Introducing the Longhorn & Golden R.R.

An On30 agriculture themed layout on the state line between Oklahoma and Texas.

Railroad mark as it will appear on tenders

"Car mark" as it will appear on cars

Quick Facts

Locale	State line between Oklahoma and Texas
Time Period	Fall 1956* (tentative)
Primary Industries	Cattle, Grain
Secondary Industries	Fuel Dealer, Distillery

Back Story
When most other railroads in the country were going all diesel, the Longhorn & Golden R.R.'s daily mixed freight was still being pulled behind an alternating pair of 2-8-0 outside frame engines, purchased second hand in the late 20's.  Sure, the management had talked about going standard gauge at many 'a board meeting but there simply wasn't enough traffic to maintain a profit in doing so.  Truth be told, the LHRR is the only railroad 'round these parts, so steam it was.

Surviving on just enough local traffic to stay afloat the LHRR pulls boxy cars of cattle and grain through the golden brown, frosted plains on a chilly fall morning.  Winter is coming.  Cattlemen are shipping their last loads of longhorns and owners of elevators their last shipments of grain.  There's some pockets of snow around on the chilled landscape from a snow last night.

Location
The LHRR crosses the Texas/Oklahoma state line as it makes it's way from Sweetwater, OK to Blackwell, TX, the southern terminus of the line.  In Sweetwater, the closets thing to a "city" the LHRR touches the line meets a standard gauge transfer with the AT&SF.

The area of the layout I'm building is represented in black line.  The track to the north on the Oklahoma side is a future expansion.  My initial layout efforts will be focused on the southern portion, Blackwell and North Spur.

Engine Roster

#	Engine	Fuel	Notes
6	2-8-0 OF	Oil	Bachmann On30 2-8-0, stock "square" tender
7	2-8-0 OF	Oil	Bachmann On30 2-8-0, whaleback tender
11	0-4-0 Boxcab	Diesel	BVM Little-bose Boxcab

Car Roster

#'s	Type	Notes
LH100-LH110	Boxcar	BVM 20' Wooden boxcar
LH111-LH125	Boxcar	BVM 20' Steel boxcar
LH130-LH145	Stock Car	BVM 20' Stockcar
LH150-LH158	UTLX Narrow Frame Tank Car	Scratchbuild or kitbash?
LH160-LH163	UTLX Frameless Tank Car	Scratchbuild or kitbash?
LH200	Passenger Car	Bachmann On30 passenger car?
LH201	Combine	Provided for ranchers to accompany large movements of stock cars and "water" cattle during transit.
LH202	RPO	Kitbash?

* Quantity of cars right now is just an estimate.  I need to do better calculations to determine a target amount.