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Going to set up a display on one piece of nicely finished wood with track and train cars from Z, N, HO, S, O, and G gauge/scales. I want to use the same type car and road name car for each gauge. What car and which road name would you recommend? I think that engines, even dummies, might be too expensive.

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I would not call the Santa Fe livery overrated, it has been a best seller for decades.  I'm not a diehard Santa Fe fan but I own a few locos in the warbonnet scheme, it's a classic.  I would guess that most everyone who posts on this forum owns a Santa Fe loco.

 

By the way the Bangor and Aroostook State of Maine cars have been offered in many scales.  I can't think of another scheme used by a small railroad that was so popular.

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While I don't think it matters what type of car or engine is used when it comes to train people, if the target audience is the general (non-train people) public, a display should be eye-catching if you want them to actually stop and look at the display for any length of time, especially if that display has to compete with other displays for their attention.  Dark or subdued colors are just not that visually attractive, and if the target audience has no specific interest in the subject matter itself, they are more likely to pass up such a display in favor of one that is more attractive.

 

Andy

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