Boris
Beach Bum
For what it's worth, my two favorite railroads ceased to exist in 1976 and 1998. Times change. The biggest attraction of the Pennsylvania Railroad was that it affected so many people. It served a populous part of the country that was highly industrialized. The area served by the NP was less populated and industrialized, which didn't take away from the uniqueness of the NP, but the following is less for that reason.
The Penn Central, 1968 - 1976, was an economic failure, completely misguided in premise, and totally mismanaged. Yet it served an even larger population and industrial base. Modelers of an earlier era, avoided modeling the PC like it was the plague, but more recently, the PC has attracted quite a following. PC's successor, Conrail, was ultimately an economic success, although initially it did not appear that way. Conrail, though because it served the same region as the PRR and PC, and because it had a neat mix of equipment and services, always attracted a following.
It depends on the individual modeler, but we tend to model what we are familiar with. I could not successfully model the UP, for instance, (or the NP), because I do not have a clue about the UP, or the territory it serves.
Others may hold a different opinion, but that's how I see things.
Boris
The Penn Central, 1968 - 1976, was an economic failure, completely misguided in premise, and totally mismanaged. Yet it served an even larger population and industrial base. Modelers of an earlier era, avoided modeling the PC like it was the plague, but more recently, the PC has attracted quite a following. PC's successor, Conrail, was ultimately an economic success, although initially it did not appear that way. Conrail, though because it served the same region as the PRR and PC, and because it had a neat mix of equipment and services, always attracted a following.
It depends on the individual modeler, but we tend to model what we are familiar with. I could not successfully model the UP, for instance, (or the NP), because I do not have a clue about the UP, or the territory it serves.
Others may hold a different opinion, but that's how I see things.
Boris