--- In [email protected], "shabbona_rr" <user141771@...> wrote:
>
> . . . Unless you work in S, at which point it becomes an obSSeSion!
>
> > > Model railroading is a hobby to be enjoyed and I would suggest
> > > that you do what you enjoy regardless of how anyone else
> > > feels about it.
> >
> > Having fun....Ed L.
>
> That being said, SHABBONA RR is based on the portion of a real now-abandoned
> Rock Island secondary line between Eldon and Keokuk, Iowa. I would probably
> have called it "IOWA CENTRAL", with black and red locomotives, but I already
> had a whole fleet lettered for SHABBONA.
>
> Using a real railroad in a protolanced setting allows me some flexibility
> with regards to rolling stock, trains, etc., but still adheres to the
> prototype as far as freight operations.
>
> Terminal District mimics Eldon, where two Rock Island lines crossed, in that
> trains are made up here for the trip to Keokuk. Keokuk mimics, well, Keokuk
> where outbound trains consist mainly of cars pulled local industries and the
> KUD interchange.
>
> A switch engine for the corn starch facility mimics the Rock Island, and the
> classification yard, the large CB&Q yard here, even though it is a SHABBONA
> facility. The KUD interchange is the destination and origin for cars to and
> from "off layout" points. Outbound, these cars simply go back to Terminal
> District for storage until they reappear on the KUD interchange as inbound.
>
> I kept myself awake on many a lo-ong trip on Santa Fe and CC&P dreaming all
> of this up, and now that it has materialized, I'm pleased to say it has so
> far met my operating expectations
>
> If you haven't hit the "Delete" key by this time, I'm
>
> Bob Nicholson ___________________________________________
>
Bob, No reason here to hit "delete".... I find it interesting! I also
thought there is a real town or county named Shabonna? Thought I saw it on a
map.
Now, you mean to say you never "bobbed for apples" on those long nightime
runs??? One of the hardest things to do was keep awake with the engines droning
away, mesmerizing to say the least!
Bud Rindfleisch
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