Traction modeling

[tgindy]

Kalmbach published an excellent modeling guide for traction it is still available on Amazon.

Not all traction operations were passenger-only, and certainly weren’t all “one car=one train.” Especially in the western United States, interurbans commonly carried freight, and interchanged with steam railroads.

Check out The Fort Dodge (Iowa) Line, and the Traction Guidebook.

[BAmos]

Also for mainline electric there was the North shore line Chicago to Milwaukee with their Electroliners and the south shore line Chicago to Indiana. And the Iowa traction railway which still operates today as a freight railroad.

Bill

[Rastafarr]

Gotta admit, this whole thing was started by seeing the NYC p2 advertised in new products this week. I cannot, however, find a way to plausibly run it on a modern era CP/CN layout (running PAs is already one hell of a stretch). On the positive side, that means I don’t need to justify an $1100 train to the better half…

Stu

[wjstix]

Well CN used boxcabs electrics at least as recently as 1989 when this picture was taken.

http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/pictures/22094/re0689cand12_RRarchive.jpg