2-8-2, or 4-8-2 ? ---- Mikado, or Mountain ?
.......................2-4-4-2 ?!
Standard Gauge 2-4-4-2 SHLC
3' gauge, outside frame, 2-4-4-2 SHS&D
30" gauge 2-8-2 WBSP
The shipyard is currently building an outside frame 2-6-6-2, and is the "maintainer" for all four roads.
(
The only four wheel pilot trucks I have are on the Challengers, ( 4-6-6-4 ). )
Seriously, if you are going with a fictitious road,- - - - - - -
( "
The layout is a fictional New England location. The steam locomotives will be handling freight." )
The choice would be more,
"one of personal preference".
I "own"/ model, four "Fictitious roads":
Sag harbor Shipbuilding & Drydock Co.
SHS&D The shipyard's industrial 3' gauge (
parent company of the next three )
Sagaponack Montauk & Cindys Harbor
SMCH The standard gauge line that runs from Montauk Point, to Cindys Harbor Me.
(( a variant of "Cundys Harbor" Me. ))
Shinnecock Hills Lumber Company
SHLC A standard gauge lumber hauler.
(
There are no forests in Shinnecock Hills, N.Y. )
Wiscasset Bucksport & Schoodic Point
WBSP A 30" gauge, lumber hauler. ( On30 ) (just beginning )
One of the major scenic points on the first two lines is the Kennequogue River crossings. "Kennequogue" is a combination of the village of Quogue, on the south shore of Long Island N.Y., and the Kennebec River, that flows through Bath Me. into Casco Bay. The Shipyard, Sag Harbor Shipbuilding, was inspired by Bath Iron Works.
That's the beauty of choosing a "fictitious" road name, or setting (
The rockbound coast of Maine )
......you can be "creative"
We always learn far more from our own mistakes, than we will ever learn from another's advice.
The greatest place to live life, is on the sharp leading edge of a learning curve.
Lead me not into temptation.....I can find it myself!