by rrfoose
Hi all,
I have developed a concept for a model railroad and decided to make a website for it (same old web address, but new website). The Ohio & Indiana is based on a fictional history of railroading in the Midwest.
A short history lesson: In the formation of Conrail in 1976, Chessie ended up buying the Erie Lackawanna east of Sterling, OH. The trackage west of Sterling was spun off to a new railroad, aptly named the Ohio & Indiana Railroad for the two states it operated in. Since there is already a real life Indiana & Ohio, I went with the Ohio & Indiana for a name. I'm from Ohio so it makes sense that I'd put that state first (nothing against Indianans though). The Ohio & Indiana railroad was actually a real railroad - it later became part of the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne & Chicago, aka Pennsy's "Ft Wayne Line"...which just happens to be part of my railroad here, even if it wasn't a reason for the original naming of the ex-EL trackage. Later, they added the parallel ex-PRR main from Crestline-Chicago. Finally, when the real Indiana & Ohio bought the ex-DT&I trackage from GTW, my railroad did instead (leaving the still real INOH as a shortline in southwestern Ohio with which my railroad interchanges).
Many may recognize the paint scheme - it belongs to the "old" Indiana & Ohio Railroad (INOH) that I've mentioned (now called I&O Railway (IORY)under RailAmerica ownership). Back when this line was smaller and independent, they painted their locos red & white. When the operation was bought by RailTex, they changed to all red. Finally, RA bought RailTex and along came the standardized CORP paint scheme. I always liked the looks of this railroad and since IORY only has one of these units left on home rails (there are a few others scattered to shortlines/industries and other RA properties), I felt comfortable using their paint scheme for my railroad.
Feel free to take a look at my website and make comments or ask questions! There is still a few things to finish, but I'm 95% of the way there! Now, if only I had the time to build my planned Ashland-Marion modeled segment...
http://www.trainweb.org/southpenn/index.htm
Chase Z.
I have developed a concept for a model railroad and decided to make a website for it (same old web address, but new website). The Ohio & Indiana is based on a fictional history of railroading in the Midwest.
A short history lesson: In the formation of Conrail in 1976, Chessie ended up buying the Erie Lackawanna east of Sterling, OH. The trackage west of Sterling was spun off to a new railroad, aptly named the Ohio & Indiana Railroad for the two states it operated in. Since there is already a real life Indiana & Ohio, I went with the Ohio & Indiana for a name. I'm from Ohio so it makes sense that I'd put that state first (nothing against Indianans though). The Ohio & Indiana railroad was actually a real railroad - it later became part of the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne & Chicago, aka Pennsy's "Ft Wayne Line"...which just happens to be part of my railroad here, even if it wasn't a reason for the original naming of the ex-EL trackage. Later, they added the parallel ex-PRR main from Crestline-Chicago. Finally, when the real Indiana & Ohio bought the ex-DT&I trackage from GTW, my railroad did instead (leaving the still real INOH as a shortline in southwestern Ohio with which my railroad interchanges).
Many may recognize the paint scheme - it belongs to the "old" Indiana & Ohio Railroad (INOH) that I've mentioned (now called I&O Railway (IORY)under RailAmerica ownership). Back when this line was smaller and independent, they painted their locos red & white. When the operation was bought by RailTex, they changed to all red. Finally, RA bought RailTex and along came the standardized CORP paint scheme. I always liked the looks of this railroad and since IORY only has one of these units left on home rails (there are a few others scattered to shortlines/industries and other RA properties), I felt comfortable using their paint scheme for my railroad.
Feel free to take a look at my website and make comments or ask questions! There is still a few things to finish, but I'm 95% of the way there! Now, if only I had the time to build my planned Ashland-Marion modeled segment...
http://www.trainweb.org/southpenn/index.htm
Chase Z.
