Just finished my latest Alco for the Jamestown and Snake River. The JSR is a fictional shortline that runs former MILW track on my fictional Boise Sub Division. Minnesota Commercial was kind of the inspiration. I wanted something that was simple to paint and used the SOO red that I bought for one project. The shortline gives me the opportunity to run Alco power after the BN had long gotten rid of it. The latest is an RSD-5. This is an alternate scheme but will give me some variety. An RS-1 that sees mainly yard work An RS-3 that was just purchased from a logging company and hasn't been shopped yet. A C-630 that was leased to haul coal from the BN yard at Jamestown to a power plant on the JSR. A C-424 that sees service on locals. [ December 26, 2005, 09:26 PM: Message edited by: TonyHammes ]
Very, very nice. The white roof really sets off that paint scheme. The Minnesota Commercial is a great road too!!
A good thing about having a fictional company is you can set your own standards. I always liked the nose bells on high hoods and on the front of CPR cabs. As a result all JSR locos get a snow plow (except yard switchers), a beacon, nose bell (on most) and fire cracker antenna. I also hate drilling for sunshades so they don't get any.
Exactly. The paint, and unique detailing, really gives that fictional company your own signature. Boxcab E50
Nice roster. I organized a roster for my model rr, but I only use freight cars now. Yours is a good, plausible set of engines.
Nice! I like it when modellers create shortlines with distinctive engine rosters and detailing, because so many real ones are idiosyncratic. All-one-manufacturer is common. The Apache Railway: all Alco. The Georgia Central (not to be confused with the old Central of Georgia) has a GP9, an SW9... typical stuff, but the rest of its roster is high-nose U23Bs. Except for one Alco switcher, the Trona Railway used to run all Baldwins. I can't remember which shortline is still running an unrestored F7A (not FP7!) At first, I thought heavy six-axle power on a shortline was unrealistic... then I remembered the New Hope & Ivyland's C30-7. And, of course, the all-Alco Delaware-Lackawanna, which is still running M636s and a lone C636 today.
