How far are you?

As the crow drives his crowldsmobile, the eastern part of my modeled area is 315 miles, and the western is 450. Oddly enough, my route represents nearly 200 miles of railway.

 

about 10,000 mile because I am in Australia and Model CSX & NS - lol

 

About 50 miles and 40-45 years. Funny, but I'm about a 5 minute walk from another railroad, and within earshot of all three crossings in town.

 

30 - 50 miss, depending on what part of the Rio Grande I'm headed for.
About 20 years to late. Anything before the UP destruction of the DRGW, and before the SP fiasco that started everything.
Or about 5 miles, if I choose to watch the BNSF working in town!

 

I am in northeastern Texas and my modeling subject is northwestern Illinois....so 750 or 800 miles as the crow flies.

 

As an Alaskan modelling the NYC System, well over 3,000 miles.

 

kind of interesting to see that out of 64 responses most are within 500 miles.

 

My modern era interest steams from things I see near me in Chicago, so <500 miles. I also put 500-1000 miles for my interest in the New Haven. That is a great enough distance I have never personally seen and former trackage, equipment, etc from the New Haven.

 

Grew up a block away from the Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines in Westville, NJ.
In 3rd grade, moved to Woodbury Hts, NJ and was 3 houses from the tracks.
Since my last move, I can hear the whistles at night but haven't been to the tracks (Sewell) yet, probably a mile away.
Just wish I could remember the PRSL & Pennsy steam engines on the line but I have only 1 fuzzy kindergarder memory.
And then we got stuck with the almost black (DGLE) boxy Baldwin AS-16s.
At least we had a dozen shiny silver RDCs.

 

I'm about 5 miles away from the UP staging yard.

 

I'm about 30 mi from the nearest BNSF main, but 500 mi from the location I model.

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Around 1/2 mile for the area I am going to model first.

 

1930-1980 - 500-3000 miles. All of the roads are fallen flags. And since it's freelanced time overlaps will/do occur.
See ya
Ron

 

I would have to choose both > 3000 because of the Shinkesen I run and < 500 because of the Barr. That does not include the CP and GN.

 

And 1952. Same road, too!

The abandonment of the line came in the eighties, iirc.

 

ACTUAL PAINT & DESIGN ON ENGINES (Contest Winner)
Southern Pacific
(Actual name on layout ...Willamette Regional Railway)



3200 miles....If I can find any engines left at all

2 days 5 hours travel time (distance from my house to there)

25-40 years time travel backwards...