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I also love that period of the WM, a meticulously kept RR until it’s demise of the bad kitty.

If I want to run any WM, I’ll have to put the “Kitty” to bed…

BTW, How long did 3798 keep it paint? And what has become of it?

You have to put that kitty to SLEEP!

I was watching some “fallen flags” videos on YouTube the other night, there was still a lot of WM paint out there in 1982-3. Sharp looking stuff, especially when juxtaposed to that garish cat litter![:D]

Actually, Chessie paint didn’t look too bad when it was covered with grime… which it almost always was…

Lee

I model the early 1900’s in the Pacific NW. My favorite period for historical RR research especially, steam logging.

Peter Smith, Memphis

Gotta agree with my friend. Nothin purtier than a 1900-era 20-30T Shay pulling a train of logs out of the forest and across a wood bridge.

Fred W

Chief Engineer, Wiper, and bottle washer for the…

Picture Gorge & Western Railway (HO) …none more picturesque…

Port Orford & Elk River Railway & Navigation Co (HOn3) …home of the tall cedars…

Mine would have to be the 1950’s where the UP Big Boys and UP Challangers ruled the rails from omaha to laramie.

I agree. But, I wish I had a better picture.

Peter Smith, Memphis

That’s why I need to weather any new Chessie. Paul3 will call them the Cheesey System otherwise.

I love the era from 1979-1985 as I model the Milwaukee Road and at that time ran SD40-2’s and MP15AC’s,all types of freight cars and bay window cabooses.Saw one of the last traons going thru Perry,Iowa in early 1980 and after the Milwaukee left the Iowa Division I filmed trains in Washington,Iowa,Ottumwa,Iowa,and Davenport,Iowa and Bettendorf,Iowa. Steve Church Milwaukee Road Iowa Division

I have to admit a fondness for the era in which I grew up, the 40’s and big steam’s last “big show” during WWII. My first memories of trains were those enormous SP Cab-Forwards working ‘the hill’ (Donner Pass), and big steam has stuck with me. So naturally, my MR is set in that era, and since I’m a huge fan of both SP and Rio Grande, I model both railroads on my fictional Yuba River Sub. I have of late, accepted some early diesels onto the line (nothing newer than an F-3 or an E-6), but steam’s still king.

Favorite locomotives? SP Cab-Forward 4-8-8-2’s, MT-series 4-8-2’s, GS-series 4-8-4’s, Rio Grande L-131 2-8-8-2’s, L-105 4-6-6-4’s, M-75 3-cylinder 4-8-2’s, F-81 2-10-2’s and my all-time favorite steam locomotive, the tremenduous Missabe Road M3/4 2-8-8-4 Yellowstones (which Rio Grande borrowed during the winter months during the War, bless 'em). I got bit by the ‘big steam’ bug as a kid, and thankfully, I’ve never found a cure for it.

Tom [:P]