passenger or freight ?

[krump]

has anyone ever put cattle INSIDE the passenger dome cars etc. I'm gonna do that for just one passenger car (dining car ?) and wait for reactions... call it the Great Escape [:o)]

[eastcoast]

I am currently working to wire my freight line so all of
my layout will fully operate. Soon will be able to really
focus on scenery full time.

[Nieuweboer]

Passenger and commuter trains take up too much room on my lauyout, so I stick to local freights. However I have a jewel of a small brass Consolidation,t the original Ma&Pa, and a couple of wooden coaches and lo there's my tourist train. The tourist can also choose my doodlebug and some of them do. So there's some passenger traffic after all.

[Anonymous]

I love the long brightly painted passenger cars of the 50's that serviced the big cities. The C B & Q with the polished stainless steel cars was an awsome sight in the bright sunlight.
Now I see old faded box cars on the siding and I cry.
Ken

[Anonymous]

I forgot to mention the commuter cars. I like to string half a dozen of them together too.
Ken

[TrainFreak409]

I would prefer to model both passenger and freight on a layout to have the maximum fun and challenger, but, I like freight better. I believe that freight has more possibilities. There is more of a variety with freight cars than there is passenger. Plus, on a freight layout, you can branch off the main to an unlimited number of industrial sidings, and then switching yards, and so on. Then you have train length. Freights can easily exceed 100 cars, passengers don't. When I get my layout up and running, it will be devoted mainly to freight, but of course I have to have one or two passenger trains. Not to mention the Bowman Business Train.[:D]

~[8]~ TrainFreak409 ~[8]~

[PennsyHoosier]

I live by a line that has both passenger and freight service. Not surprisingly, I model both passenger and freight service. Seems to me that passenger service is like the icing on the cake. You don't need to have it, but it makes the cake better.

[Anonymous]

Passenger trains look better, but switching frieght and running fastclocks is awesome. I like them both the same. I run both kinds of trains on my layout.

[CP5415]

Both here!

While my layout once again takes a second seat to everything else in my life, I'm continually improving my ideas & rolling stock for my layout.

After selling most of my Rivarossi fleet a couple of years ago because I was thinking about not having any passenger trains along comes Walthers making almost everything I ever wanted in the way of passenger cars, so passenger trains are now part of my railroad emipre again.
I'm in the middle of a large passenger car purchase. I've bought 15 out of 19 passenger cars I've ordered this year.

How's this for one consist?

Proto 2000 ALCO D&H PA #17, 2 Walthers D&H Stainless Fluted sided 52 seat Budd Coach & a Walthers D&H Budd Dome Coach.
Wow 300' of stainless steel. WOO HOO!

As for freight op's, I'm also re-arranging my track plan to make it more of a challenge to operate both types of trains.
I don't want to make it too easy for myself!

Just my 2 cents

Gordon

[Anonymous]

The layout here is dominated by freight trains. I tend to favor freight as passengers cars are so long and bulky. They look rediculous on my curves. [:(]
If it were up to me, I'd have 3 sets of passenger trains. so sleek and stylish. I'm especially fond of mail trains.