My still under construction layout was to be set in a decade that ran from 1945 to 1955. I figured I could have steam days and diesel days depending on how I felt. Thus I have lots of late steam era locomotives and early diesel era locos. Not to say I had no locomotives and cars from other eras....just the 40-50's dominated the roster and set the look of my layout.
But for some reason I started watching some videos of Penn Central, Chessie System, Espee and other 1970's era railroads. Then I watched a 'Last years of the Rock Island' a railroad I never had any interest in before. It made me realize the huge variety the 1970's provided in road names and paint schemes......and just the number of railroads that were still running compared to today. The Rock Island video caused me to buy this.......
And now I want more 70's era trains. And it has me re-thinking the look of my layout. Before most autos on the layout were going to be 1955 and earlier....most late 40's. Now I'm looking at all the stuff available if I move into the 70's.....the decade I went to high school and started serious rail fan activities BTW.
SO....anyone else change the era of their layout??? Or how about a layout that is switchable between eras?? (swap cars and a few structures, signs etc) Is anyone here modeling the 1970's exclusively?? PICS? Thanks!!!!