What Railroad do you model?

[Anonymous]

i model the fictional Conecticut River Valley Railroad. comming up with your own shortline is a bit of thinking but its rewarding.

http://www.trains.com/community/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=50972

whatever you chose, good luck
GEARHEAD426

[railroadyoshi]

I model the Boston & Maine Railroad. I really don't care about era. I model for the moment my hometown, but I'd like to at somepoint model from Boston to the Hoosac Tunnel (My town being an inproportionally large part of that)-just a dream

[Anonymous]

I don't have any models or any railroad so, I have not deicided which way to do but, I have narrowed my choices down to.

1)Freelance railroad running in southern KY during the 40's
2)Norfolk and Western in the very early 1950's
3)Southern's CNO&TP 2nd Division in 1947
4)Norfolk Southern's CNO&TP 2nd Division today.

[trainfan1221]

QUOTE: Originally posted by ftwNSengineer

I think this has been asked before but oh well.
I model the Penn Central in 1973 with some early Amtrak thrown in.

Penn Central is usually given a bad rap, but I think there are possibilities with modeling it. Probably more than people care to admit. I had a PC engine and it was one of my favorites.

[red p]

I think this has been asked before but oh well.
I model the Penn Central in 1973 with some early Amtrak thrown in.

[nbrodar]

The D&H and CP in northeastern Pennsylvania, with a little Conrail and soon Reading and Northern thrown in.

Nick

[Anonymous]

LS&I/WC/Vreeland Rail (Mineral Range). In the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.

[Cthetrains]

Milw and MKT for me...I'd be happy to share what I know (prescious little as it is), about either line with anyone who's willing to ask.

[GAPPLEG]

Just to miff the world, I model the Southern Pacific as if they never got swallowed up, I will continue to add to their roster as if they still exist. GE EVO in bloody nose ! Also have a tie in to my fictional Texas Mining shortline. where I can do anything. At present the TMI has a GE u-18 (scratchbuilt) a ge 70 ton and a 44 ton. My SP roster has 60 or so locos, My aim is to have 1 of every loco sp ever rostered. Plus I have run thoughs of UP, Rock Island, and Santa Fe.

[ciortato]

CSX, DB (German State Railway) and FS (Italian State Railway).

[Anonymous]

Wow this is an oldy,

I model the Maine Central in the late 70's, my layout is focused on Portland Maine and part of the Mountian Division that ran threw the White Mountians of New Hampshire to St. Johnsbury, VT

I grew up in Portland during the late 70's and early 80's, both my dad and grandfather worked at the HQ for Maine Central.

JH

[Anonymous]

BNSF (includes BN & santa fe) i might merge with Chicago & NorthWestern but i'm not sure yet...

[twhite]

Rio Grande and SP during the steam era (WWII-early '50's). Fictional 'California Extension' of the D&RGW from Salt Lake City to Oakland, CA. Crosses the Sierra at Yuba Summit, north of SP's Donner Pass line and south of WP's Feather River Canyon. SP and WP have trackage rights, perpetually power-short Rio Grande has 'borrowed' locomotives from N&W, C&O, C&S and PRR for the duration. Occasional GN 'detours' over Yuba Pass off of their 'highline' in Northern California. Lots of big steam (no diesels, they can't 'breathe' yet on the Sierra grades). Very noisy, lots of fun.
Tom

[Anonymous]

The line of the former KBayStsB during the Bayern Verwaltung period in the late 1920s.

http://www.altezeitgruppe.com

[Anonymous]

Burlington Northern Santa Fe!! what else?!?!? why model UP and CSX when there's BNSF?

[Anonymous]

Can anyone tell me where to buy a Milwaukee HO train set?

[jhugart]

I'm free-lancing.

At the moment, I'm working on a small layout for my son, so he can see trains run. It also gives my friends and I, all armchair modelers, a chance to practice some skills on layout building and scenery. The inspiration for the scenery is West Virginia.

The planned layout for myself is a modular layout of copper mining in the Keweenaw peninsula of Michigan's upper peninsula. There were numerous railroads in the area, including the Mineral Range, the Quincy and Torch Lake (owned by a mining company, but claimed it was a common carrier in order to avoid the taxes), and some others; the Duluth, South Shore, and Atlantic was the one which really combined a lot in the area before getting absorbed by the Soo, and now the Canadian Pacific, although the tracks there have been unused for decades.

My story is that the weather in Lake Superior was just a bit worse, making road travel difficult, water travel trecherous, and train travel just right. And, that the western copper mines didn't amount to anything, so that the UP continued to provide a lot of copper into the middle of the 20th century.

As a result, there was an effort to combine the different railroad lines, and the result was the Keweenaw and Superior Railroad, known as the Copper Line. It served the mines and towns, connecting to the Great Northern in Duluth-Superior, and stretched all the way down through Wisconsin to Chicago for a few things, running some C&NW equipment at times. More track went east along the UP to go to Canada, but I haven't thought out in that direction yet.

My goal is to do this in modules: The roundhouse and yard with dock; Downtown station and industries; Quincy mine #2 shaft area; Quincy stamp mill (maybe); and Chassel logging town. The modular approach lets me avoid worrying too much on scenicking transitions from scene to scene, and lets the layout be portable if need be.

It will be in N scale, and I want to use DCC. The era that interests me would involve a lot of steam (though I prefer diesels), so I'm going to try for sound decoders, too.

[NZRMac]

Freelance, I want a coal mine, mayby forestry, possibly a port, all depends on my ability to make it all look good!!

Ken

[Anonymous]

MKT in the late 80's, right before merger. "Ship and Travel via the KATY"

David

[Anonymous]

New York Central and the CNR in the 1950's almost
all diesels. [:)] I also like to model modern day railroading
so I will occasionally change era's to reflect the late 90's
mostly Conrail, Norfolk Southern and Amtrak[8D]

Terry,

[Anonymous]

Santa Fe All the Way!

[RDG1519]

I model the Reading Company in the early '70's. The locations are Philadelphia industrial areas and the Delaware River waterfront. Early Conrail is present. I also work the Jersey Central and P-R Seashore Lines ion as well.

[Anonymous]

I model Santa Fe, however I would rather model Rock Island as it was a local line. I am also planning on making an AT&L, since it runs through our town (it's a little town, only about 500 people)

[bogp40]

B&O, some C&O and WM, all Chessie up to the CSX merger.

[jpwc50]

PRR 1948-1955

[Anonymous]

I model anything Oklahoma between the 50's to present day. Focus on the Rock Island, MKT, WT&J, AOK, Farmrail, and AT&L

[route_rock]

What railroad do I model hmmmmmmm. I am currently planning a Rock Island branch in N scale.Based on Indianola Iowa sort of.Going to be lates 60's to the 70's so I can have a stock extra and mini trains. My fiancee and I are looking for a house with enough back yard for a pole barn for my HO scale Rock Island of the 80's!Might still do what I wanted and model the entire Quad Cities or just freelance the area.Will also have Milwaukee Road and Somewhere amongst there the Davenport Rock Island and Northwestern(the DRI line) plus a few BN units. I grew up bleeding rainbow Rock and BN Green(which makes for a color that can not be described when i cut myself) Good luck in your modeling Hawkes.It has taken me years to make up my mind.

[Anonymous]

CONRAIL 1975-1976


GO CONRAIL

David

[jag193]

After 20 years of modeling the NP/GN/SP&S in the fall of 1968 in HO and after two layouts in two-car garages, I switched railroads and scales. With failing eyesight and the frustration of a few of the new "superdetailed" kits, I've moved up to On30 (I fell in love with that Bachmann stuff last Christmas) and am creating a new layout in what used to be the 2-car garage. It's based on the old "Chili Line" (D&RGW) between Otowi and Taos junction. Since I grew up close to Espanola, it's like going back home! Now, I scratchbuild just about everything or heavily kitbash all of the Bachmann stuff. I'm selling all the HO to finance the new railroad. It's great!