Post by Deleted on Feb 20, 2013 18:41:33 GMT -5
Okay guys I thought it was time I did a formal introduction for my freelanced railroad as I have had decals designed at Highball and will be looking to finally get it rolling this year, starting with locomotives and rolling stock. Some of you may have read the re-written rail history that RoyalBlue72 and I published a while back, I thought I would divulge things in a bit more details now I have finally given myself the go-ahead so to speak.
Thoroughbred Lines is my version of the modern NS. It was an amalgamation of Southern and NW, incorporating D&H by way of it's ownership through NW holding company Dereco. The story goes that NW/NS remained in control of D&H beyond 1976 and even absorbed parts of the bankrupt Erie Lackwanna wthin NY state, thereby creating a competitor to Conrail in the Northeast. Unlike the real tale of the D&H, lots more money and resources were invested by the parent company to make the D&H a much more profitable railroad, part of a bigger system with all the advantages that go with it but remaining independant to a point.
As such, I have drawn up a locomotive roster: this was the most important part of freelancing for me, it is where the real benefits come, along with placing the image of a certain roadname in a different part of the country. I have tried to be realistic and am very much aware that the 1988-1992 period that I model featured many lease units on the D&H so I have not added too many new units, those that I have, have followed NS patterns. There is only one locomotive model I included that I didn't actually want and that was the GP60. I did so as it is much easier to model a GP60 than it is a GP59 so I placed a few of both on the roster (including ex-demonstrator units for variety) to allow me to get up and running more quickly.
So here it is, the D&H roster of 1992 per my history (Some notes: SD39-2 though not produced is included because I have one made up in my collection; SDP45's and SD45-2's were re-powered with 16-645F and 16-645E series prime movers):
Feel free to throw your two cents worth in if there is something that doesn't look right or could look better.
Thoroughbred Lines is my version of the modern NS. It was an amalgamation of Southern and NW, incorporating D&H by way of it's ownership through NW holding company Dereco. The story goes that NW/NS remained in control of D&H beyond 1976 and even absorbed parts of the bankrupt Erie Lackwanna wthin NY state, thereby creating a competitor to Conrail in the Northeast. Unlike the real tale of the D&H, lots more money and resources were invested by the parent company to make the D&H a much more profitable railroad, part of a bigger system with all the advantages that go with it but remaining independant to a point.
As such, I have drawn up a locomotive roster: this was the most important part of freelancing for me, it is where the real benefits come, along with placing the image of a certain roadname in a different part of the country. I have tried to be realistic and am very much aware that the 1988-1992 period that I model featured many lease units on the D&H so I have not added too many new units, those that I have, have followed NS patterns. There is only one locomotive model I included that I didn't actually want and that was the GP60. I did so as it is much easier to model a GP60 than it is a GP59 so I placed a few of both on the roster (including ex-demonstrator units for variety) to allow me to get up and running more quickly.
So here it is, the D&H roster of 1992 per my history (Some notes: SD39-2 though not produced is included because I have one made up in my collection; SDP45's and SD45-2's were re-powered with 16-645F and 16-645E series prime movers):
Model | Road | Heritage | Owner | Quantity | Number Series | HP | Dates | Dates Join | ||||||||
Rating | Built | Roster | ||||||||||||||
SD39 | D&H | IT | Dereco | 3 | 2964-2966 | 2300 | 1969 | 1982/1984 | ||||||||
SD39-2 | D&H | IT | Dereco | 1 | 2967 | 2300 | 1973 | 1982 | ||||||||
SD40-2 | D&H | SOU | SOU | 10 | 3244-3254 | 3000 | 1975 | 1991** | ||||||||
SDP45 | EL | EL | Dereco | 12 | 3635-3636, 3638-3653 | 3500* | 1969 | 1969* | ||||||||
SD45-2 | EL | EL | Dereco | 6 | 3675-3681 | 3000* | 1972 | 1972* | ||||||||
U23B/B23-S7 | D&H | D&H | D&H | 16 | 3884-3899 | 2300 | 1968 | 1968*/1989-90 | ||||||||
GP38-2 | NS | IT | NW | 4 | 4160-4163 | 2000 | 1977 | 1981** | ||||||||
GP50 | D&H | D&H | SOU | 8 | 4200-4207 | 3500 | 1981 | 1982 | ||||||||
GP59 | D&H | D&H | Dereco | 16 | 4208-4223 | 3000 | 1987-88 | 1989 | ||||||||
SD50 | D&H | D&H | SOU | 8 | 6526-6533 | 3500 | 1984 | 1984 | ||||||||
GP38-2 | D&H | LV | D&H | 12 | 7314-7325 | 2000 | 1972 | 1976* | ||||||||
GP39-2 | D&H | D&H | D&H | 20 | 7601-7620 | 2300 | 1976 | 1976* | ||||||||
GP60 | D&H | D&H | Dereco | 24 | 7621-7644 | 3800 | 1991-92 | 1991-92 | ||||||||
C32-8 | D&H | D&H | Dereco | 12 | 8200-8211 | 3200 | 1988 | 1988 | ||||||||
RP-A4 | D&H | D&H | Dereco | 12 | 9742-9754 | 0 | 1960 | 1976* | ||||||||
RP-A4D | D&H | D&H | Dereco | 8 | 9755-9762 | 0 | 1952 | 1975-76* | ||||||||
U23B converted B23-S7 in 1990-91 | ||||||||||||||||
GP60 #7621-7623 ex-demonstrator EMD #5-7 |
Feel free to throw your two cents worth in if there is something that doesn't look right or could look better.