Southern Pacific Switching Layout

[Justinmiller171]

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.

Hmm... Well before I start building the layout I want to consider all possible choices, so if you guys know of any other industrial parks that I could model in my space PLEASE let me know