Robots_walk_the_earth
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I am planning my layout to be a class 3 line(New Hampshire Northcoast) running on old B&M track. That will let me run a variety of New England engines and rolling stock
I would say those are pretty close. And there is always overlap.Also, I'm finding that people are confused about when the diesel eras started and ended. To give definition to the eras, I am going to assign dates to them, even though they likely may be incorrect! Here they are:
Transition Era: From the 1930s to the 1960s. The 30s was when Diesel locomotives started showing up.
Second generation: From the 1960s to the 1980s.
Third generation: From the 1980s to the present day.
If you have hard data on when the eras started and ended and it disagrees with what I have stated, I will make changes to the above lists!
. Maybe then next generation will know about Tesla, and Thomas Edison will be painted in the history books as the nefarious character he really was. My words, Edison is the Jar Jar Binks of American inventors.
Me neither. As a very small child I saw live D&RGW narrow gauge steam in southern Colorado a few times (Durango - obviously - but also the Antonito Branch). I saw C&S 641 working in Leadville. And I think one mainline steamer on a vacation to the black hills so that could have been UP, CNW, or CB&Q. Last steam on the Santa Fe was years before I was born.I'm somewhat surprised that there aren't more just steam modelers! . . . The truth is, I can barely remember working steam on the railroads when I was a child.
Total agreement there... well almost ... I would still be in the hobby for the love of trains in general, but I too love the steam. Certainly has an attraction factor. Steamers seem to have their own personalities and give one a feeling they are alive. Living here in Denver with the 844, 3985, and now 4014 so close, it just re-enforces that.I love steam and would not be in this hobby if not for my love of steam!
At this point, 9:00 PM on Thursday the 6th of february, only 3 people have stated that they model the modern era! This would seem to be bad news for the manufacturers who seem to think that is what the majority of Model Railroaders want!