I thought it might be a good resource to have a thread about the roads you model. This can and should be more than just the roster. What industries did your protoype serve, why were certain loco’s chosen by the road, main service provided, regions served, existance. I myself am in “road limbo” and choose to run the “everything is leased” railroad on my layout.
“Whats in A road”?
There I was hoping someone was going to get me lots more interesting stuff on how highways and interstates are built up…
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Having read the post… I think that you might need to offer a clearer format for people to contribute to… at present you have a bit of a catch-all question.
I’d love to know more about roads…[(-D]
Well, I’ll take a shot at it.
The East Central Indiana (ECI) HO Scale Railroad is a 70s short line operating out of fictional Henderson in North Central Indiana southward over the ex-New York Central (CCC&StL) Michigan Division/PC North Vernon Secondary purchased from Penn Central and Conrail. The ECI runs through Emporia, Rushville, Greensburg and terminates in the Southern Indiana town of Westport.
The majority of customers are small industrial companies (pipes, plastics, autoparts, etc.) as well as several heavy grain operations and one small stone quarry sending occasional shipments off line to dealers nationwide from their quarry near Westport.
Although the line is not truly prosperous, it is making money and has outstanding Service Facilities with a maintenance crew devoted to rebuild and maintenance with tender loving care. This is attested to by the modified F3 unit that has been placed into service pulling an Excursion Train consisting of four refurbished passenger cars running from Henderson to Westport monthly during summer months and the rebuilt Alco RS2 that now assists the ECI’s GP38-2 that was handling the major freight work on ECI trackage.
With its small but dedicated staff of employees, the ECI tends to reflect the sense of optimism found in its headquarters city of Henderson as to a solid future in providing high quality service to its clients as well as presenting rail service in a favorable light to more people.
I have enclose two photos of the fuel depot and the plastics plant.
