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Hello all, this is an idea that I posted on another Forum, yes I quite like Railways if you couldn't tell. The basic premise of this idea is to create your own alternative railway(road) using the following format.

NAME OF COMPANY:

GAUGE:

PERIOD OPERATIONAL:

MOTTO:

HISTORY/ DESCRIPTION:

I give demonstration

NAME OF COMPANY: Empire state Railroad

GAUGE: Standard

PERIOD OPERATIONAL: 1871 - 1975

MOTTO: The right way, the only way

HISTORY/ DESCRIPTION: A bizarre little Railroad in western New York State, to the end it maintained what it described as a 'small engine' policy, in that it solely employed a succession of 4-4-0s for passenger work and 0-6-0s for freight, the only deviance from this ideal was twelve 4-4-2s based off the PRR K4. As a result of this policy trains were often double headed and timings, in particular for freight, were very slack.

One more interesting curve was the companies insistence on using a strange dark crimson and gold lined livery for its passenger machines and stock, with the letters ESRR on the tenders and the coat of arms on the cab sheets. Even more odd was the naming of some of the passenger locos!!

Very weird.

(if you know the history of Britains Railways you'll get this joke)

enjoy
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