36 AM

Current layout under construction will be Ma&Pa.  I also have a WW&F Forney so I'm hoping to work in a little Maine 2ft track somewhere. 

Enjoy

Paul 

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Posted by twhite on Tuesday, March 18, 2008 10:36 AM

Rio Grande and SP steam during the WWII era.  And since it is WWII and railroads were leasing locos from each other as traffic patterns occurred between the European and Pacific theatres, it also gives me a chance to run some 'borrowed' power from railroads like Colorado and Southern, GN and C&O.   And yes, historically, some Eastern power showed up on Western rail lines during that time. 

Tom Smile [:)]

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Posted by DavidBriel on Tuesday, March 18, 2008 10:50 AM
  Conrail, CSX, Norfolk Southern, Southern Railway and Amtrak since my HO layout is set in the eastern half of the United States.  I can imagine a HO CSX Bright Future B36-7 and a blue and gray HO CSX GP-30M pulling predecessor CSX HO freight cars such as 40' boxcars with roofwalks and other cars with pre-CSXT reporting marks such as ACL, A&WP, B&O, C&O, Conrail, CRR, GA, L&N, MON, NC&StL, NYC, PM, RF&P, SAL, SBD, SCL, WM, and WofA. Some of these reporting marks no longer exist on current day prototype freight cars, although the NYC reporting mark was revived for CSX to use on former Conrail freight cars.
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Posted by johncolley on Tuesday, March 18, 2008 11:19 AM
I personally model GN through the Cascades circa '47-'50. I get my operations fix at friends layouts: one is SP&S,(with SP interchanges at Salem and Albany) Portland to Eugene, Oregon in 1969, the other is a freelance of all the Hill lines plus SP somewhere in Oregon in 1956. jc5729 John Colley, Port Townsend, WA
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Posted by last mountain & eastern hogger on Tuesday, March 18, 2008 11:39 AM

Whistling [:-^]

Just as my avatar suggests, "THE WOBBLY"   Western Pacific, with a few of the power units and rolling stock that was frequently seen in their consists such as Burlington,  BN, DRG&W, SP&S, Tidewater Southern. with a few other exchange loads coming in through the interchange yards.  As this was that transition period of the 60s--70s. However the layout itself is freelanced 25% of it is mountainous and the rest is various landscaping but all associated with the northwest the exception being "no logging".  This may change in the mountain landscaping but not in the railroad as far as I can see now.

Johnboy out.................

from Saskatchewan, in the Great White North.. 

We have met the enemy,  and he is us............ (Pogo)

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Posted by Guilford Guy on Tuesday, March 18, 2008 12:03 PM

 ArtOfRuin wrote:
I orginally was going to model Guilford until I heard all the horror stories. Since I already had a couple of GRS-painted locos and unpainted locos that are GRS-specific, I decided to instead "proto-lance" a new parent who bought GRS from the current and turned it back into the B&M and MEC. So I'll have a rainbow fleet of B&M bluebirds, MEC green/gold, and GRS gray/orange. I also have some Conrail and P&W stuff I'm going to use as run-through power.

B&M 4 THE WIN!

Have any use for a B&M painted GP30? 

Alex

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Posted by ArtOfRuin on Tuesday, March 18, 2008 12:38 PM
PM sent.
-Jonathan Then it comes to be that the soothing light at the end of your tunnel, Is just a freight train coming your way - "No Leaf Clover," Metallica
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Posted by johngraser on Tuesday, March 18, 2008 2:55 PM

Southern Pacific, ATSF, DRGW, WP

John

HO 19' x 12.5' with DCC Control Base on Southern Pacific's (Tillamook branch) Oregon
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Posted by NevinW on Tuesday, March 18, 2008 3:30 PM
When I lived in West Virginia I modeled the B&O/WM "Sheepskin" through Morgantown WV.  Now that I am back in the west, I am modeling the Tonopah & Tidewater/ Bullfrog Goldfield/ Las Vegas and Tonopah railroads in southern Nevada before WWI.  -  Nevin
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Posted by frisco kid on Tuesday, March 18, 2008 3:39 PM
The "Frisco" in Springfield, Missouri early to mid 50's

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