I might just be weird, but nobody else seems to take the same approach I did. I like the steam era, and the early diesel era too. My descision was to model a prototypical railroad museum. Now I could unashamedly run steam and diesel side by side. (Steam mostly, diesel for boiler wash days) My motive power is mostly Southern steam, and I am custom painting Athearn and Rivarossi cars into the Tenn. Valley R.R. paint scheme. My passenger fleet is light and heavyweight, just like a real museum restoring equipment. I am also collecting old frieght cars to add more depth to the collection.
Great idea, never thought of that one before... I always thought modeling a Locomotive Rebuild Center or the Pueblo AAR facility would be kinda neat.
Welcome to TrainBoard SteveB. You aren't wierder than any of the rest of us here! I am also in HO, and similar to you. I own the only full service terminal roundhouse and boiler works between California and Kansas. All rails crossing the Continental Divide have to go through the Moffet Tunnel, or go by the canyon where my roundhouse is located. So, like you, I re-build, restore, and repair Steam and diesel engines, steam and diesel Cranes and Rotary Snow Plows. You can see a photo of my roundhouse in the Free Lancers Forum, on the Welcome to the Lancers Board thread. You snuck in before me this time, Tunnel88! Post some photos of your Museum, we would enjoy seeing it. Also there are some excellent layout photos on the N scale forum. They are nice people and friendly to us HO'ers, so long as we don't step on their little trains. ------------------ Watash [This message has been edited by watash (edited 24 November 2000).]
