12-17-2012, 08:19 AM
Mike Kieran Wrote:... Did older railroads use the crossing signals like those that are shown on your intersection back in the 50's?...Mike, thank for the kind words.
My big question is how many times did you consider backdating your layout....
The crossing signals do not look like 1950. I do use them for 1980 and newer layouts only. May be 1970 is ok too? Walthers has a more modern too. I would not use that prior to 1990.
I did backdate the layout to 1960 (and did not replace the crossing signals) but that is not my world (there is a discussion about that topic in another thread). I do frequently switch between 198n and 200n. That is fairly easy to be done in 30 minutes by exchanging street and rail cars and locomotives.
The old brick buildings need to get some "modern times" details like security gates etc. to match the layout area. That is similar in 1980 and 2000 but would not fit 1950.
Reinhard