Motive Power Plan

The small layout I'm building won't require many locomotives, so I'm planning to just model a few of my favorites. I've settled on the following 6, in order of likely completion (current status of each in parentheses):

• ALCo C424 #801 (in service)
• EMD GP35 #902 (in service)
• EMD GP7 #103 (under construction)
• EMD GP30 #700 (planned)
• ALCo RS2 #205 (under construction)
• ALCo RS11 #400 (planned)

The TP&W was notable for the diversity of its diesel locomotive roster; for example, in 1975 the railroad owned 21 locomotives of 10 different models. So it's entirely appropriate for me to pick one each of six different locomotive models for my roster. A reader with some knowledge of the TP&W's motive power will probably notice that one model is conspicuously absent from my list: a GP38-2. I'm personally not that fond of GP38-2s even though they were the dominant locomotive in the TP&W's fleet in the last few years prior to the Santa Fe merger. Perhaps I'll change my mind later, but in the meantime I will focus on the units I like the most.