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Re: What´s so special about trains?
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lugnet.trains
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Sun, 21 Nov 1999 05:03:18 GMT
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Jim Rorstrom wrote in message ...
> In lugnet.trains, Tobias Möller writes:
> > Why does so many people love trains?
> >
> > Is it because you can build scale-models of real trains?
> > Because they move?
> > Because you like model railroads?
> > Because it´s lego?
> > Because it gives your town a nice addition?
> >
> > --Tobias
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> I'll add one to your list; because we like trains (the real thing). I live • on
> the most direct rail line (Union Pacific) between Kansas City and Denver.
> Typical traffic includes coal and grain trains, which explains why one of • my
> projects is building coal and grain cars (thanks Larry). This past summer • I
> chased Amtrack's Southwest Chief about 20 miles while traveling on I-25 • near
> the Colorado-New Mexico state line, which explains my other project, an • Amtrack
> like passenger train. There is something about a train.
I'd like to add one more possibility of the attraction of model railroading.
Railroads are about the only "system" from real life which can be simulated
in model form. Sure you can drive your RC cars, planes, and boats around,
but it is impractical to actually re-create much of a system (about the only
other thing which might be close is race cars where you can model an entire
race if you have a bunch of people). Model railroads are also the only such
modeling where scenery is typically created (though I have seen race car
setups which have scenery). Note also that the railroad simulations extend
beyond just modeling the trains and scenery, they extend to simulating
commerce (has anyone heard of a group of RC airplane modelers who have
simulated a commercial air travel system by creating multiple airports and
setting up schedules of passenger and freight traffic between those
airports?)
The other "system" which has at all a comparable level of effort into the
simulations is war, but there isn't any automation there.
It is also interesting to note that the most extensive diorama modeling
beyond model railroads is also military.
Frank
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