there has been a heated debate going on for a while now on how many people model each era. so i figured we needed a poll to gather more info.
let your voice be heard!
Somewhere around 1990 to 10 minutes ago in N, in the neighborhood of 1950 in the backyard…
If I ever build it ! (ha ha) c. 1960, mid-Atlantic. N scale. Chessie and Western Maryland.
Actuall y 1945 -1955 is more accurate, the steam to diesel transition. Would love to do 1895 to 1910 also, but there is not much (any?) available for that era, particularly in S - future scratchbuilding projects.
Enjoy
Paul
Unfortunately, any poll conducted here will be generally biased toward hobbyists under 50 since most modelers I know over that age (and tending to be the majority of hobbyists today) are not computer newsgroup/forum participants. Only a hardcopy survey could hope to produce results that reflect the actual state of this area of interest.
JB
1940-1960 southwest US mining town
Whereas my layout is strictly a figment of my imagination and based on no railroads past or present, my locomotive is and always will be steam so I guess that puts me in the 30s
Pop
Most older times, nothing modern. Have different layouts, the time frame varies depending on what stock is running and what vehicles are placed on the layout. Old buildings and structures are timeless.
I don’t care very much about the consistency of my roster ; I model from the sixties to 2003, all mixed up from the 5 roadnames I model. Anything I like can get on the road ! I only try to get each consist as natural as possible.
Martin
Québec city
I model the 60/70s.
Generally from the late 50’s to the early 70’s.
Brian
1957-1959, B & O based.
Toughest things about doing this:
a]… finding good supply of automobiles / trucks
b]… passing up really nice models of 60’s equipment.
regards \ Mike
Actually 1930-1957, just about the time when NYC was completly dieselized , give or take a year or two.
I dunno, long enough into Middle Earth’s Fourth Age for railroads to have been established.
I have kept pre 1930 for HOn3, but have allowed standard gauge to creep up to the late 40s and early 50s.
I have a couple of recent self propelled box cars (pronounce that “Diesel”). These remind me that CSX (old Pere Marquette line) runs across my back yard.
late 1940’s to early 1950’s Southern Railway and L&N Railroad
I model the mid 60s to very early '80s with Stockton, California being a very colorful focal point. After the cabooses were taken off the trains, it just wasn’t the same.
I model mid 40s to mid 50s. N scale Santa Fe over the Raton Pass, giving me a choice of steam and deisel of that era.
I don’t really have a time frame. I kinda like an AC4400 on the rails with my 4-6-2.
Just my 2 cents
Gordon
I model the modern era, but my layout could realistically look right in the 70s, 80s or 90s. I model a shortline operation, the Appalachian Northern, that uses aged, rugged but well maintained ALCO C424s in an area in or near the southern Appalachian Mountains.