(erielack) Re - EL Freelance Layouts

[RJFlei_@_aol.com]

List,

I'm doing a bit of freelancing, too. I have always been a fan of the Erie. In 
the last 25 years I've also become a C&O Fan, especially of their steam power 
and passenger trains.

I didn't want to give up on either one so I thought I'd try freelancing. How 
do you marry the C&O and the Erie RR? The only place the two met was Marion, 
Oh. and Hammond, Indiana. I wanted to model eastern Ohio, sort of like W&LE 
territory. How do I do that? 

The plan was a freelanced  line from the Erie's Lisbon Branch into the East 
Liverpool, Oh. area to make connection with a freelanced C&O line into the same 
area from Charleston, W. Va. 

This is a North - South route with manufactured goods travelling to points 
south. Coal and perishables travelling to points north. 

Passenger traffic would be to points south in the winter and through line 
traffic to points north and south year round. There will be connections with C&O 
mainline trains at Charleston. Also, from C&O trains at Charleston to points 
north, like Cleveland and Buffalo. 

The line will also include interchange traffic with the B&O, W&LE (NKP), PRR, 
and NYC. 

Maybe if the Erie or EL had a line like this in real life they'd still be in 
business! In one form or another. 

Now all I have to do is build it! I'm about a year behind schedule.

Rick Fleischer
ELHS 1426
Cortland, Oh.


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