Free-lance: Modeling that does not closely follow a real (prototype) railroad.
Free-lance Make up your own design.
Frog The point where the track's rails cross the turnout's rails in a switch.
Gauge Distance between the rails. Prototype in America is 4' 8.5" ...
My free-lanced Amoskeag Northern, set in Northern New England, features branch and secondary lines, and regional Amtrak service, run using a central dispatcher.
Robin's Free-Lanced N Scale Railroad
ALL ABOARD THE SANTA FE SUPER CHIEF
N Scale Railroad Features the Super Chief ...
layout is a free-lance representation of a route from San Diego to Sacramento.
Pacific Desert Lines - N scale layout
Based on a rail line that was surveyed but never built, this 1200 sq. ft. layout features hand laid Code 40 track (0.
For anyone who models small railroads, has a free-lanced railroad, of just likes to paint. Stripping can be done for a number of reasons, Undecorated versions not available, decorated versions cheaper, ect...
Here's a list of whats worked for me.
" Privateers are hired by the various navies as a sort of free-lance auxiliary fleet. But privateers are still pirates at heart. The only difference is that privateers take their orders from the Navy.
Strang, Lionel "Evolving Paint Schemes on the Allegheny & Lackawana Southern", Model Railroader, November 1996, p78-83. Discusses how to develop a believable paint scheme for a free-lance model railroad.
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