Well Im new to this site, I belong to a train club in Eugene Oregon called Lane Society of model rail roading. We have a Prmanent Layout running with DCC. Its a pretty cool layout, Its a point to point with two return loops. It roughly take place in the cascades.
I model mostly SP and UP, but I just bought a couple of SD70MACs in, one in CSX and One in Conrail with CSX patchpanel. I also have a T-1 duplex. So I pretty much model anything with enphsis in SPand UP.
Welcome to the forum. You will get some answers to this thread, but we specialize in “how to” questions, and “show and tell” threads. I model HO with a Northern Minnesota Logging camp on one end and an Arizona Mining camp on the other with Yellowstone canyon in between. There will be others who are less prototypical than this because they do not know how to do wormholes. Hope to see pics of what you are up to.
Welcome! This is an open forum where everything should go, but some of us, unfortunately, think otherwise. No matter, many members are hard-nosed prototypical modelers, while most of us are a tad on the dilettante side of the hobby. I fall into the latter category with a freelanced second layout under construction. I has a yard with two double-slips, a folded loop with about 55’ of mainline, a coal mine and a logging camp. The obligatory transition era steam engine servicing facility is there, with turntable and three-stall roundhouse.
The Moose Bay Railroad is a free-lance shortline with both freight and passenger service, using mostly Milwaukee Road motive power in the late 1960’s. The layout is 5x12 feet in HO. Underneath is the Moose Bay Transit Authority, which runs the R-17 subway train from Life-Like, and a Bowser PCC trolley which runs both above and below ground. I’ve got a video camera mounted in the front of the subway train, so I can see what’s going on from the cab-view even though most of it can’t be seen from the surface.
First of all, welcome to the forums. I happen to model the modern day CSX mainlines in and around Kentucky. My layout is three 6’ x 8’ tables bolted together to make one big modular 6’ x 24’ walkaround table with a double loop of track and a crossover between them. It also has numerous spurs, a small intermodal terminal, and a small locomotive repair shop/retirement yard. The good thing about a loop is that you can sometimes just lay back and watch your trains do their thing. Unfortunately, it is nowhere near finished. Then again, what layout is?
I hope you can have as much fun as I have in this forum in the future!
I model the B&O and Chessie. At times it can seem as my modeling will jump through a time warp when I’ll switch from early 1950s running F3s and F7s to the 70s in Chessie equipment. I run on a club layout that is primarily set in the mid to late 50s. If I had a home layout I probably would refine the setting to a closer time frame of the late 60s to early 70s. On your own railroad, your the “Chief Engineer” and can call the shots and do as you please.
You really need to check out Joe Fugate’s layout, believe me , you’ll be impressed!
Funny thing is Im planning on getting some Newer Chessie system locos to run with my CSX Equipment, hey do you have any Ideas on most rescent Chessie stuff, Before they merged?
IM looking for mostly 6 axle road units. any help would be nice.
Welcome to a fun place to spend time. I model scenic Arizona, specifically the high elevation red rock canyons around Sedona. I love my third rail and spend time reading all the boards for scenery tips and ideas.
I model SP, AT&SF mainly with some UP and BN Thrown in. You may also see BNSF freights, depending on what I feel like running [:D] Also the odd SOO line Geep might show up, I just had to have one of those red faced locos [:D]
SP is my favourite RR, all my next loco purchases will be SP until i get enough [:P]
Welcome to the forum. My Black River Valley Railroad is HO scale and mostly in the transition era. Primarily New York Central with a smattering of other contemporary roads. Track plan, power roster, layout and rolling stock photos on my updated website. Enjoy!
The Golden State Railroad is a freelance bridge road connecting all the major railroads in northern california and southern oregon (ATSF, BN, D&RGW, UP, WP and SP). These roads have to connect thru us to get to the west coast and move north to south. We also serve a number of the regional short lines.
I happen to have some information regarding this subject. First of all, The most recent Chessie 6 axles were EMD’s SD50s. They were painted in the regular Chessie scheme with black numbers and a small CSXT marking above or below the number. Also, the Chessie SD50s were numbered 8553-8595 as well as 8624-8641. These numbers were kept from their C&O days all the way up until the present day, not renumbered like countless other locomotives. Back in their day, you would see these locomotives running in consists with earlier CSX locomotives as well as Seaboard System motive power. You can find more information as well as pictures on this page: http://www.trainweb.org/csxphotos/html/SD50.html If you scroll down the page and look at the numbers described above, you can view pictures of the pre-merger Chessie SD50s as well as the same units in their “new” paint. I hope this helps!