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<p>Hi-</p><p>If you have a freelanced railroad you would like to share its "history", this is the place to do so.</p><p>Here's mine:</p><p><strong>The Prototype</strong> </p><p>In 1982, a group of businessmen put together a route composed of short lines, new trackage, and lines spun off from larger railroads. The line stretched from Palmer, MA, to Albany NY, with a branch to Northfield, MA. They called their new empire the Springfield Central Railroad.</p><p>The secondhand fleet of locomotives carry the reporting marks "SCR", and consist mainly of 2nd generation diesels. The railroad leases several C40-8s from Conrail to haul the Z Train, a hotshot intermodel train running from the Springfield Intermodel Terminal to the rest of the country. The Lake Shore Limited, tired of delays on Conrail, also runs on this route.</p><p>The railroad's steepest grade is Pittsfield Pass over the Berkshires. Helper units are often needed on this 4% grade. </p><p><strong>The Model</strong></p><p>The layout is about 12 by 24. The modeled portion is from Blue Lake Falls, MA to Phoenix, MA (both fictional towns). The era is between 1995 and 1997. The layout's main yard is in Phoenix, MA. In between Phoenix and Blue Lake Falls is a town I havn't named yet. In its temporary state I call it Rockville, but on the finished layout it will be something else.</p><p>The track plan is pretty much a loop. There is a double ended staging yard between Phoenix and Blue Lake Falls. The layout is mostly single track mainline, but in Rockville there is double track, becoming the yard lead going East into Phoenix. In Blue Lake Falls it switches to double track going into the staging yard, whitch will probobly have 5 or 6 tracks.</p><p>The engine fleet is pretty small. I have a U23B, an SDP35, a GP9M, a C40-8W, and another C40-8 which I am waiting for the seller to reply to my Email. The Lake Shore Limited has a P40 or P42, I can't tell which. <span class="smiley">[%-)]</span></p><p>If you want more info, visit my site at:</p><p> http// </p><p> </p><hr />
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