Hi folks!
I've always love modelrailroading and trains. Growing up, we always brought trains out around Christmas from dad's collection. Dad always had sttories and pictures of his old (pre-kids) layout and from the large lionel layout they built in my grandfathers garage. I'm young myslef, 26 and in the military. So, with the constant moving I can't really setup anything even semi permenant.
During a recent move from CA to TX my drive route followed a BNSF mainline pretty much the entire way. This has inspired me to model a railroad that crosses the country going from west to east. With longshoremen in CA through the mountains, deserts, plains, crossing the Mississippi, more plains and mountains and eventually ending up in the tidewater, VA area where I grew up. My wife is a painter and she is really excited about painting the backdrop for the cross-country journey. While this obviously won't happen for a long time, I'd like to design it and start collecting rolling stock, locos and such. I was thinking of modeling the BNSF in the west and CSX/NS in the east.
I was wondering if anyone has had experience with a layout of this type, or knows someone who has. Maybe someone here would be able to point me in the right direction as to how I should proceed while I'm still doing the Army thing.
Thanks for reading and I look forward to joining discussions with all of you!
HOOAH!
I've always love modelrailroading and trains. Growing up, we always brought trains out around Christmas from dad's collection. Dad always had sttories and pictures of his old (pre-kids) layout and from the large lionel layout they built in my grandfathers garage. I'm young myslef, 26 and in the military. So, with the constant moving I can't really setup anything even semi permenant.
During a recent move from CA to TX my drive route followed a BNSF mainline pretty much the entire way. This has inspired me to model a railroad that crosses the country going from west to east. With longshoremen in CA through the mountains, deserts, plains, crossing the Mississippi, more plains and mountains and eventually ending up in the tidewater, VA area where I grew up. My wife is a painter and she is really excited about painting the backdrop for the cross-country journey. While this obviously won't happen for a long time, I'd like to design it and start collecting rolling stock, locos and such. I was thinking of modeling the BNSF in the west and CSX/NS in the east.
I was wondering if anyone has had experience with a layout of this type, or knows someone who has. Maybe someone here would be able to point me in the right direction as to how I should proceed while I'm still doing the Army thing.
Thanks for reading and I look forward to joining discussions with all of you!
HOOAH!