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Kisatchie

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What Era Are You Modeling?
« on: October 03, 2012, 09:55:58 PM »
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I was wondering, who is modeling what, era-wise?

I'm modeling the diesel era, specifically 1971.

Got any comments? Post away.


Hmm... I'm modeling the
chariot era...

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Re: What Era Are You Modeling?
« Reply #1 on: October 03, 2012, 10:07:06 PM »
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Late transition / diesel...1955-1965.
But, you won't find many steamers on my roster, pretty much for the same reason the railroads were swapping out for diesels...steam is too hard to maintain.
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Re: What Era Are You Modeling?
« Reply #2 on: October 03, 2012, 10:07:17 PM »
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I'm typical... born in '69... modeling my childhood... 1979. I am kind of limited to how "new" I can go... the NAR ceased to exist in Jan. 1981 (taken over by the Borg, a.k.a. CN)

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Re: What Era Are You Modeling?
« Reply #3 on: October 03, 2012, 10:27:33 PM »
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1963-1975, the acme of the double-power era on UP, plus Alco road switchers were still around. But mostly around 1970, when the original double-diesels were still on the rails and the Centennials and U50Cs were new. I fudge it back to '63 only to have an excuse to keep a couple of PAs and FAs on the property, and forward to '75 to justify one or two 8000-class SD40-2s, plus maybe an SP SD40T-2 on run-through PFE trains.

Huge, huge variety of motive power in that short timeframe, some of it truly of the wacky, what-were-they-thinking? variety... like, oh, the Alco C855B, maybe? :D
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Re: What Era Are You Modeling?
« Reply #4 on: October 03, 2012, 10:37:59 PM »
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 We lived one (vacant) block from the Santa Fe freight yard, and straight across the yard to the engine terminal, from 1952 till 1955, of COURSE! i model peak transistion era ATSF!!
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Re: What Era Are You Modeling?
« Reply #5 on: October 03, 2012, 10:39:13 PM »
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1996-1999 for me. The world stopped turning on June 1, 1999.
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Re: What Era Are You Modeling?
« Reply #6 on: October 03, 2012, 10:43:27 PM »
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I run it all: steam, diesel, electrics, US, Japanese, European prototype!  The more variety, the better!  :D  But I don't have a permanent layout - I run my trains on N-Trak layouts and on friend's layouts.
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Re: What Era Are You Modeling?
« Reply #7 on: October 03, 2012, 10:43:56 PM »
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1973.  On the Fort Worth & Denver there was still motive power and cabooses with original paint and BN patching, re-painted BN equipment, Pooled equipment in all of their original paint schemes of the pre-merger roads, plus Amtraks rainbow fleet.  Makes for a colorful time period.
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Re: What Era Are You Modeling?
« Reply #8 on: October 03, 2012, 11:07:12 PM »
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When I was 4-14 , the '50s years of mostly non stop fun and fantasy .
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Re: What Era Are You Modeling?
« Reply #9 on: October 03, 2012, 11:09:03 PM »
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1968.
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Re: What Era Are You Modeling?
« Reply #10 on: October 03, 2012, 11:12:36 PM »
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Hmmmm...I am very focused: January 28 - March 28, 1951, Santa Fe Timetable 139
wait... what's that Hi level El Cap doing here, and the '56 Cola, and the prewar Superchief? Colorado narrow gauge, European electrics :scared:
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Re: What Era Are You Modeling?
« Reply #11 on: October 03, 2012, 11:43:51 PM »
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Quote from: Cajonpassfan on October 03, 2012, 11:12:36 PM
Hmmmm...I am very focused: January 28 - March 28, 1951, Santa Fe Timetable 139
wait... what's that Hi level El Cap doing here, and the '56 Cola, and the prewar Superchief? Colorado narrow gauge, European electrics :scared:
Otto

Love it!! Sounds like you know how to have fun. I'm doing the New York Central in the sixties. Kind of hard to be specific as things changed almost daily.

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Re: What Era Are You Modeling?
« Reply #12 on: October 03, 2012, 11:47:53 PM »
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PRR from 1956 up to PC merger.  Also sometimes just run PC.  Can also go modern and do some CSX is I feel like it. 
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Re: What Era Are You Modeling?
« Reply #13 on: October 03, 2012, 11:53:46 PM »
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Santa Fe 1953 / 1954, steam still runs the rails, but F-Units rule!! and the hieght of the streamliner era Super Chief completly refitted with new equipment in 1951!!!!!! Gordon
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Re: What Era Are You Modeling?
« Reply #14 on: October 03, 2012, 11:58:44 PM »
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Montana Rail Link
'92 to '96
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