08-02-2011, 01:50 AM
Justin;
Just a little reminder before you start purchasing cars for your layout. If your time period is 1980, the following railroads did not exist:
AOK (Arkansas-Oklahoma)
BNSF (Burlington Northern Santa Fe)
Pan AM (Guilford Transportation)
NS (Norfolk Southern)
WC (Wisconsin Central Ltd).
CSX Transportation formed in 1980, so a couple of cars with those reporting marks would be okay and very clean looking too.
Oh yes, almost forgot; no 73 ft center beams either.
On a brighter note; you'd be able to run a lot of those short line IPD box cars. Was a more colorful and interesting time than today. And spray paint graffiti was almost non-existent too!
I've got a few roads that are too modern for my layout and will be painting them in more appropriate schemes as time permits.
Just a little reminder before you start purchasing cars for your layout. If your time period is 1980, the following railroads did not exist:
AOK (Arkansas-Oklahoma)
BNSF (Burlington Northern Santa Fe)
Pan AM (Guilford Transportation)
NS (Norfolk Southern)
WC (Wisconsin Central Ltd).
CSX Transportation formed in 1980, so a couple of cars with those reporting marks would be okay and very clean looking too.
Oh yes, almost forgot; no 73 ft center beams either.
On a brighter note; you'd be able to run a lot of those short line IPD box cars. Was a more colorful and interesting time than today. And spray paint graffiti was almost non-existent too!
I've got a few roads that are too modern for my layout and will be painting them in more appropriate schemes as time permits.
Ed
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