Actually, there is a way to be a generalist and a purist as well
– getting the best of both worlds. That’s what I do with my HO
Siskiyou Line. How am I able to accomplish that?
I like modeling the 1980s Southern Pacific in Oregon. I do it in a
generalist way, but manage to keep it purist as well!
As I write this, it’s May 2014, so I declare it’s currently May
1984 on my layout, making it exactly 30 years in the past.
In 2010, I declared it to be 1980 on my Siskiyou Line. As this
decade unfolds, I will march through the years on my Siskiyou
Line until we get to 2019 (1989). Once it’s 2020, I will roll the
date back 40 years, and the layout will be back to 1980 again.
On my Southern Oregon prototype, the decade began with a
lot of UP pool power, so I can run mixed SP - UP power con-
sists. By the mid-decade, the UP pool power was largely gone
MRH-Jun 2014
