TLOC
Well-Known Member
I have been operating trains on 2 dates. Both modern but 10 years apart. 2005 and 2015. I started out in 2014 after retirement to prototypically model Central Wisconsin, the Valley Sub of the CN. I did that as I could still operate at the time my large roster of Wisconsin Central locomotives. CN purchased the WC in 10/2001.
Since then I also started buying newer rolling stock many with build dates after 2000. I like to buy and sell rolling stock. So I decided on 2015, with most of my WC locomotives sold off, it was CN all the way (sorry Santa FE).
Now I have been thinking of selling off the 2005 fleet of rolling stock. The inventory conducted earlier this week yielded 27 cars to be run at the 2005 opt sessions and 27 more that could be run for either session, 2005 or 2015. The 2015 session yielded a count of 22 for running, as the build dates were 2000 or later. The cars for either session are basically my pulp car, wood chip and box cars for the paper mill fleets.
How do you if you run multiple dates handle your rolling stock? I do not have for room 76 cars on the layout unless some cars are just run from staging to staging. I also dislike having cars kept in drawers.
The cars for 2005 or prior are mostly my remaining few Roundhouse, some Accurail, a couple BB, a few Scaletrains River counter carbon cars, a couple Kit Classics and Walthers (both Proto and Mainline series cars). All good runners. Easily sold if I decide to reduced to one operations date.
These would be the 1st 9 sold
Since then I also started buying newer rolling stock many with build dates after 2000. I like to buy and sell rolling stock. So I decided on 2015, with most of my WC locomotives sold off, it was CN all the way (sorry Santa FE).
Now I have been thinking of selling off the 2005 fleet of rolling stock. The inventory conducted earlier this week yielded 27 cars to be run at the 2005 opt sessions and 27 more that could be run for either session, 2005 or 2015. The 2015 session yielded a count of 22 for running, as the build dates were 2000 or later. The cars for either session are basically my pulp car, wood chip and box cars for the paper mill fleets.
How do you if you run multiple dates handle your rolling stock? I do not have for room 76 cars on the layout unless some cars are just run from staging to staging. I also dislike having cars kept in drawers.
The cars for 2005 or prior are mostly my remaining few Roundhouse, some Accurail, a couple BB, a few Scaletrains River counter carbon cars, a couple Kit Classics and Walthers (both Proto and Mainline series cars). All good runners. Easily sold if I decide to reduced to one operations date.
These would be the 1st 9 sold