Chessie System Run though Coal and mixed Frieghts some chemical and Stacks M&CRS Mixed Frights Pullman 86 Foot High Cubes to the GM Plant Autoracks out of the GM plant Propane for a small gas dealer 50 foot double door Modern Boxes for some of Akrons Companys. Stacks. Ocationally a piece of heavy machinery gets hauled. and W&LE gives us alot of gravel ------------------ Theres no such thing as having to many coal hoppers or GP40-2 when you model Chessie System LONG LIVE THE KITTEN!!! LONG LIVE BIG BLUE!!! LONG LIVE THE TIGER STRIPE!!! (I am one of those wierd Chessie,CR,BN Fans) I looked at DCC... and stayed DC!
I consider my pike to be roughly Hagerstown, Maryland, in the 1940 to 1960 era. I know that's a pretty broad era, but I like to model steam and first generation diesel and Hagerstown was visited by Western Maryland, Pennsylvania, Norfolk and Western and the B&O was close by. Most of my cars are from the "Alpha-Jet" route of Eastern RR's that were part of WM's freight routing system. I also throw in some Western cars, and whatever else interests me. I'll probably never have a prototypical percentage of hoppers! I also run a B&O and a PRR passenger train. ------------------ Trails to Rails!
Marylandrailfan, Sounds like you have a busy railroad without the prototypical number of hoppers !! It also sounds like a good mixture of interesting rolling stock to keep businesses furnished and add a little interest to the layout ! Good luck and Happy Modeling!! John ------------------ The Santa Fe and Southwestern, Chief of the Southwest!!
