Robert,
I'm still working on DSP&P items, but my focus is different. The South Park and Colorado Central are outstanding for model building. A tremendous variety of equipment and beautiful scenery for it to pass through. After 9 months of waiting, I now have good plans to build the roof master for my Barney & Smith coaches (common to the South Park, Cincinnati & Eastern, College Hill RR, Carson & Colorado, SPng, etc). In fact, I just painted the first Colorado Central 23' flat car to roll off the assembly line...er, pop out of the molds. I'm hoping to do a little pattern or mold work for either its gondola sides, the 1879 South Park passenger cars, or the Oahu Railway coaches before the Super Bowl. I haven't started any Oahu Railway freight car kits as these others must be completed first. After the 1879 cars, there will still be four South Park passenger cars on my list to do...the Barney & Smith coaches will be next...hopefully with Barney & Smith trucks.
But, the Oahu Railway is a far better prototype for an operating layout. I aspire to have an eye level deck for my South Park equipment (which I will keep building); the focus will be on Gunnison and the Alpine Tunnel helper district. I don't trust a large group of gentleman who primarily work with RTR cars and some of whom uncouple cars by picking them up to be a good fit for my beloved Link & Pin couplers. Additionally, for my preferred period and local, any operating session based accurately on the South Park would be over rather quickly with a small group (4-8 scheduled trains). The Oahu Railway, on the other hand, could keep an army busy for a weekend (10 trains for every one on the DSP&P, plus extensive switching)...I'll probably need to have some automated trains to simulate the traffic density! My layout priority has to be on the main deck of the Oahu Railway before I do anything on the South Park. The best way to get this sort of action on the South Park would probably be to model the Buena Vista-Leadville line during the Joint Trackage Agreement.
I highly recommend checking out the Oahu Railway. It was a very different animal from all other NG roads. Best's Railroads of Hawaii is probably the cheapest and best way to get a nice survey of the line. The WW2 photo album nicely conveys the bustling Terminal during WW2 while Next Stop Honolulu focuses more on the early development and the culture/economy in which it existed.
Michael
weston1879 Wrote:
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> What about the DSP&P?
