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regions - Wiredup - 06-22-2009 Hey all, So I'm currently in the process of rebuilding my layout. Currently the bencwork is in place and I've got the basic plan...but now I need more than just the track plan... I need a 'region' to mimic for scenery and industrial purposes. The plan is: My motive power consists of a lot of steam and some early diesel locos. 2/3's are Canadian National, 1/3 is Canadian Pacific... I got some other locos that I got because their gorgeous (Challenger, Daylight) but are not prototypical of Canadian operations.... Out of my buildings, all I currently have thats not directly related to the main terminal is a Forestry Co. kit from Walthers. Obviously I'm modeling Canada... but what would be a good area to use as an inspiration for my layout's scenery...and what should I call it? The Pacific South Eastern really doesn't work without the mountains. And this layout only has gentle rolling hills.... Re: regions - MasonJar - 06-22-2009 An extensive yard, double mainline, predominantly Canadian roads with some US, gently rolling hills. Sounds like Southern Ontario...! Canada Southern? (That's a real road that NYC used as a short cut to Detroit. Also saw some CPR passenger traffic. Pere Marquette also ran in this general vicinity.) So how about Ontario Southern? Ontario Southwestern? London & Eastern Ontario? And you could always kitbash that forestry building into something else. Andrew Re: regions - Wiredup - 06-22-2009 thats not a bad idea, I like it. And CN's U1f's were doing regular passenger service in that area as well... Seeing as how the kit's still unbuilt and sitting in the box, I'm sure I could sell it... Would UP have serviced Detroit with the Challengers? What kind of industry would I be looking at in the transition era in southern ontario? Re: regions - Triplex - 06-22-2009 Neither UP nor SP reached Detroit, let alone Canada. UP doesn't go east of Chicago. Re: regions - MasonJar - 06-22-2009 I'd have to agree with Triplex... and I don't think that there were motive power pools like you see today. As for 1950s in southern Ontario - the authoritative books (at least for CNR) have to be Ian WIlson's Steam... series. See <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://canadianbranchline.com/">http://canadianbranchline.com/</a><!-- m --> for more. There were all kinds of industries, small and large, that existed across southern Ontario. Furniture factories, tractor factories, chemical companies, coal/ice/bulk goods dealers, fuel dealers, team tracks, appliances, machinery, paint, grain elevators, livestock shipments, less-than-carload, mail, etc, etc. Andrew