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What Roadname do you Model?

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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, December 21, 2004 3:44 PM
Ok I model only the best and nicest looking trains. That of course is UNNION PACIFIC Modern era so I have (7) SD70M's, (5) AC4400's, (1) gp38-2 or GP40, (1) SD50, (2) C44-9's last and not least (2)SD90/43 Mac. My layouts region is in Southern California area. To view my layout check my railimages account here
www.railimages.com/gallery/AlfredMayo


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Posted by challenger3802 on Tuesday, December 21, 2004 3:40 PM
CN, CP, DRG&W, and any other north american stock I can get my hands on!

Southern (both Malachite and Olive green versions) and British Rail 1960s - present

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Posted by eastcoast on Tuesday, December 21, 2004 3:23 PM
A fictional and free-lanced Class II road known as the
East Coast Railways. The E C R is in competition with
the Amtrak I model as well. My era spans from the mid
seventies to present day and into the future.As my main
butter is passenger services, no railroad is complete
without freight every once in a while. Thus, the E C R had
to put the hat into the rink and compete with the likes of CSX
and the FEC ,and at this point are unsuccessful so maybe going
into the leasing business does not seem all that bad.
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Posted by danmerkel on Tuesday, December 21, 2004 1:25 PM
...the line of "High Speed Service," the Nickel Plate Road set in an eastern Ohio setting, but with no specific locations in mind.

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Posted by joseph2 on Tuesday, December 21, 2004 11:18 AM
Kevin,freelancing the NKP and the LE&W into that era sounds interesting.Have you chosen a paint scheme for the LE&W ? Joe G.
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Posted by Pruitt on Tuesday, December 21, 2004 5:22 AM
CB&Q and C&NW, mostly - 1930s - 1940s
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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, December 20, 2004 11:41 PM
Missouri Pacific Railroad, c. 1963, the Little Rock (Arkansas) Subdivision.
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Posted by cisco1 on Monday, December 20, 2004 8:41 PM
BN ( midwest in the '80s) until I get bored with all diesel trains, then I switch to CB&Q 1950-1960. Love those BLI steam locos!
Chris
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Posted by CP5415 on Monday, December 20, 2004 8:33 PM
After some thought & seeing that a lot of people here have a "home" road, I finally decided that I too will have a Home Road

Ontario, Drew & New England

Hey, I just thought of this!!!!!
A joint effort between Canadian Pacific & Conrail!
This allows me access to Conrail, NS & CSX locomotives of which I already have a few!
Talk about protolancing!!!!!

All I have to do now is come up with a decent logo!

Slogan is going to be "When Service Matters!"

Gordon

Brought to you by the letters C.P.R. as well as D&H!

 K1a - all the way

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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, December 20, 2004 8:22 PM
Santa Fe All the Way!!!
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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, December 20, 2004 8:19 PM
CN here folks
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Posted by fwdguy on Monday, December 20, 2004 6:55 PM
Burlington Northern in montana.

Also, GN, NP, CBQ, Milwaukee Road.
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Posted by ShaunCN on Monday, December 20, 2004 6:15 PM
CN in the 1970's :)
derailment? what derailment? All reports of derailments are lies. Their are no derailments within a hundreed miles of here.
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Posted by PistolPete on Monday, December 20, 2004 6:07 PM
Mostly BN, UP and some SF, on an interchange and switching layout. Also some Maine RR like MEC, and BAR
"Model Railroading is a great pastime, BUT SOCCER IS A WAY OF LIFE" Enjoy Life Pistol Pete
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Posted by ksax73 on Monday, December 20, 2004 3:28 PM
Mainly Amtrak, in addition to Metro-North and New Jersey Transit.

In the future (when I have space for a big layout that can handle the capacity), I will also model, CSX/Conrail, Norfolk Southern, Santa Fe, and possibly the BN.

~Kyle

The Mary Lindsay Railroad - Featuring Amtrak Model Trains
Your HO Rail Journey Starts Here......... 

 www.marylindsayrr.vze.com (Last Update: 5/31/12)

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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, December 20, 2004 11:54 AM
My "in-progess" will be composed of primarily D&H with a hint of NYC....
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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, December 20, 2004 11:44 AM
B "n" O
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Posted by Cox 47 on Monday, December 20, 2004 11:11 AM
I call my railroad the Illinois and Southern , For the old Illinois Central that ran from Matton to Evansville . Also the Doty which ran thru Kansas Westfeild Casey Hazel Dell Yale Hunt City Willow Hill The Old KZ DJ
ILLinois and Southern...Serving the Coal belt of southern Illinois with a Smile...
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Posted by MidlandPacific on Monday, December 20, 2004 10:06 AM
The Midland Pacific, a freelanced road that's a loose amalgam of the Colorado Midland, Denver & Salt Lake, and Western Pacific - with a mixed locomotive roster that's patterned (in variety of wheel arrangements and sizes, at any rate) on the D&RGW. It's set in 1913, and I'm currently building the eastern terminal, Golconda, which is meant to simulate the CM's operations in and around Leadville.


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"The first transition era - wood to steel!"

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Posted by Ibflattop on Monday, December 20, 2004 8:59 AM
Hey Greg, I was rereading the post and got to yours and I relaized that I didnt tell you folks what I modeled. Man, I tell ya guys it was the time of the dayalong with a Brain-Fart. Well, the layout is in the planning stage right now. I will have a 13x26 ft. double decked layout. The Bottom part of the layout will be double tracked with a good sized yard running along the 26 ft wall. The upper part of the layout will be a single track Branch line to a a grainery. There might be a couple of other revinue on the Branchline but the Biggest will be the Grainery.
I would like to Freelance and bring the NKP and the LE&W into the late 80's - early 90's in the Indiana area. For right now I am running; N&W,NKP, Wab, Ann Arbor, DT&I and the B&LE. What ya guys think?
Kevin
Home of the NS Lake Division.....(but NKP and Wabash rule!!!!!!!! ) :-) NMRA # 103172 Ham callsign KC9QZW
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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, December 19, 2004 11:44 PM
I freelance the Union Pacific, Santa Fe, Western Pacific and John Deere in HO. Somewhere in the western states where the three major roads could have conceiveably met. The time is the mid/late 50's to 1960.

I may add DRGW into the mix because I like their 50's diesels and any steam. Of course the GW and NP were nice too, hmmmmm.
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Posted by twhite on Sunday, December 19, 2004 11:38 PM
I model a fictional California extension of the Denver and Rio Grande Western during WWII (all steam) with trackage rights for SP, WP and an occasional ATSF. Since it's WWII and the Rio Grande is power-short, I've got locos 'on loan' from Burlington (C&S), GN, and some eastern power from N&W, C%O and Pennsy. Makes for a lot of fun, since you NEVER know what's coming out of the next tunnel.
Tom
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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, December 19, 2004 11:14 PM
Chicago Rock Island & Pacific is my road of choice

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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, December 19, 2004 11:10 PM
BN all the way!
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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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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 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 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 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 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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