NW-Mailing-List Digest, Vol 185, Issue 18

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Bill; for 30 years now I've been giving a clinic on prototype freelancing,
and part of it is finding your own threshold of tolerance.  Yes: it's your
layout.  Yes: you make the rules.  You get decide if you'll let nit pickers
in, if you'll let them talk, and if you'll let it bother you. And Uncle Ed
always says that it's your layout: do what you like.  But I find for most
of us it's not that simple.  A friend of mine liked the N&W, he wanted to
run some different stuff, he developed a freelance line called The Cover
River, which had--historical fantasy--bought control of the N&W.  His J had
a green stripe, and was lettered for the Clover River.  It didn't bother
him.

My rule is that You have to Like what You see in your basement.  If an N&W
2-8-2 doesn't bother you, cool.  But you sound like it might.  How about
one of the N&W connections that had Mikes, letter it for the connection,
have trackage rights, or model the connection, or even the "occasional"
diversion.  For a flood, or derailment, or work train, or ???  I'm thinking
that we have pictures of an N&W J on the Virginian for such an occasion.
Look for places where there are multiple connections.  My interest in N&W
developed because I was modeling a freelance road for years (before I got
bit by the Virginian bug), wanted a connection with a coal hauler, wanted
to run a variety of steam, and stumbled on Hagerstown, Maryland: N&W, B&O,
WM, almost the Reading.  Even though I'm mostly modeling the Virginian, I
have a lot of time flexibility: my ELCs run next to steam that was long
gone when they showed up.

Have fun.  This is a hobby.  As Ricky Nelson said; You can't please
everyone, so you've got to please yourself.

Frank Bongiovanni

On Sun, Apr 12, 2020 at 1:32 PM NW Mailing List via NW-Mailing-List <
nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:

> Modeling somewhat faithfully (but not precisely) the N&W system — all
> steam; coal unit consist; J engine passenger train; mountainous terrain;
> coal mine.   Trying to determine whether I should run a 2-8-2 Mikado with
> N&W livery on the tender on a N&W modeled layout.
>
> Sounds like geographically close, but so far no N&W livery on the
> prototype steam engine.
>
> Thinking I’ll apply the rule,  “It’s my layout, I can do what I like and
> if someone else doesn’t like it she can keep her opinion to herself.”
>
> Bill Demarest
>
> On Apr 11, 2020, at 4:07 PM, NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>
> wrote:
>
> 
> N&W and ACL jointly owned the WSSB, so N&W was half owner. They even
> bought them 2 Geeps when it was dieselized. They were later painted and
> numbered in the N&W series.
>
> Jim Nichols
>
> On Saturday, April 11, 2020, 11:21:29 AM CDT, NW Mailing List via
> NW-Mailing-List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:
>
>
> Ed Burnett,
>
> You explained that the “Winston Salem Southbound actually owned four 2-8-2
> mikados: numbers 300 and 301 . . .”
>
> Please forgive my lack of knowledge — new-comer to the fascinating history
> of the N&W.  What was the relationship of the “Winston Salem Southbound”
> you mentioned to the N&W?
>
> Bill Demarest
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On Apr 11, 2020, at 7:22 AM, NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>
> wrote:
> >
> > Winston Salem Southbound actually owned four 2-8-2 mikados: numbers 300
> and 301
>
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