08-26-2010, 11:19 AM
My layout is to be set in the early 1940s. It won't be any later than 1943, but no earlier thatn 1939. It is also set when summer time is just coming to a close, but only a few trees will have actually changed more towards the fall colors.
The roster consists of, primarily, steam. 2-6-0s dominate, with the most mundane chore, yard switching, having been taken over by a small diesel-mechanical patterned after the EBT's M-4.
Railroads involved are mine, the Apple Peak RR & Coal Co., which is also a freelanced RR, and the Huntingdon & Broad Top Mountain, which interchanges traffic with the Apple Peak.
Rolling stock is primarily hoppers. Hoppers, hoppers, and still more hoppers. But that can only be expected from a line that gets most of its traffic from coal mines. A couple of boxcars are also on the line, as there are a pair of very small industries that get switched. The boxcars will get interchanged from the H&BTM when they are needed. Curiously, there is also a tank car on the line. The tank car stays parked in the yard, but contains oil to spray inside of the hoppers to keep the coal from freezing in transit.
The roster consists of, primarily, steam. 2-6-0s dominate, with the most mundane chore, yard switching, having been taken over by a small diesel-mechanical patterned after the EBT's M-4.
Railroads involved are mine, the Apple Peak RR & Coal Co., which is also a freelanced RR, and the Huntingdon & Broad Top Mountain, which interchanges traffic with the Apple Peak.
Rolling stock is primarily hoppers. Hoppers, hoppers, and still more hoppers. But that can only be expected from a line that gets most of its traffic from coal mines. A couple of boxcars are also on the line, as there are a pair of very small industries that get switched. The boxcars will get interchanged from the H&BTM when they are needed. Curiously, there is also a tank car on the line. The tank car stays parked in the yard, but contains oil to spray inside of the hoppers to keep the coal from freezing in transit.