juniata guy posted:Add me to the mixed freight column too. I consider myself a 1:48 rail fan and simply find manifest trains more interesting to watch. That said, i will deviate on occasion and run a coal train behind one of my Western Maryland engine sets as that just seems to "look right".
Curt
Used to see coal trains during the fall and winter.I live about 3 miles from the tracks.Some times they where so heavy the shook the ground.Heres some thing I saw once.I saw a unit coal train that had mixed freight on the end of it.I only saw that once.