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I'm one who purchases what I like even though I like favor the mid-atlantic railroads. I'm hoping by summer to finally have a small layout to run some of my trains that I have amassed. After 9+ months of having a bum foot has slowed me down considerably, I can't wait to wear regular shoes again. One thing is for sure the rails are going to have to share with the many and I mean many different road names that I have.

 

I'm not a purist regarding particular railroads but the western ones dominate what I have built up over the years, UP and SP in particular and I have practically no rolling stock from anything else. Because my Dad was a Santa Fe fan I actually started with the modern versions of what he had (F3s in particular). Aside from that, the Pennsy, Chicago South Shore and N&W ("only" a Jawn Henry) are represented - mainly out of nostalgia.

Our Layout is a visual family tree, thus we model the railroads where our family has lived both past and present. For geographical areas that are/ were saturated with multiple railroads, we tend to only model 1 or 2 RR, to avoid both too busy of a layout and excessive spending.  Example, my Grandmother was born and raised in Hell's Kitchen and Asbury Park, thus there are a whole slew of options, but to use the KISS method, we only model the PRR & NYC. Same for my Mother who was born and raised in D.C. There are plenty of options, but at some point you have to say enough is enough.  Thus primarily these are the Flags we choose to model, though at this point not all are represented on our roster: PRR, NYC, N&W, NKP, L&N, SOU, K&IT, Conrail, C&O/ B&O, CofG, MoPac, MKT, CB&Q, D&RGW, ATSF, UP, SP, and both the Polar RR & The Polar Express. 

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