I model the Midwestern states west of the Mississippi, Hannibal, MO to be more exact. Most people think of the Midwest in general as very flat, but along the Mississippi it can get to be pretty rough terrain. Most of the Midwest is really gently rolling hills until you get into the river bottoms. The roads on my new layout will be the Q’s Hannibal Division (K Line) and the Wabash’s main line across Missouri.
Mandatory for the time and region, there will be lots of grain loading boxcars, F- units, and Mikado type steamers.
I model a mythical suburban area in Minnesota. The area is largely flat except for a few rolling hills (had to have one hill large enough for the requisite tunnel). [;)]
The track itself has no grade, which I think is pretty prototypical. I recently took the train between Minneapolis and Chicago. Although we went through some fairly rough terrain along the Mississippi River between St. Paul and Winona, and again in the Wisconsin Dells area, there was no noticeable grade to the track during the entire trip.
I have to give some of your forumer’s points, you recognize that Canada is there and you are trying to include us in your polls. Of course some of it is humourous, as in this post.
I am modelling the Canadian West Coast Region.
The layout is set in Northern California. But the equipment is from SF, SP, UP, GN, D&RGW and a bunch of western roads. There are a few eastern visitors as well.
I model north Texas, specifically BNSF Wichita Falls sub from Wichital Falls to Fort Worth, TX in summer 2000.
Ron
I model the western North Carolina mountains, specifically the area around Murphy NC.
Tom Watkins
I like to model California- especially along the northwest coast where there are a lot of redwoods for logging RR’s to operate, and also the central valley, especially from Sacramento to Fresno. My current layout, though, is freelance set somewhere in the northwest coast.
The US northeast for me, but in a Canadian Railroad.
Gordon
Loads East, Empties West!
The Western Maryland, somewhere around mid-August, 1955[:D]
I checked east coast. To narrow that down since it goes from Canada to Key West, I model the Mid Atlantic States region - Virginia, Maryland, and southeastern Pennsylvania.
Enjoy
Paul
Pacific Northwest crossing the Cascade mountains.
I believe in modeling what you know just as a good writer should write about what they know best, so, I model Indiana where I grew up. My ECI runs from a Central city south to a town in southern Indiana. Foryunately for me, the Big Four had a track that ran exactly that route. 
http://cid.railfan.net/eci_new.html
I’m modeling a branch line (if you will) of the ERIE RR that ran from Buffalo, NY to Salamanca, NY. Now that’s not exactly true because that was more of a single track main line with a branch that went from Gowanda, NY over to Dunkirk, NY. Now since I don’t have the space for yards, etc., I’m trying to capture the rural farm country that I grew up in and my memories of those times when steam locals ran past our farm along with heavy steam dragging those long freights and a few troop trains back in the 40’s. I’m beginning to have some doubts to the success I’ll have as not much is available to represent the Erie, so will have to have decals special ordered and all that. Well, whats life without challenge? Thanks, Ken
Out west, from Nebraska to California. UP, SP, ATSF, WP, MoPAC, D&RGW, CB&Q, you know, it’s all good.
After seeing how the Canucks were slighted in the poll choices I was pleasantly suprised to find that not only was Mexico included, but specifically the Mexican Gulf Coast, where I am modeling…wait, maybe I read that choice too fast…did you mean the “Mexican” Gulf Coast (as in Veracruz), or were you possibly referring to the coast of the Gulf of Mexico up north of the Rio Bravo, as possibly in, say Houston???
Hhhhmmmmmm?! Could that mean you consider me as “elsewhere”??? Methinks I’ll join with my Canadian bud’s and lodge an official protest with NAFTA…
Hasta luego,
Ed
Just getting started, but intend on modeling a Denver, South Park & Pacific/Colorado and Southern branch line in the Colorado Rockies. See progress on www.geocities.com/FriscoFool2003.
It was a little tricky for me to choose, between east or west of the Missisippi, so I picked Upper Midwest. The problem is much of my railroad is located ALONG the Mississippi, with parts on both sides. There won’t be much of the actual river modeled, but it is a big part of the region. There will even be two Mississippi River crossings represented on the layout.[:)]
I model the Hocking Hills area of Southern Ohio.These are the rolling foot hills of the Appalachian and Allegheny Mountains.