09-16-2011, 05:38 AM
Well, both of those questions are region specific. Some railroads might like to use the cantilever style, some might not. You'll have to do the research.
As for weathering, if there were still steam engines around, I imagine things would be "sootier" compared with more recent weathering. Again, its not so much the time period as it is the prototype. Find some pictures of what it is that you want to model and work from that.
As for weathering, if there were still steam engines around, I imagine things would be "sootier" compared with more recent weathering. Again, its not so much the time period as it is the prototype. Find some pictures of what it is that you want to model and work from that.
Modeling New Jersey Under the Wire 1978-1979.
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