Gradually Succumbing to The West

Bobby OgageOGR Forum Member

My railroad is beyond any doubt a mimic of East Coast railroads. However, I find myself accumulating trains indigenous to the far side of the Mississippi River. So far, the D&RG Ski Train, the Texas Special, the Santa Fe's Chief, the Hiawatha, and an SP's AC-12 Cab Forward have been polishing the rails of my railroad. Just yesterday the UP's City of Salinas M10000 appeared on my doorstep. I need to get a grip on myself! I have even been peaking at a GS4 Daylight engine. Yikes!

Can A GS4 even fit through the tunnels to reach Sunnyside Yard on Long Island? Oops! A supreme court judge declared that Long Island is a peninsula, not an island?@)(&^ I wonder if he knows there is a river between Manhattan and Long Island, and it even has a famous bridge, the Hell Gate!

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9/5/1710:29 AM

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MiketgOGR Forum Member SUPPORTING MEMBER

Hi Bobby, Long Island is, was and will always be an island. Funny thing, growing up in western Nassau, (Seaford) only Nassau and Suffolk were part of the Island. As per running western railroads, go for it! If the circus train could make it to Nassau Coloseum, I bet anything could.

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9/5/172:16 PM

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OldBogieOGR Forum Member

Don't know what to say; I run New York Central and Pennsylvania through a northwest mountain lumber camp, a southwest desert icing station, a Texas oil field, and across a Salt Lake via duct. These places are also visited by trains with Santa Fe, Great Northern, and Union Pacific heralds on them.

Bogie

9/5/174:48 PM

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Bobby OgageOGR Forum Member

I am a steam engine enthusiast more than any other type of locomotive, and the West Coast railroads had some remark engines. I also favor passenger trains, so a GS4 looks like it may find a way to my railroad in South Setauket. I am also keen to get a Seattle, Portland & Spokane 700 on my railroad.