Fort Worth 1925 - about 95% of the trackwork done, scenery just beginning. It started out with me simply wanting to model the Texas & Pacific Yard there, since my great-grandfather was an engineer on the T&P Cannon Ball Express out of Fort Worth. He died in 1926. I also knew that my grandfather was a fireman on the Fort Worth & Denver there, and another great-grandfather was a 'car washer.' Turned out there were a few other RRs in Fort Worth at that time, including
Texas & Pacific
Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe
Chicago, Rock Island, and Gulf
Fort Worth & Denver - 'The Denver' as my granddad called it
Missouri, Kansas, Texas 'The Katy'
Houston & Texas Central
International & Great Northern
Fort worth & Rio Grande
St. Louis & San Francisco 'Frisco'
St. Louis & Southwestern 'Cotton Belt'
Fort Worth Beltway RR
Fort Worth Union RR
I have included all of them in the route - it's a switching route - along with their nine separate turntables, eight roundhouses, and ten yards.
Oh, and the North Texas Traction Railway 'The Interurban.
It's been a real history lesson doing the trackwork.' Attached is one major source, and then there are thirty or so more docs I've found, from aerial photos to insurance company maps.
