My freelance regional planning I need your help

I need help choosing one of 3 regions to model on my completely torn down and being rebuilt layout

This is n scale will have rivers, bridges, mountains, lineside business, coal, intermodal, grain, auto traffic, etc etc

Set in the fall of 1979

Vote away
Eastern
Southern Mid Atlantic
West Midwest

 

Little of everything emd ge Alco

Lumber yard
Coal mines to combine
Wooden grain structures

Basically can be anywhere

 

How big do you envision this empire to be? It makes a difference.

 

If you model the BN it would only be about 11 years after the merger which formed BN. Consists were found with locos still in original paint still with just a patch applied. Thus you could run locos in BN, NP, GN, SP&S, and CB&Q. The same goes for freight cars. And with interchange traffic the occasional CP lash up.

 

Understand that but I'm freelancing

 

Thanks everyone that's a major help

Loosely based off the BN it is

Major class 1

 

Looks like it will be a fun one, lets see plans and pictures!

 

Working it out now will be starting a redux of the WNW Wichita Northwestern a real railroad that went defunct in June 1941 when the last rail was pulled up

But in my alternate reality it's a strong major class one that survived and my modeling period will be the fall of 1979

And WW2 is what helped it expand sending freight to all ports for the effort

 

I'm still here just going through a rough and nasty divorce at the moment

So not much happening with anything

 

Ugh well hope you come out on the other side soon. Trains will hopefully be a useful distraction

 

Been there, done that. If I may, try not to step away from the hobby like I did - you'll likely find your way back to it anyway

 

Sorry to hear that. Divorce is something I wouldn't wish on anyone.

 

My vote from your list would likely be the midwest, but I don't really have a reason for that. My personal preference is to model my "home" area, so depending on where you live maybe that can factor in.

 

Why I'm going to n scale as I no longer have any kind of room for ho

 

Thanks with my divorce it's all going to change

 

Thanks man much appreciated

 

This is a fun concept. You can easily imagine the W&NW allying with the Muskogee Roads to go up against the Frisco and MKT. Or maybe they allied with the Frisco and acted as a bridge to the D&RGW/WP. Who knows?

Looking forward to hearing where you end up, and what you end up building.

 

Well if I stay with the WNW it's going to be a major class 1 on its own merrits

See where it goes from here