Concept

I'm not necessarily at this point trying to recreate a specific route or railroad; my interests are too diverse for that (or I'm too unfocused). Rather, I like seeing trains run, and I like displaying my weathering. So any railroad would have to include a yard and some industries to serve (I do like seeing industries get switched on the prototypes). Because I'm on the west coast, the concept of modeling various prototypes that run from Oakland or the San Francisco Bay Area to the midwest (I'm originally from St. Louis) appeals to me, and would give me the chance to use all these grain hoppers I've lovingly assembled and aged. I do like the Missouri Pacific, a hold-over from my youth, but my era is just a bit later than that of the MP in its blue paint. So I won't be prototypically accurate, but I can live with some inconsistencies, and it's my world after all.