what time frame do you model?

[Kent]

I tend to go modern stuff, but there's a Doodlebug and 2-8-0 steamer that run around my track too! :)

[krump]

[^][:D][|)][|)][|)]approx 10 pm-2 am, two nights per week [:D]

[krump]

[^][:D][|)][|)][|)]approx 10 pm-2 am, two nights per week [:D]

[Anonymous]

I voted 1950-1970 but, gee, what a stretch. 1950 prototype railroading was dominated by steam and 1970 was all diesel. Narrowing down a little to 1965-1969 is the timeframe I choose to model. No steam, lots of first generation diesels and second generation U-Boats and SD-45s just starting to show up in big numbers............

[Anonymous]

I voted 1950-1970 but, gee, what a stretch. 1950 prototype railroading was dominated by steam and 1970 was all diesel. Narrowing down a little to 1965-1969 is the timeframe I choose to model. No steam, lots of first generation diesels and second generation U-Boats and SD-45s just starting to show up in big numbers............

[Anonymous]

1910-1920, the cusp of WWI in a fictional southern California coastal branch line setting. The prototype period was one of rapid technological and regulatory change which interests me greatly. It is entirely consistent to have animal, gasoline, steam and electric motive power on paved and unpaved roads. Steam, gasoline and electric motive power on the rails. Wooden, steel and hybrid rolling stock in the same string. Wood, brick, stucco, concrete; even adobe structures, all jumbled together along the right of way. As I'm mainly a sctatchbuilder or kitbasher my possibilities verge on limitless. Odd as it may seem to those who prefer later periods, there are mountains of prototype information and photographs. The camera was a relatively new device in common use and there was a photographic fad at the time. Many of these photographs are preserved in local and state historical archives as well as more specifically railroad-centric archives to serve as the basis for one-off construction projects.

[Anonymous]

1910-1920, the cusp of WWI in a fictional southern California coastal branch line setting. The prototype period was one of rapid technological and regulatory change which interests me greatly. It is entirely consistent to have animal, gasoline, steam and electric motive power on paved and unpaved roads. Steam, gasoline and electric motive power on the rails. Wooden, steel and hybrid rolling stock in the same string. Wood, brick, stucco, concrete; even adobe structures, all jumbled together along the right of way. As I'm mainly a sctatchbuilder or kitbasher my possibilities verge on limitless. Odd as it may seem to those who prefer later periods, there are mountains of prototype information and photographs. The camera was a relatively new device in common use and there was a photographic fad at the time. Many of these photographs are preserved in local and state historical archives as well as more specifically railroad-centric archives to serve as the basis for one-off construction projects.

[n2mopac]

I used to model the era of my teenage years, early 1980's, and the area I grew up in, west-central Missouri (Missouri Pacific in the era of its early merger with UP). Then when the BNSF merger came about I loved the new paint schemes/colors. In 2000 I moved to Fort Worth, TX and found an area that simply begged to be modeled (Saginaw, TX on BNSF's Wichita Falls sub) so I switched from MoPac to BNSF and from early '80's to 2000.
Ron

[n2mopac]

I used to model the era of my teenage years, early 1980's, and the area I grew up in, west-central Missouri (Missouri Pacific in the era of its early merger with UP). Then when the BNSF merger came about I loved the new paint schemes/colors. In 2000 I moved to Fort Worth, TX and found an area that simply begged to be modeled (Saginaw, TX on BNSF's Wichita Falls sub) so I switched from MoPac to BNSF and from early '80's to 2000.
Ron

[Anonymous]

I MODELING THE 60'S THRU THE EARLY 70'S

[Anonymous]

I MODELING THE 60'S THRU THE EARLY 70'S

[locomutt]

I try to stay within the confines of 1945 to 1960. Very late steam,early diesels. I probably really care more for the early diesels than anything. Also this era defines the reason and the need for using cabooses(or is itCABEESE?) Walt in Ky. [e-mail]

[locomutt]

I try to stay within the confines of 1945 to 1960. Very late steam,early diesels. I probably really care more for the early diesels than anything. Also this era defines the reason and the need for using cabooses(or is itCABEESE?) Walt in Ky. [e-mail]

[Jacktal]

I'd say 1970 to today which gives me enough flexibility to run my favourite stock.I love big locos,specially diesel powered.And since my favourite cars are tankers,I'm planning to build a milk plant at one end of my layout,leaving the rest for a town which would host my railway museum,allowing me to display my PA-1 and my 4-8-4 and eventually other special locos.I don't have room to waste,so I'm giving my layout plan a lot of thoughts to make the best out of it.Not easy....at all.

[Jacktal]

I'd say 1970 to today which gives me enough flexibility to run my favourite stock.I love big locos,specially diesel powered.And since my favourite cars are tankers,I'm planning to build a milk plant at one end of my layout,leaving the rest for a town which would host my railway museum,allowing me to display my PA-1 and my 4-8-4 and eventually other special locos.I don't have room to waste,so I'm giving my layout plan a lot of thoughts to make the best out of it.Not easy....at all.

[JohnWPowell]

The 80s L&N, Chessie,SeaboardSystem

[JohnWPowell]

The 80s L&N, Chessie,SeaboardSystem

[jrbarney]

Anything prior to 1917-1918. Really wanted to make the period even earlier, but did want to include my Thomas Flyer and some freight cars just prior to WWI. Really prefer my steam locos to have diamond or cabbage stacks. Wish your poll had a step ending at 1920. If we were going to get picky, all of your poll steps should have an equal increment.

[jrbarney]

Anything prior to 1917-1918. Really wanted to make the period even earlier, but did want to include my Thomas Flyer and some freight cars just prior to WWI. Really prefer my steam locos to have diamond or cabbage stacks. Wish your poll had a step ending at 1920. If we were going to get picky, all of your poll steps should have an equal increment.

[Anonymous]

Without a doubt 1943!!

[Anonymous]

Without a doubt 1943!!

[douginut]

Planned--- 1954
most of my favorite old things were on the rails still, many of the new things were appearing.
Streetcars were still streetcars, and still there.
Reality--- at the Hobby Stop in Orem to paraphrase Pickwick "If I'm not near the train I love, I love the train I'm near!"
1875 to 2003

Doug, in Utah.

[douginut]

Planned--- 1954
most of my favorite old things were on the rails still, many of the new things were appearing.
Streetcars were still streetcars, and still there.
Reality--- at the Hobby Stop in Orem to paraphrase Pickwick "If I'm not near the train I love, I love the train I'm near!"
1875 to 2003

Doug, in Utah.

[Anonymous]

I model the modern era, but my layout could realistically look right in the 70s, 80s or 90s. I model a shortline operation, the Appalachian Northern, that uses aged, rugged but well maintained ALCO C424s in an area in or near the southern Appalachian Mountains.

[Anonymous]

I model the modern era, but my layout could realistically look right in the 70s, 80s or 90s. I model a shortline operation, the Appalachian Northern, that uses aged, rugged but well maintained ALCO C424s in an area in or near the southern Appalachian Mountains.

[CP5415]

I don't really have a time frame. I kinda like an AC4400 on the rails with my 4-6-2.

Just my 2 cents

Gordon

[CP5415]

I don't really have a time frame. I kinda like an AC4400 on the rails with my 4-6-2.

Just my 2 cents

Gordon

[Gunneral]

I model mid 40`s to mid 50`s. N scale Santa Fe over the Raton Pass, giving me a choice of steam and deisel of that era.

[Gunneral]

I model mid 40`s to mid 50`s. N scale Santa Fe over the Raton Pass, giving me a choice of steam and deisel of that era.

[SSW9389]

I model the mid 60s to very early '80s with Stockton, California being a very colorful focal point. After the cabooses were taken off the trains, it just wasn't the same.