birmingham 1960's project

[bs rr co]

all of the resarch i have done for o'brien on the MSTS birmingham route makes me want to attempt one for KRS

this is still in the planning stages. but here is a list of what i hope to accomplish

era birmingham 1960-1969

the are the points i hope to reach

SOUTHERN-tuscaloosa,attalla/gadsden,anniston,jasper northward,calera
GM&O tuscaloosa
C of G alexander city
L&N mineral sub loop, jemison,talladega,cullman,gadsden
SAL -gadsden northbound
ACL through pelham southward toward montgomery
FRISCO/I.C. jasper northward toward memphis

tunnells included
sal roper tunnell
gofg tunnell outside of leeds
l&n brocks gap tunnell
sou tunnells around leeds

i am planning on including industrial trackage around birmingham ie USS, BS, mary lee railroad,woodward iorn & republic steel mining trackage

start in the next week or so. finish ????????

michael gilmore

[cookiemae]

Thats a cool idea for a route but its a shame that routes like these are being made without appropriate rolling stock for them. It would look ridiculus to have to run Union Pacific GEVOs on a 1960s Eastern route.

[SAVV]

Construction of a route is likely to help inspire modellers to produce correct period stock, as they have somewhere to run them. Until then you'll just have to run your what-ever they are's on different period routes, and your CN locos on Cajon. You can't have it both ways. Can't tell the modellers/skinners they can't use their stock on such a such a route and then tell the route builders they can't build a route without so and so stock.... And so ends my chain pulling.

[Paddington bear]

Hi,

The track guage/ curviture is what finaly determines what will actualy run on what railway. The rest is purely the human perception. Right now I can guarantee that in RS there are Deltics being run on that "american" route and I would be having it a guess that there will be the occasional HST125 flying along as well....... and I just know there are American disesils pulling out of Paddington!!!!!!!!!!!!!
My point is that the purity of only running the "correct" loco/rolling stock is just a pipe dream right now and will be for a fair while yet.
As is said in the Garden Railway scene.... Its your railway empire, you can run what you like.

Michael , GO for it and good luck with the project. The rolling stock will happen.

Ross

[kin__3]

I remember sitting at RR Crossing and reading all the different railroad names on the cars. Except for the engines and caboose anything else in the consist is perfectly correct. I was a railroad clerk for a short line railroad and we got cars from all over the nation. I would say that a train with only their cars would be incorrect. Back in the sixties there was a shortage of box cars so if one was empty you loaded it and sent it on it's way. Not many were sent home empty.

[kin__3]

Oh and being from Alabama I would love to have a route like this.

[georgian]

I think that your new route would be AWESOME! You have assisted me tremendously! Let me know what I can do to help!. That will be an excellent route!!

O'brian

[SH71]

Thats a cool idea for a route but its a shame that routes like these are being made without appropriate rolling stock for them. It would look ridiculus to have to run Union Pacific GEVOs on a 1960s Eastern route.

Yes by all means skinners and modelers should wait until an appropriate route is built to build/paint stock and route builders should wait until appropriate stock is built before attempting a route...

oh, wait NOTHING would get done with that thinking....:p

Sorry I dont mean to rag on you cookiemae I understand the sentiment- but its early- right now any content is good- it just means more people will get on board.