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i've seen plenty of posts asking what railroad you model but never any asking why. did you choose it because you grew up near it? because of its geographical location or rolling stock? it would be interesting to hear some reasons <br /> <br /> i'm 20 and am just getting back to model railroading. i've always loved trains and started buying model railroader when i was 5. when i was 4 my grandfather won a tyco train set in a raffle and that was all i played with whenever i was out at the farm. my first HO loco was a baldwin sharknose painted in the rock island's red and yellow speed lettering. and he was forever listening to johnny cash records and one of the first songs i remember liking was "rock island line". i live in canada and when i started back to serious model railroading i bought transitition era CN equipment. ithen decided that i'd be different and model the rock island in the late 70's. people kept asking me why don't you model a canadian railroad or one of the better known US lines. because a lot of people do already and i would forever be comparing my layout to the ones on the pages of modelrailroader. plus i wanted to be different and at club meetings stand out. i soon discovered that it was slightly easier to find 1950's equipment and i had always loved steamers and early diesels more then modern stuff, but when i was younger the majority of my rolling stock and other stuff i recieved as a gift and good steamers where to expensive. thats changed now because there are high quality plastic models and i have disposable income. the majority of my steam will be the athearn genesis locos and i'll try my hand at building and detailing a boswer kit this summer.
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