What's your layouts time frame?

[nhguy]

Present day, if the D&RGW had been the surviving railroad instead of UP. My present location is the East Denver Belt. Although, the minister of the interior has allocated sufficient space for a larger layout that will model the La Veta Pass route of the old D&RGW. I am undecided about the operator. The SLVRR has a collection of cast offs from other railroads and some interesting passenger operations. I have decals for their passenger locomotives. So, I tend to lean toward the SLVRR. But, it will be hard for me to give up my black and KC orange. In any case, the Le Veta Pass will be a modern day railroad.

I ran an engine there last year. A friend of mine is an engineer for the SL&RG. Really beautiful area. The steam engine turn aound track is still there but the ends are not connected to the main line anymore, They are actually curled up and stickin in the air! We saw 2 large herds of elk up there. Really nice area to model.

 

[nkp174]

the minister of the interior has allocated sufficient space

I love it! My brother left the hobby when our "minister of the interior" tried to resist our complete conquest of the railroad room. She felt that an 18" access way was too small around the backside of the layout...what if our overweight aunt wanted to go around the backside of the layout to catch one of the cats (huh? why would our aunt ever need to go back there?)...but so goes the politics of eminent domain...oh, and she never noticed that I moved the layout back to the 18" accessway to avoid altering my track plan :thumb:

Fortunately, my new "minister of the interior" is much more approving my hobby! She's granted me right of way throughout our future basement...or any of our current one.

 

[jtloconut]

Southern ry 1945 to 1982 , CSX 1985 to 1995 and my club French broad and catawba mid 50s . :thumb:

 

[Alan B]

I ran an engine there last year. A friend of mine is an engineer for the SL&RG. Really beautiful area. The steam engine turn aound track is still there but the ends are not connected to the main line anymore, They are actually curled up and stickin in the air! We saw 2 large herds of elk up there. Really nice area to model.

I am officially jealous! I want to go back to the valley to take some better photos. I may trouble you for an introduction.

Alan

 

[REflectiveMAN]

Conrail 1976-1999

 

[jasbourre]

1980's for me.

 

[iis612]

Mid to late '40's

 

[jeffrey-wimberl]

Those are all good time frames. The best time frame is the one that works best for you.

 

[nkp174]

Someday I'd like to do something small circe 1835.

 

[conrailmike]

Modern, early to mid 1990's to right up until the break-up.

 

[Dirtyd79]

The 1990s for me.

 

[CNJ999]

Though it was my parents time as teenagers so I wasn't even considered yet, '62 with the street rodder craze (I LOVE American Graffiti) seemed like a fun era and I figure I could still model steam in its VERY last days working a short line and getting ready to convert soley to diesels. I was originally considering 1955 for this, but 1962 is IT. FINAL. NOT CHANGING MY MIND AGAIN!

In all honesty, except for the immediate southern California area, Speilberg's movie American Graffiti pretty much selectively compresses two differing, albeit rather closely-spaced eras, into one. The days of the true "street rod" craze (the chopped, channelled, re-motored, older-bodied cars) in nearly all of America were the mid 1950's. By 1962, when the movie is set, Detroit was well on its way into the era of production "muscle cars". By then, classic street rods were quickly becoming few and far between on the street. Their province had become mainly car shows, not the highway. I know, since I was there (and owned a 1963 426 wedge-head Ramcharger-powered Plymouth Fury!).

So, unless you are are from, or your layout specifically depicts, southern California in 1962, maybe you SHOULD change your mind about your time frame just a bit!

CNJ999

 

[Dayton]

Since it's my world, I'm going with 1900 thru about 1955. Why? Cause I love steam engines and there are some early diesels that I like. I don't count rivets like some guys, and thats cool for them, I love to see their work. I just like running the trains and building the scenery.

 

[rhtastro]

I think Dayton has the right idea. I also like running trains and building scenery. Most of my stock and the scenery is 40's to 60's America and American but somehow that 1900's Heisler and 1990's DB ICE train slipped in there. No one's perfect. But mostly I just like to sit back and watch and hear them go. I'm only 3 quarters of a mile from the real UP so I've got some competition out there. But mine are louder. Bob

 

[green_elite_cab]

I try to stick in the 90s/late 80s, but i will model early conrail as well.

 

[Roger Hensley]

Well I started in the 1980s but have been moving the railroad backward in time to about 1965.

 

[TruckLover]

Im in the Modern Era. I love steamers but I LOVE Modern Diesels even more lol

Guess it was because I wasnt around for steamers as I was born in '89 lol

 

[jesso]

I have SD70Mac's pulling automax's right next to GP7's and 9's pulling 40' box cars, so I guess my era is the Diesel era. Although steam engines occasionly show up when other members come over so I guess I am all over the place. The nice thing is, I can go to railpictures and see pictures of every one of those engines running now, so I can comfortably say that I like the modern era best.

 

[Mountain Man]

The truly Golden Age of American rail;roading: 1880's to around 1910...

 

[Flyboy41]

I would like to think I'm modeling the present day. Most of my motive power would put me in the mid-80's though. I like to say that all trains that I run are locals so they don't get the flagship locomotives pulling them.