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What Roadname do you Model?

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What Roadname do you Model?
Posted by Ibflattop on Sunday, December 19, 2004 4:26 AM
Hello to all and Happy Hoiidays. So what Roadname or favorite Railroad do you model? Thanks Kevin
Home of the NS Lake Division.....(but NKP and Wabash rule!!!!!!!! ) :-) NMRA # 103172 Ham callsign KC9QZW
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Posted by joseph2 on Sunday, December 19, 2004 6:26 AM
I model a fictional merger of the Erie and Milwaukee railroads,I call it the Erie,St.Paul and Pacific.I use both steam and diesels.Joe G.
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Posted by rogerhensley on Sunday, December 19, 2004 7:04 AM
A fictional Central Indiana short line, East Central Indiana, operating on ex-NYC/PC trackage. It was originally set in the 80s, but I have begun moving it backwards in time in order to run more NYC and PC equipment.


http://cid.railfan.net/eci_new.html

Roger Hensley
= ECI Railroad - http://madisonrails.railfan.net/eci/eci_new.html =
= Railroads of Madison County - http://madisonrails.railfan.net/

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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, December 19, 2004 7:34 AM
Mid 50s C&O, N&W, B&O and some WM.
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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, December 19, 2004 7:47 AM
Union Pacific of course

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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, December 19, 2004 8:10 AM
I'm very new at this, but I am working on a combination of Atlantic Coast Line, Seaboard Coast Line, Southern Railway and the Central of Georgia (all of these serviced the rails in Georgia from the past). Unless there are sources that i'm unaware of my choice of equipment is very very limited. Central of Georgia is almost non-existent. I'm not interested in the "modern" era trains. I don't know if any of you remember the "Nancy Hanks", but it used to run the rails up and down the east coast and was considered the fastest and most elegant passenger train of its era with her dining and mail cars. I wish I could find a replica of this beauty. Even in a toy it would be masterful just sitting at a depot.
As a young boy I used to sit and wait for that train to come flying through our little town just to watch it snatch the mail bag off of that pole where the postmaster had just hung it for pickup. enough nostalgia.
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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, December 19, 2004 8:20 AM
C&O B&O WM and the freelanced Clarksburg Charleston & Western.
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Posted by Virginian on Sunday, December 19, 2004 8:27 AM
Virginian and N&W. Like you couldn't tell.
What could have happened.... did.
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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, December 19, 2004 8:39 AM
Conrail, but every once in a while, post CR (NS and CSX), and pre-CR (EL, PRR, PC) stuff will be run. Foriegn power from ATSF, NS, CSX, SP, and SSW, plus Amtrak trains are common as well.
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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, December 19, 2004 8:58 AM
Lehigh Valley...

Sure toss some Reading, CNJ and PRR in too.
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Posted by Noah Hofrichter on Sunday, December 19, 2004 8:59 AM
I model the Wisconsin and Southern Railroad roster, and currently in a freelanced location near Green Bay Wisconsin. Plans are underway(but the layout is a few years off) to model the WSOR's Reedsburg Sub from Madison to Reedsbrug WI as Accurately as possible.

Noah
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Posted by willy6 on Sunday, December 19, 2004 9:01 AM
Modern era southeast, autumn, NS/CSX in the fictious town of Flatridge,SC. I like using CSX because of all the fallen flags that use pass through SC. You can still see the fallen flags rolling stock to this day. Just the other day I saw a bunch of old SCL hoppers parked on a siding.
Being old is when you didn't loose it, it's that you just can't remember where you put it.
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Posted by NevinW on Sunday, December 19, 2004 10:36 AM
Current the B&O and WM. I also like the Nevada shortlines like the V&T and narrow gauge lines like the SPNG. - Nevin
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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, December 19, 2004 11:24 AM
There was a thread on this a while back, with a lot of responses, you might want to go back and see what all you can find. I would like to model the AT&L, a shortline in western Oklahoma. The only problem is, no one makes the low nose Geeps I need to make it work. You never mentioned what you model, we'd all like to know!!

Greg
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Posted by ericboone on Sunday, December 19, 2004 11:59 AM
Pere Marquette Railway Company in August of 1946
Although the layout is currently in the planning stages waiting for the basement to be finished.
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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, December 19, 2004 12:20 PM
BNSF for me as well as some UP
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Posted by rexhea on Sunday, December 19, 2004 12:40 PM
The Blue Creek and Warrior Railway System includes the roadnames of Southern Railways, GM&O, NW, and L&N.
Rex "Blue Creek & Warrior Railways" http://www.railimages.com/gallery/rexheacock
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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, December 19, 2004 12:55 PM
I model a free-lanced RR called "The Valley Belt Railway". It's based in East Texas. I don't have a layout, yet. Thinking about starting one, though. It will connect to the BNSF. Hope that's enough info.

Robert
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Posted by lupo on Sunday, December 19, 2004 1:03 PM
I model specific, I model Union Pacific!
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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, December 19, 2004 1:34 PM
I model the Undec, Unfinished and Incomplete.
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Posted by mgruber on Sunday, December 19, 2004 1:50 PM
The CB&Q 1960-1970.
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Posted by mounteer on Sunday, December 19, 2004 2:35 PM
Steam era - featuring Great Northern Railway, noth passenger and freight. I plan a future site for Montana Rail Link.
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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, December 19, 2004 3:01 PM
Rock island ( all eras form the 40s up ) Farmrail, AT&L.
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Posted by AggroJones on Sunday, December 19, 2004 3:48 PM
Southern Pacific, Santa Fe.

"Being misunderstood is the fate of all true geniuses"

EXPERIMENTATION TO BRING INNOVATION

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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, December 19, 2004 5:36 PM
Ibana river RR, a shortline connecting to the PR or PC depending on what decade i go with, I'll be building it using the turtle creek track plan. My loco roster is a SW7 and a VO1000, and maybe a doodlebug for passenger service.
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Posted by camarokid on Sunday, December 19, 2004 5:45 PM
SOUTHERN PACIFIC, Union Pacific and Santa Fe.
Ain't it great!!!
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Posted by Hawks05 on Sunday, December 19, 2004 8:50 PM
well i don't know what i model. i have 2 BN locos, 2 CB&Q locos, 1 RI, 1 UP, 1 EMD, 1 NS, and 2 BNSF.

i'm hoping to model mainly UP and BNSF. i didn't want to have anything to do with UP at first but then after seeing it so much i realized that maybe it would be cool to model what i see.
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Posted by Sunset Limited on Sunday, December 19, 2004 9:46 PM
My Favorite Southern Pacific, some SSW-Cotton Belt. Runner ups, Mopac, Rock Island, Burlington and Santa Fe. Don't have much of them yet. (Too busy trying to create an SP empire).
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Posted by CFournier on Sunday, December 19, 2004 9:48 PM
I model the Western Pacific and SP in the 50's , a little ATSF,CBQ. I also have some UP, CN, NS(!),GN...
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Posted by PennsyHoosier on Sunday, December 19, 2004 10:51 PM
The Standard Railroad of the World--namely, the Pennsylvania Railroad. However, Pere Marquette and C&O show up on my pike from time to time.
Lawrence, The Pennsy Hoosier

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