Grey One, I know what you mean by "rents equipment from roads management likes the paint schemes of". I really like some of the western roads paint schemes from the 50s and 60s. NP's passenger equipment comes to mind as well as CBQ's stainless steel locos on the Zephyrs. I'll have to remember that once my next layout is up and operational. I think the N&W under my management will be leasing a few NP locos in the dark green, light green and cream/white colors as well as maybe a few CBQ E units to compliment the roster of J class steamers on the passenger trains.
This was the scheme on my N scale Andersley Western Railroad My new HO scale AWRR will have black locomotives and boxcar red cars.
Alan, I like the logo and how you used it in relationship and contrast to the strip down the loco. Looks good on the rolling stock as well. Will you still use your logo, back date the logo or just utilize the name on your new HO equipment? Also, I'm a big fan of your N scale line of rolling stock models even though I've switched to HO.
I have three (at the moment). Equipment is still in development for all three, but two of them are likely to be small modules. The three are: 1. Buckhorn Railway Company. Route runs from a connection with the joint BNSF/UP line just north of Bend, OR, eastward into the Ochoco and Blue mountains. Headquarters is at the fictional town of Buckhorn, on the Crooked River between Paulina and Post (both real towns), and from there the line cuts heads northeast to the eastern terminus at John Day. 2. Eagle Valley. In real life a group of local investors started construction of a railroad from a connection with the UP at Baker City, OR eastward towards the Eagle Valley in the late 1800's/early 1900's, but the project failed with only a few miles of grade built. In my alternate universe this railroad was completed to the community of Richfield, and it eventually became a Union Pacific branchline. The Eagle Valley was built to connect the town of Halfway to Richfield. The Eagle Valley expanded in 1988 when it purchased the UP branchline it connected with. 3. Jordan, Scio & Western. In real life, when the Oregonian Railroad built their line down the east side of the Willamette Valley in the 1880's they missed the established town of Scio, Oregon by about two miles. The citizens of Scio built two miles of railroad down to a connection with the Oregonian (eventually the SP East Side branch) and conducted operations with an 0-4-0T and a four wheeled flatcar leased from the Oregon & California. State regulators forced the railroad to shut down somewhere around 1910, and the railroad was abandoned. In my alternate universe, a lumber company bought the line at this point, rebuilt it, and extended the line another six or seven miles eastward to a point known as Jordan, where a sawmill was built. All three of these were owned by lumber companies for most of their lives, and all three are now subsidiaries of my fictional shortline holding company JD Lines (JDLX- hence my handle). All of the towns and place names are real ones (except for Buckhorn), and none of these railroads existed except for where noted. JDLX Elko, NV
JDLX, I like your recreation of history and is kind of how I conduct my model railroading. Guess that is why I find it such a fun hobby.
Friscobob, You're going right through my old stomping grounds!!!! The Pierce City-Carthage line goes through Sarcoxie!!!! They've been trying to do a rails-to-trails thing through there (track needs a lot of work, pieces missing, trees growing up in between the rails, etc., hasn't been used in about 15 years from PC to Sarcoxie, but is used around Carthage). Anyway, had a community action group all fired up, but alas, nobody thought to ask BNSF, who showed up at a meeting and said, we are not abandoning this, nor turning it into a trail bank, and may even fix it and use it if economy keeps kicking up like it has been. Pretty funny stuff from my point of view . Anyways, it's nice to see some creativity about my neck of the woods, pretty country.
My N layout, on which I've just started to lay track, is a fictional Midwest shortline, era 1950-70, a subsidiary of the late, great Milwaukee Road. I have yet to pick a name and logo, though The Midlands Route is at the top of the list. The logo would be a circle with a green cornstalk and yellow ear of corn inside. All power is diesel, most of which are Milwaukee Road locos, plus four that will carry my line's color scheme. I enjoyed your schemes. Good ideas. If anyone has an idea for a name for a Midwest shortline, basically an agriculture products line, please contact me. I'm having a tough time deciding.
Nate, I had not thought of using a logo on my steam-era HO equipment, but I guess it could be done. Trouble is, I am not the artistic type
Alan & John, Alan, I don't think I can believe that you are not the artistic type with your line of N scale stuff. If either of you ever wanted a new logo designed for your roads I would be willing to give it a whirl. Don't know if you could tell but design work is part of what I do on a daily basis in the real world. I could probably even provide print ready files for decal sheets. In fact, John, the idea of a cornstalk within a circle is a good idea for a granger road. The Kansas City Eastern I created was envisioned as a Granger road that grew. Came up with the slogan for that line, "A Daisy of a Line", after recalling several trips I've taken across Kansas and seeing the fields of sunflowers. I know daisy-sunflower not the same but "A Sunflower of a Line" just didn't have the same catchiness in my mind. I did use a sunflower in the logo though. Everyone sharing their creative ideas for private roads seems to be creating some imaginative thinking for others.
John, Maybe you could consider using IOWA in your railroads name somehow because then you could replace the "O" with your idea of the circle logo and cornstalk. Just a thought.
John- As you've mentioned "The Midlands Route," and Iowa has been suggested as part of teh name, why not roll this all together? The Iowa Midland Railroad or Railway. Boxcab E50
The Yellowhead became a reality when I picked up a whole bunch of LL locomotives from Model Expo. The complete story is told The Yellowhead Story
Dan, I enjoyed the background on your railroad, very creative. The three colors in your paint scheme work well together and give a great overall image on the Geeps and other locos.
Here mine: The Victoria Lumber and Logging Railway. http://www.ragingtorrent.com/david/ Hope it helps. I'm also throwing around the idea of a new one now called Valley Road. David [ 13. January 2005, 03:00: Message edited by: dvess111 ]
My railroad ..... The Chicago, Pittsburgh and Eastern ..... is a Class II company that runs between Chicago, Ill. and Pittsburgh, Pa. Most of the freight is coal in southern ohio, kentucky and West Virginia, along with chemicals and supplies from the Great Lakes in Chicago to the Ohio River or to the ports in Baltimore via trackage rights over Pennsylvania Railroad and the B&O. The paint scheme is a pretty plain 1960's look (inspried by B&O and N&W) of black car body, yellow frame with white numbers and letters. Currently a GP9, SD9, 2 U23B's and an SDP40 are in CP&E paint, awaiting decals within the next couple days.
Arrow, you stole my roadname!!! LOL Thats ok, ive decided on another. Flat River Rail Company What do you think? Not sure on a scheme yet?
Gabriel, Which roadname were you considering using that I have developed one of my paint schemes for? Flat River Rail Company sounds good to me. Have you considered using "Railway", Flat River Railway? Just a thought for consideration.
Nate: I like your suggestion of using the "O" in "Iowa" as a substitute for the circle containing corn. I hadn't used Iowa in the name because there are two proto railroads with Iowa in their names.
John, Other names that may allow you to use your circle with corn logo in place of the "O" could include humorus or other real ones: "O"shkash, "O"klahoma, "O"klahoma City, Miss"o"uri or maybe a city or place with an O near your location or along a Milwaukee Road line. Just some more food for thought.
