Jim Botsco likes the Standard Railroad, The Pennsylvania Railroad. It's a smooth running O scale set in 1940, using switchlists & operating over a single track subdivision of the Pennsy in southwestern PA. It's focused on local switching and operations, and keeps 7 crews busy full time. Love the sound of those big engines rumbling over crossings and switches on this big railroad.

Here's Jim's description of his railroad & it's operations:

Here's a drawing of Jim's railroad:

Here's some pic's of Jim's Pennsy:

This is what Jim is modeling...the Monogahela Branch of the Pennsy!

This is Jim, modeling Jim!

This is in Connellsville.

Another of Connellsville

Connellsville on the left, and YoungWood yard on the right

'She be commin' roun the mountain...on the Oppossum Run Branch

Not sure where the heck this is...

This is the Connellsville industrial area.

The yard entrance to Connellsville

Roundhouse at Youngwood

This is the coal operation at Leisenring

Here's a veiw over the top of Scottdale, at some trains emerging from "under the bridge" staging

This is the Yough bridge

Here's a couple switchers working the Youngwood yard ladder