Louisville & Nashville
Brent
For some reason the CP Rail Multimark era paint scheme from about 1968 to 1986 has become more appealing. The Multimark scheme is becoming more rare each day on the real railroads.
Andrew
Andrew
The Lehigh Valley really got me hooked. The Rainbow of paint schemes, Alcos, GE and EMD diesels made for an interesting modeling challenge.
University of Michigan & Skaneateles are my other guilty pleasures.
University of Michigan & Skaneateles are my other guilty pleasures.
LOVE???
Not sure love is the word maybe.....
But a railroad that NEVER crossed my radar ever but I now own a good number of....Rock Island!
I found a loco and kinda 'had to have it'. Then I started reading about the RI and started to appreciate it.....and found it had so many cool paint schemes.
What started it all.......
Kool colors........
A railroad I do love is the PRR.....all because of my father in law......his family worked for the RR most of the 1900's up through the PC merger.
He gave me books like Pennsy Power and other s and I grew to love the PRR and all it's cool and quirky things!!
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The Norfolk and Western. I did not know a whole lot about this road until I began building my current railroad, The Free State Junction Railway. The FSJR is comprised of the 4 class one railroads, who owned real property, during the late 194Os to 1960. The Norfolk and Western was one of those four, albeit the one who owned the least real property.
As I read about the N&W history I grew to greatly appreciate this railroad.
Another railroad I grew particularly fond of is the Baltimore and Annapolis which has a rich history, starting as the Washington Baltimore and Annapolis. The FSJR also is comprised of the post war Maryland short lines of which the Baltimore and Annapolis is one.
My first choice is the steam era Long Island Rail Road. I also have a passion for the New York & North Shore Traction Company, and the New York, Ontario & Western
Da Burlington baby.
I have two,
Lehigh & New England- I now have two books and a FA-1 ABA and Caboose. They just gave up in 1961 and closed, their main source of traffic was coal and cement. Not flashy, just was a good working railroad.
Delaware & Hudson- Not interested really in the steam years, just the diesel years. I have a WBB U33C that I just love the colors, also have the WBB 18" streamline 6 car set for the color scheme. Still looking for the Alco PA A-A set, caboose, and another U33C in a different road # in the same color scheme.
Mine is the New York Central System on top of the list.
Originally Posted by RichO:
The Lehigh Valley really got me hooked. The Rainbow of paint schemes, Alcos, GE and EMD diesels made for an interesting modeling challenge.
University of Michigan & Skaneateles are my other guilty pleasures.
University of Michigan & Skaneateles are my other guilty pleasures.
No knowledge of the Uof M but the LV is a definite favorite...was married on the Owego branch then under Tioga Central ownership.The scenery from Coxton Yards up through the Finger Lakes is unbelievably beautiful. We lived for a while in the Village of Skaneateles.....I miss the reubens at the Sherwood and the lobster bisque at Blue Waters.....
Originally Posted by NEPA:
Originally Posted by RichO:
The Lehigh Valley really got me hooked. The Rainbow of paint schemes, Alcos, GE and EMD diesels made for an interesting modeling challenge.
University of Michigan & Skaneateles are my other guilty pleasures.
University of Michigan & Skaneateles are my other guilty pleasures.
No knowledge of the Uof M but the LV is a definite favorite...was married on the Owego branch then under Tioga Central ownership.The scenery from Coxton Yards up through the Finger Lakes is unbelievably beautiful. We lived for a while in the Village of Skaneateles.....I miss the reubens at the Sherwood and the lobster bisque at Blue Waters.....
U of M railroad was about a mile long and interchanged with the Michigan Central.
Steeple cab electric switchback railroad to serve power house.
http://members.bellatlantic.net/~vze3p8dp/ web page about it.
I did see an O gauge model of the steeple cab an an article was written in a traction magazine about how to build it.
I'm begining to understand why its nearly impossible to find Michigan Central RS in
O gauge.
The thread is two pages long and it looks like I'm the only one interested in it. 
In 114 years, Lonel has made just one engine no one has made a caboose.
Joe
New Haven, for pete's sake. The diesel color schemes - especially those green DL109's with
the long, thin horizontal stripes - are really mesmerizing. Rolling stock, too.
And the big streamlined electrics - yowza.
So, here's a steam guy from the Gulf Coast digging a hard-core New England railroad
with sometimes showy diesel livery.
I mean, the NH is no New York Central, certainly, but, still - fun to look at. Maybe
the NH oranges and greens are an antidote to all that NYC gray. I do like my gray.
Green Bay & Western.
Crossed the mississippi into my mothers home town of Winona, MN.
CHESSIE SYSTEM!!!!
Old & Weary
Ma & pa
The Norfolk Southern, since 2012 when the Heritage units hit the rails, it has become a favorite.
Larry
Originally Posted by chessie1971:
CHESSIE SYSTEM!!!!
Why is that a surprise?
Andrew
Originally Posted by JC642:
I'm begining to understand why its nearly impossible to find Michigan Central RS in
O gauge.
The thread is two pages long and it looks like I'm the only one interested in it.
In 114 years, Lonel has made just one engine no one has made a caboose.
Joe
I like Michigan Central, but I'd be surprised to see any of the equipment produced.
Jeff C
And if we're talking actual roads, I'm partial to the Atlantic City and Shore, aka the Shore Fast Line:
-MMM-
One I've grown to love: The Merioneth and Llantisilly Railway Traction Company Limited.
Milwaukee. i didn't know anything about it until Scale Rail got me interested. had a real case of milwaukee fever for a while. fortunately, it has passed.
