What do you model?

**skipgear** · May 17th, 2012, 12:52 AM

The Pennsy rant thread got me thinking. Some claim there are more Western Modelers, some claim more Eastern. I want to know with an informal poll here.

Try to answer with your primary modeling era and region if you are a multi region modeler. There is an answer for those that don't have a specific region or time and just buy what catches their eye. I know there really is a central region but everybody always cites east vs. west. The Mississippi is generally considered the break point but use your best judgement if you are borderline. Area's like Chicago are a hard call because they served both sides of the country.

**HOexplorer** · May 17th, 2012, 12:57 AM

Oregon Cascades. Logging layout in 1931. Jim

**Nick Lorusso** · May 17th, 2012, 01:04 AM

Norteastern US. Pan-Am/ Guilford

**Keith** · May 17th, 2012, 01:27 AM

If I had a decent space to build, I'd go Rio Grande in Colorado.
Very minimal steam. Primary is transition diesel to modern day diesel power.
Not the latest stuff though. I have EMD FT's to T-Motors to GP60's.
Could probably use to narrow it down even farther, but I also run what I want.
I guess I could fit into western steam/transition, western diesel, no specific time/place, run what I like.
Could be anyone's guess!!

Thing is, I also have some other stuff, Eurostar, TGV, Japanese container train, a 4 unit Japanese bullet train and 2 Japanese trolleys! Try and figure that one out!

Way too much stuff, not enough wall space for display!!

**glakedylan** · May 17th, 2012, 01:39 AM

in my fantasy world of railroading
the Pennsy is most definitely the #1 RR w/ its 4 track mainline and eastern pa theme
steam hauling freight and diesel for passenger service
(along with doodlebug and RDC/trolley transit for SEPTA and precursor to it)
but i do like to be able to set my own rules
which includes trains from other areas running on the same tracks, passenger mostly:
Reading (passenger deisel & freight--steam: lots of coal)
Lehigh Valley (passenger--diesel)
Erie Lackawanna (passenger--diesel)
Delaware and Hudson (passenger--diesel)
B&O (passenger--diesel and freight--steam)
C&O (freight--steam)
AT&SF (passenger--diesel)
D&RGW (passsenger--diesel)
UP (passenger--diesel)
Nickel Plate Road (passenger--steam)
Southern Pacific (Morning Daylight--diesel)
this is thanks to KATO and their runs of passenger collections
the only one i have not yet been able to purchase being the burlington northern
perhaps some day!
enjoy
Gary L Lake Dillensnyder

**r_i_straw** · May 17th, 2012, 01:45 AM

Mostly what ran in Texas in 1951 but a whole lot of other bits and pieces also.
In descending order.
ATSF/GC&SF
SP/T&NO
MoPac/IGN
MKT
Frisco
KCS
Burlington-Rock Island(joint line in Texas)
UP
D&RG
N&W
PRR
PC

**Westfalen** · May 17th, 2012, 01:45 AM

I put myself down for Santa Fe in Texas in the 50's (early diesel) era.

A better question might be "What would you model if you could buy the stuff you need to do it?"

I'd like to model a slightly earlier era with more ATSF steam but unless I do a lot of scratchbuilding/kitbashing or spend a fortune on brass, if I can find any and even with brass you still can't get a very good representation of smaller locos (Santa Fe wasn't all about 4-8-4's and 2-10-4's), that's out of the question. I model Japanese National Railways in the 60's for my steam era fix because I can get good RTR models of all the common classes on the roster in that era along with a few oddball types for good measure, there is no class one North American road for which you can currently do that.

**DCESharkman** · May 17th, 2012, 01:55 AM

I do not see an appropriate choice. What is you have a couple different layouts with different eras?

Big Layout - Western ATSF Circe 1944-1962 as my tagline says.

Medium Layout - Appalachian using mostly NS or its ancestors as far back a N&W and SRR with a errant CSX in there for something to change the color scheme

Small layout - Western roads pre-Borg assimilation

NTrak Layout - Anything goes!

**badlandnp** · May 17th, 2012, 02:03 AM

Very specific 1920's NP and CNW. So, to do those in the badlands of SD to eastern MT requirews that I fantsized in a RR connection from the CNW colony line to the NP via the Powder river, or the Little Missouri.

But I will probably run any steam just cause it's FUN! Like the 1935 Fox Valley Hiawatha I have.........

**BoxcabE50** · May 17th, 2012, 02:37 AM

Which choice would fit best? I model Pacific NW, just at the point of higher HP (3000 and up) second generation road diesels (GP40, U33C, SD45) starting to appear. Circa 1966-1968. I guess Western Diesel to Modern Era, although that seems as though a rather broad brush stroke.