Freelance Lines

[brokemoto]

I believe that Kato recently released another run of NW2's and prices are about $100 now from the dealer or webstore of your choice.

Thank you for the update.  I found one and ordered it.

[carlso]

Here Are some images of my " Home Road ", the CD&WJV. That is the Chama Draw & Western Jemez Valley RR.

1st - the only diesels I have done :









The only steamer that I have done is this Bmann EM-1 bash job.



PS - I got the name by using the 1st letter of each family members 1st name :

     Carl, Diane, & Wes, James, Virginia
       Be well !




   

[Bruce Archer]

Hi All!
    My home road is the Delaware and Atlantic. In my world the D&A formed a stratigic partnership with the D&H(so I can still have lots of D&H) in the 1920s Since the D&A had lines to NYC, Philadelphia, Southern NJ and eventually buying LNE and O&W routes.  Because of the partnership, each road fed traffic to each other which allowed both roads to remain solvent during the 30s and 60s. The partnership continued through Doreco, it was very heavily strained during Guilford and became a partner with CP Rail. As it is my road I can run what I want (including many junk box cars).

Bruce Archer
Modeler of the D&A, D&H and LNE

[randgust]

How about a main line railroad that was chartered, built but never ran?

I came across an abandoned roadbed through my daughter-in-law's parents property just east of Canton, PA.  Clearly railroad, and built like a main line with cuts and deeper fills.   Sure not a logging grade, not PRR, and none of my historic railroad maps showed it.   Puzzled, baffled I researched......

How about a railroad with a big corporate name that went bankrupt immediately after construction?  The Pittsburg, Binghamton & Eastern......

https://www.joycetice.com/articles/illstar.htm
https://forestandfield.blogspot.com/2021/06/the-railroad-that-never-ran.html

They had a bunch of burly 2-8-0's on order from Rhode Island, never got delivered, ended up on BAR, one was the 170.   Bachmann 2-8-0's, essentially.   And it was built late, things didn't crater until 1907.
https://railroad.net/pittsburgh-binghamton-eastern-rr-t37368.html

That would make a great model railroad concept, you have all those eastern connections, and they already had locomotives that were built but never delivered....

[Ike the BN Freak]

I don't have my own home road, but I like getting decals from fellow modelers and painting up 50' boxcars to add to my fleet. I got the decals and cars, but I just need to spend the time to paint the cars up and decal them.

[dem34]

How about a main line railroad that was chartered, built but never ran?

I came across an abandoned roadbed through my daughter-in-law's parents property just east of Canton, PA.  Clearly railroad, and built like a main line with cuts and deeper fills.   Sure not a logging grade, not PRR, and none of my historic railroad maps showed it.   Puzzled, baffled I researched......

How about a railroad with a big corporate name that went bankrupt immediately after construction?  The Pittsburg, Binghamton & Eastern......

https://www.joycetice.com/articles/illstar.htm
https://forestandfield.blogspot.com/2021/06/the-railroad-that-never-ran.html

They had a bunch of burly 2-8-0's on order from Rhode Island, never got delivered, ended up on BAR, one was the 170.   Bachmann 2-8-0's, essentially.   And it was built late, things didn't crater until 1907.
https://railroad.net/pittsburgh-binghamton-eastern-rr-t37368.html

That would make a great model railroad concept, you have all those eastern connections, and they already had locomotives that were built but never delivered....

If you want this but electrified. The Trenton and Atlantic which was similar. Trees cleared, Roadbed graded, Ties laid, Catenary strung debates between if it got between Point Pleasant and Trenton or just Lakewood won't quite be solvable with the lack of good sources. But unfortunately Imperial Russia needed rails and the USRA determined the railroad's staging yard was good source of war material. Company probably wouldn't have survived the 20s if it did get build completely but the ROW still sort of survives intact as a High Tension Power line.