Prototype modeling - how far can you take it?

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Actually, there was no prototype for the Gorre & Daphited.

I didn't say that there was.

So the Gorre & Daphited was very believable because it was built on prototypical practices...but these practices weren't specific to any particular prototype railroad.

Hence why it is dubbed as a proto-freelance road.
- Proto: Practices and operations
- Freelance: Fictitious railroad

The Proto-Freelance Modelers Special Interest Group has an excellent welcome page outlining some of the finer points.