I'm asking because the closer I get to building my benchwork, the more and more "freelanced" changes are occuring to my locomotive and rolling stock fleet.
I started with a true to life Guilford roster, SD26 & 45, GP 7, 35, 38, and 40. Then I had to have an SD30
Well, what else would you have it lettered on a modern New England layout?
So now I find
my Guilford Rail System "bought" the bankrupt Bangor and Aroostook in 2000, and ol Tim Mellon sprung for a dozen SD40-2s of varying NS heritage after the 20 CN GP40-2Ws arrived
I love the SD7/9, so now I have one sublettered B&M. Where does it end!
I seem to be getting gurther and further from the idea of a "true to life" HO GRS layout. But the thing that got the "artistic license" in gear was the whole layout is gonna be a ficticious location anyway
So, with selective compression and all the other compromises one must make to model a portion of a rail road in HO scale, where does one draw the line?