I don't know if a survey has ever been done, but for me its 1956 as the farthest with vehicles and any cars built rail cars.
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I don't know if a survey has ever been done, but for me its 1956 as the farthest with vehicles and any cars built rail cars.
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Probably late 50s, although it could change slightly. The theme is some family trips taken during the late 1950s and early 1960s and O gauge trains and MTh buildings in particular fit into this quite nicely.
all of them. 30's thru 2010's
I don't know if a survey has ever been done, but for me its 1956 as the farthest with vehicles and any cars built rail cars.
Same for me, as I model early thru mid 1950s, thus I really don't want any vehicles nor freight cars after, say 1956.
It's 1949 to 1953 on my railroad, nothing from 1954 or later.
I have no idea, honestly. I'd say my layout is situated just to the left and down the road (you know which one) from OZ and slightly above and around the corner from The Rabbit Hole. Everybody has a shiny car, just washed, anywhere from the 1950's to the present. Even the homeless are clean and contented.
Wouldn't you agree? (I know who out there would. )
FrankM.
1932 - 1952, when there was steam and early diesel and the railroads were doing all they could to keep the country going and preserve our way of life.
modern diesels, what u see on the rails today..
Modern, with a focus on gritty. (red light district, run down areas, urban) Although I like steam engines so I call my steam engines excursion trains. I mean the 765 runs through some rough parts down in Akron, OH.
September 30, 1940. Steam is everywhere, many obscure shortlines have survived the
Depression, although many have not, gas electrics still run here and there, automobiles
are about to turn bulbous for the 1941 models, losing their running boards, and the
aspens have turned screaming yellow in the Rockies. The country is bootstrapping
itself out of a collapsed economy, although there is turmoil in Europe threatening.
Anytime when railroads existed
Alex
Not as specific as most here. Loosely 1945 to 1965, mainly 1st generation and early 2nd generation diesels hauling freight. A few steamers, mostly on passenger trains. I do occasionally venture out of that timeframe (in both directions). Vehicles on my layout range from forties to mid-seventies. It seems everyone in town, with the exception of a few pickups, drives some type of hotrod or muscle car, all of them shiny and new. No rust to be seen and graffiti is an unknown phenomena. Hey, its my world, I will build it like I want.
70's through 2010's are fair game in my world. The only steam is two excursion specials.
1960s CB&Q/GN
Nothing from February 1950 or later. Had to change from November 1949 (my birthdate) to Feb '50 because I have a really nice PRR N8 cabin with a build date of Jan '50.
I haven't run any diesels since May, so I guess I'm at least leaning towards pre 1954 on the Seaboard Air Line.
I have a few pieces of rolling stock I need to track down the build dates on, once I weed them out I'll probably give them and the diesels to my 2 grandsons.
I'm getting another Williams brass USRA 2-8-2 soon so that's going to pretty much seal my fate to steam only.
The last fifteen years, 2000-2015.
I try to stay modern, like what you see today. As far as steam goes, I have the 765 and a 611. But, I have considered getting some not restored steam for the heck of it.
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