@Hot Water posted:
Thanks, I am learning as I go along.
I'm talking about both steam and diesel- I have been watching youtube videos of operations from the 40's to early 50's, the era I am going to model. Trying to study tendencies.
I was imaging that if a motive power got way out there, it may not get returned right away, so I was thinking could the original road owner of that motive power just lease it out for a bit, or just wait for it to get returned?
Or are there just switchyards where one railroad ends and another picks up?