Daniel Maxwell Wrote:
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> As to why the old days of the Rio Grande dont have
> alot of interest, here is my theory; aside from
> the larger pool of photos to look at, I think
> many modelers like the 40/50s contrast between
> 'modern' (ie large steam engines, early diesels,
> 1950s automobiles) and the smaller narrow gauge.
> Makes it stand out a bit more. I am guilty of
> this too, I model the Southern Pacific narrow
> gauge in 1959.
Fair enough!
My prototype of choice is the Oahu Railway. I'm torn between the 1920s and 1940s, when dozens of extras accompanied the dozens of scheduled trains (resin casting is my friend since there are no commercial kits). A major draw of the 1940s is all of the military traffic it hauled (including small railway guns) and the scenes along the ROW (fighter planes & such). I plan on most of my equipment being in either the ante or post-bellum garb, with a few trains in 1920s livery and 1890's Baldwin Ivy Green. If I only had space for a shelf layout, I'd either pick the SPng post-ww2 or the local ng College Hill RR in the 1880s.
Michael