--- In [email protected], "raisinone" <raisinone@...> wrote:
>More problematic is power... Those 14 trains were pulled by a total of 32
>locomotives; 20 were SD70M's or a variant, 8 were AC or ES44's, three C44-9w's
>and an SD90MAC. S scale can cover exactly zero of the locomotives seen that
>day! There's the challenge and the opportunity!
>
Hi Jim, but at the same time the power here on the branchline is presently a
GP20 which could be bashed from a GP9 without too much trouble,and if one
extends the "modern" era back to the 1990's they were using Gp9's and GP38-2
locos. The Roaring Camp Big Trees line uses an old ATSF CF7. Over in the
central valley one shortline had a fleet of restored GE 70 tonners till
recently and I just saw a website of a railroad back east that was using old
Baldwin switchers, one even painted in PRR colors which reminds me that an SP
GP9 passenger version still works up around the bay area in black widow paint
and a few years ago the Sacto museum was switching all door lumber cars with a
SW-1 in WP paint IIRC. So being a modern era modeler is quite possible if one
wants it and is willing to look around for suitable prototypes.We could still
use those 57 foot mech reefers though as they were seen pretty much everywhere
for the last 30 plus years. ......DaveBranum
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