04-30-2009, 11:27 AM
What is your favorite and second favorite railroad?
Why?
Do you model either of them?
Is the railroad that you find most interesting your favorite?
My favorite is either the DSP&P or the NKP.
I like the DSP&P for its cogdon stacked steam locomotives, majestic mountain scenery, interesting track arrangements, and pitting little locomotives against massive challenges (steep grades, massive mountains, deep snow). Triple and quadruple headers were normal for 10-15 car freight trains.
I like the NKP first and foremost from growing up around the 765. Therefore, NKP steam is how steam is supposed to look. Accordingly, I appreciate AMC C&O equipment since it is similar as well as pre-super power NYC equipment since the White Elephant NKP's pre-super power equipment was closely related to (or based off of) NYC equipment. I don't think the modern NKP had a single locomotive that didn't look quite nice. The road's impeccable freight service and having grown up listening to old NKP employees have definitely clouded my judgement!
I model the DSP&P. I occasionally work on NKP projects and aspire to begin NKP modules once my On3 layout has rudimentary scenery in place.
The NKP is definitely not the most interesting railroad to me...it was far too well run and too flat to be so. The South Park or Silverton Railroad would probably be the most interesting to me.
How about you?
Why?
Do you model either of them?
Is the railroad that you find most interesting your favorite?
My favorite is either the DSP&P or the NKP.
I like the DSP&P for its cogdon stacked steam locomotives, majestic mountain scenery, interesting track arrangements, and pitting little locomotives against massive challenges (steep grades, massive mountains, deep snow). Triple and quadruple headers were normal for 10-15 car freight trains.
I like the NKP first and foremost from growing up around the 765. Therefore, NKP steam is how steam is supposed to look. Accordingly, I appreciate AMC C&O equipment since it is similar as well as pre-super power NYC equipment since the White Elephant NKP's pre-super power equipment was closely related to (or based off of) NYC equipment. I don't think the modern NKP had a single locomotive that didn't look quite nice. The road's impeccable freight service and having grown up listening to old NKP employees have definitely clouded my judgement!
I model the DSP&P. I occasionally work on NKP projects and aspire to begin NKP modules once my On3 layout has rudimentary scenery in place.
The NKP is definitely not the most interesting railroad to me...it was far too well run and too flat to be so. The South Park or Silverton Railroad would probably be the most interesting to me.
How about you?
Michael
My primary goal is a large Oahu Railway layout in On3
My secondary interests are modeling the Denver, South Park, & Pacific in On3 and NKP in HO
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My primary goal is a large Oahu Railway layout in On3
My secondary interests are modeling the Denver, South Park, & Pacific in On3 and NKP in HO
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