08-17-2012, 08:35 AM
I think Matt has a major point. I rode the NEC a lot through the 1960s, and as an impressionable teen, I naturally had fantasies of modeling it. (Right.) At the time, I was going to have to find a way to get dozens (even in model-reduced proportions) of P70s, for instance, plus Congressional and Senator consists, plus Patriot and Colonial consists, plus mail trains, plus ACL, SAL, C&O, and Southern run-throughs -- plus MP54s -- and that was just passenger. (Don't neglect the CN cars that ran through on the Washingtonian/Montrealer.) Amtrak makes that easier, but you're gonna have to get a real, real good job pretty soon, Chris, to get those Amfleets and Metroliners in the numbers you'll need! Over the years I began to realize the only practical strategy is to dabble!