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Well I've been trying to decide what timeframe I am going to build in HO scale and it sure isn't as easy as I thought it would be. I have several favorites so to speak, I love the scenery options of the Rocky Mountains back in the teens, or the hustle and bustle of a bigger city like St. Louis during the 50's but I have always had a facination with Route 66, the Mother Road. I want to do steam and early diesel so I'm thinking of ad-libbing a bit and doing some iconic scenes along old 66. Some old car-camp villages, gas stations, drive-in theaters, ect. That way I could satisfy two interests, RR and Route 66. What do you all think of that idea? I'm not overly concerned about it being "correct" so to speak, I might have Tee-Pee village from the SW region of the country right next to something from my state of Missouri but thats okay with me. Gimme your thoughts.
Cool idea but every body and their bother models the late 40s and 50s. Just seems to get old for me, I think it would be cool to model the 70s as rt 66 was on the down slide, Fast freights on the ATSF and early Amtrak with the rainbow of cars. thats just my .02
You know that Route 66 and the Santa Fe ran parallel for much of the way. I'm toying with something similar for my next layout (ten years away, post retirement, new house, 5 to 1 odds it never happens) I'm picturing a long island split with a back drop. (See current MR project) One side Rt 66, the other one side of a western canyon, like Durango-Silverton. Tracks back from the highway on one side and hanging on the mountainside on the other. Nice modeling opportunities on both sides. Most of the rest of the layout would remain as Wisconsin. I think your idea could work if you make one end or area a more western environment and took it from there. After all Missouri is just a little farther east,
I've spent lots of time on Route 66 so I like the idea. The 50's-60's would be interesting because you can still have the old road in full swing with the Santa Fe running lots of first and second generation deisels. The idea of doing the 70's is also kind of appealing, when the interstates were starting to carve up Route 66 but there was still enough left to mix it in with more modern trains. Either one sounds like a fun layout.
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