What Era, Railroads, & Locomotives are you set on?

[nachoman]

I think my era and locale came about mostly due to space limitations. I got involved in HOn3 due to lack of space for a large® layout, and I liked scratchbuilding and kitbashing too much and N-scale seems a bit small for that task. Modeling Colorado narrow gauge seems cliche, but I soon discovered plenty of narrow gauge lines in southern Arizona. Those narrow gauge routes were all gone by 1930. Given that criteria, my selection was relatively easy. I would model a narrow gauge mining shortline sometime prior to 1930.

I am attempting to re-create the Morenci Southern Railroad, but chose to "freelance" rather than try to strictly adhere to my prototype. I felt that the information and photos of that line are too scarce to do a faithful reproduction, so I chose to "invent" my own railroad incorporating elements from several different narrow gauge industrial lines. I do like diesels and other eras, and if money wasn't an issue I would consider making a transition era N scale layout that can be put into a closet for storage.