Why do you model what you model?

[selector]

I'm too lazy to build any real fidelity into a prototypical model, so I freelance.  The nice boys at BLI, Lionel, Life Like, and Trix did a good job of building convincing models for the non-discerning guys like me.   I have an fictitious layout with locomotives from four different railroads that are passably realistic, and I am happy with that.

Besides, the Ferro Carril Central del Peru didn't have Niagaras, Hudsons, PRR J1's and K4's, and a Challenger.   They did have at least two Garrats, but they weren't terribly attractive...impressive, but not very likeable.

[boxcar_jim]

I model 1950s MEC/B&M (and a few 1970s MEC units creep in from time to time) because:

• American railroading is (very) different to what I grew up with, 
• Researching something different is fun
• I wanted to recreate in miniture a time and place which can't exist again, but looks fantastic in old movies and photos
• New England mountain scenery is fantastic (especially in fall)
• I love the locos and paint schemes (Pine green with gold stripes on that F3 anybody - or if you prefer it more modern, how about a Harvest gold on that U18B?)

 

 

[GN-Rick]

It just boils down to: I model what I model because I like it.

[loathar]

CP Rail/ CSX. I like the paint schemes. Loco's are easy to find. It's prototypical to see other borrowed and acquired power with these names.(SOO,UP,NS) You see these companies hauling about anything that rolls on rails. I like modeling the area where you see them mostly run. (Northern U.S./ Southern Canada)

[Anonymous]

It's what I can understand.

Otherwise it is a exercise in futility.

I dont have any particular railroad but am heavy into the B&O, PRR and WM.

[SpaceMouse]

It's what's in my head.

[WCfan]

I was wondering why you model what you model? Was it the railroad you where most exposed to. Or is it the scenery. How about a type of locomotive. Or do you model just because you like it? I model WC because I lived around it, I also model Soo because...whell I don't know why. So why do you model what you model?