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Let’s look at a nuance that, if a littleattention is paid, can give your railroadreal believability at no (OK,maybe a little) additional expense.Most railroads in the real world paygreat attention to common designs andpractices, as a cost-savings measure. Ifwe emulate that practice on our railroads,whether freelanced or prototype,we greatly enhance the visualbelievability of our empires. We’ll callthis “commonality”, for the purposesof this issue’s little tirade.Most of you are already used to theidea of a common paint scheme forlocomotives and rolling stock. Manyalso go to great pains to make sure allof your Diesels have the same sparkarrestors on the stacks, or some othercommon detail feature as a tool toachieve a family resemblance. By theway, since many of our newcomers areinterested in the Diesel era, let’s carrythat thought a little further. Give somethought to what locomotive types youbuy. If your railroad is freelanced(modeling a fictitious company ratherthan one that exists or existed) you willdo well to pay some homage to thisconcept. Most smaller companies, inthe post WWII era, tried to narrowtheir rosters to one builder’s product.The obvious reason was, and still is,that the shop forces only had to beproficient in one builder’s locomotives,and the spare parts inventorycould be much smaller with manycommon assemblies for all locomotivetypes on the roster. An easy way for afreelance modeler to enhance thecredibility of his or her railroad is topick a builder, be it Alco, EMD, Baldwin,or whomever, and limit modelpurchases to that particular builder.Even larger companies rosteringunits from many builders, such as NewYork Central, learned to assign differentbuilder’s locomotives to differentregions. Thus, in NYC’s case, Alcosand (later) GE’s predominated on theEast end, while EMDs were based onthe West end. Even NYC’s minoritybuilders, like Fairbanks-Morse, Lima,22 • O Scale Trains - July/Aug ’04and Baldwin, were eventually groupedtogether in discrete locations withshop forces trained in the nuances ofeach builder and parts inventories concentrated.It was a hard lesson to learn,and some large roads never learned itat all. What this means is, if you modelone of the larger roads, just buyinganything painted for your favorite roadmay be fine for you now. Later, youmay want to choose one of the regionsof that road and focus your rosteraccordingly.Getting back to more general commonalityconcepts for a minute, take alook at your structures. All of thosetowers, stations, watchman shanties,yard offices, and other company structuresrepresent an opportunity for commonality.Most railroads paint theirstructures in a common paint scheme,just like they do with locomotives androlling stock. You will be surprised atthe improvement in appearance andcredibility if you follow that example.You prototype modelers will be able tofind the right color scheme in photosand other research material. For thefreelancers among us, you get to pickone. Avoid the circus colors, though,as most expense conscious railroadswould make color choices that weatherwell. Common schemes includegrays with green trim, ochre with redor brown trim, and the like. Pick oneand take the time to paint all thosecompany buildings. Even if the architecturedoesn’t match, the commonpaint treatments will add anotherthread of commonality to the overallappearance of the railroad, just as itdoes with locomotives and rollingstock.Speaking of architecture, though,consider this. Many railroads used acommon signature in their architectureand engineering practices. Santa Fewas famous for it’s “mission-architecture”stations. In New England, theBoston and Albany was widely laudedin the architecture world for theRichardson styled stone stations andgrounds along its mainline, while NewHaven was known for the (strangechoice!) pagoda-type towers on itsproperty. Pennsy used cut block stonefor retaining walls, bridge abutments,and tunnel portals. Of course, you prototypemodelers will want to be awareof these practices and incorporatethem on your layouts, while the freelancerscan choose such a practice tofollow, just to re-enforce the plausibilityof their railroad building efforts.Bridges, signals, relay boxes, switchmotors, and the like are often paintedin the same color, usually silver orblack. If you don’t have, say, relayboxes yet, go buy a bunch of identicalones, paint them all the same color,and install them. Do the same for otherthings like switch motor castings orswitch stands, battery vaults, and thatsort of stuff. Get some signals, evendummy ones, and plant ‘em. Then goaround the railroad with your silver orblack paint and cover all the metalstructures and mechanisms that themaintenance department would haveto paint. In a couple evenings, you’vewoven another commonality thread.Now go and get a bunch of companyvehicles. Pickup trucks, maintenancetrucks, crew busses and vans(what, you think we walked to the Y?),track speeders and track equipment,bulldozers and tractors, and anythingelse your railroad would use in reallife. Pick (or research) a paint schemeand paint them all up in company colors.The lesson here is that commonality,or family resemblance, is not limitedto paint on locomotives and rollingstock, but found throughout a railroad’spurchasing and maintenancepractices. You prototype guys can findthem out with a little research, and youfreelancers just have a few choices tomake. By applying a few of the morevisual of these, we can improve thevisual believability of our railroads atvery little expense, and without awhole lot of effort.Let’s go Exploring!◆(brian@oscalemag.com)
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