06-13-2014, 06:40 PM
My highly personal view is that this is somewhat cringeworthy -- these locos were mostly equivalent to Trackmobiles, which BLI has already done. A very few Plymouths were used on marginal common carriers like the Stewartstown, Strasburg, or Virginia Central (the VC locos do seem to be very close to the model). However, among the micro layout fraternity, I sometimes get the impression that a loco like this is an excuse to do another slapdash job -- my bet would be you'd never find someone doing serious research on the short lines that actually used them and then putting in real effort to do a freelance or serious-model version.
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Some super small short lines operated on a as needed bases may have handle 600 cars a year- around 3 cars a week.Not much operation there and modeling would be one or two industries,lots of weedy and rusty jointed rail..
One such short line the owner was the office staff and train crew.He used a old blue 45 tonner like the one Bachmann makes. Oddly the road lasted into the late 60s.
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Some super small short lines operated on a as needed bases may have handle 600 cars a year- around 3 cars a week.Not much operation there and modeling would be one or two industries,lots of weedy and rusty jointed rail..
One such short line the owner was the office staff and train crew.He used a old blue 45 tonner like the one Bachmann makes. Oddly the road lasted into the late 60s.
Larry
Engineman
Summerset Ry
Make Safety your first thought, Not your last! Safety First!
Engineman
Summerset Ry
Make Safety your first thought, Not your last! Safety First!