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Well guys, I am at an impass. I cannot decide which year to model my Mayburry Northern in first. I was originally planning on doing two different eras, 1958, when PRR, RDG, LVRR, C&O, B&O and WM were still running, and 1980, 4 years after the Conrail takeover.
The problem that I am having is that there is a severe lack of quality 1950s content, even in locomotives, for TRS. This is making things pretty difficult. Another factor is that I have won a $20.00 coupon to jointed rail and I am probably going to get the Conrail C30-7 and the Sou SD40-2 hi hood.(more on the Southern later in the post.)
Now, with the 1950s, I planned on having the Reading, LVRR and Chessie use the Mayburry as a bridge line, and the WM use it as both a bridgeline and an interchange point. I was also planning on using a paralell mainline that was raised on an embankment for the PRR to run on, at least for a short distance, and have an interchange point with the Mayburry Northern at the City of Mayburry, PA.
As I have said though, I have run into problems with quality of 1950s content, as there is very little in the way of content all together.
Now, with the 1980 version, I planned on Conrail using the old PRR mainline as its main, and interechanging with the Mayburry, as well as using the lower line(Mayburry Mainline) for bridge traffic. Though the Mayburry had lost quite a bit of revenue with the loss of bridge traffic from the Reading and Lehigh Valley, it was made up by an increase in bridge and interchange traffic with the Chessie, and newcommer to the area, the Southern Railway. This is due in part to the crafty business tactics of Mayburry President George Bast. With the cement business continuing to thrive, the Mayburry started to put even more resources into various industries around the area, the main one being coal. With a valuble source of coal nearby, and a major power plant in the area, the Mayburry wasn't hit as hard as railroads such as the Reading with the decline of coal as a heating source. The Mayburry also anticipated the switch to heating oil in homes, and had been adapting for a few years ahead of time, and had a pretty lucrative business deal with the local heating oil dealers. This of course helped out the Chessie, which would interchange with the Mayburry and deliver the oil, while also getting loads of coal from the Mayburry. Another help to the Mayburry was the track manipulation that would result in the Southern Railway creating a branch that would allow them to run to the Mayburry Mainline and use it as a bridge line to Harrisburg, PA. Through careful purchasing of trackage, the Mayburry had created a nice corridor that would allow bridge line traffic for the Soutern Railway, which had been in contact with the Mayburry since the early 70s looking for a line to Harrisburg. This bridgeline would bring in more revenue to the Mayburry, as well as more vital interchange traffic, including cement.
I was just wondering what everyone thought and your opinions on what I should model. The 1950s are cool, but the lack of content is killing me, plus the limitation of what locomotives I can run for the time period is also a restriction.
The problem that I am having is that there is a severe lack of quality 1950s content, even in locomotives, for TRS. This is making things pretty difficult. Another factor is that I have won a $20.00 coupon to jointed rail and I am probably going to get the Conrail C30-7 and the Sou SD40-2 hi hood.(more on the Southern later in the post.)
Now, with the 1950s, I planned on having the Reading, LVRR and Chessie use the Mayburry as a bridge line, and the WM use it as both a bridgeline and an interchange point. I was also planning on using a paralell mainline that was raised on an embankment for the PRR to run on, at least for a short distance, and have an interchange point with the Mayburry Northern at the City of Mayburry, PA.
As I have said though, I have run into problems with quality of 1950s content, as there is very little in the way of content all together.
Now, with the 1980 version, I planned on Conrail using the old PRR mainline as its main, and interechanging with the Mayburry, as well as using the lower line(Mayburry Mainline) for bridge traffic. Though the Mayburry had lost quite a bit of revenue with the loss of bridge traffic from the Reading and Lehigh Valley, it was made up by an increase in bridge and interchange traffic with the Chessie, and newcommer to the area, the Southern Railway. This is due in part to the crafty business tactics of Mayburry President George Bast. With the cement business continuing to thrive, the Mayburry started to put even more resources into various industries around the area, the main one being coal. With a valuble source of coal nearby, and a major power plant in the area, the Mayburry wasn't hit as hard as railroads such as the Reading with the decline of coal as a heating source. The Mayburry also anticipated the switch to heating oil in homes, and had been adapting for a few years ahead of time, and had a pretty lucrative business deal with the local heating oil dealers. This of course helped out the Chessie, which would interchange with the Mayburry and deliver the oil, while also getting loads of coal from the Mayburry. Another help to the Mayburry was the track manipulation that would result in the Southern Railway creating a branch that would allow them to run to the Mayburry Mainline and use it as a bridge line to Harrisburg, PA. Through careful purchasing of trackage, the Mayburry had created a nice corridor that would allow bridge line traffic for the Soutern Railway, which had been in contact with the Mayburry since the early 70s looking for a line to Harrisburg. This bridgeline would bring in more revenue to the Mayburry, as well as more vital interchange traffic, including cement.
I was just wondering what everyone thought and your opinions on what I should model. The 1950s are cool, but the lack of content is killing me, plus the limitation of what locomotives I can run for the time period is also a restriction.
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