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Re: 8 vs. 6 (was: Excited to Finally be here...)
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Thu, 10 Feb 2000 02:11:00 GMT
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One other "take" on model railroading (the one that I prefer, of course) is
not to worry too much about the detail of models vs. prototype, or even
scale, as long as you can recognize "that's a boxcar, that's a hopper,
that's a Pullman, etc." I prefer to go deeper into the actual running of
the trains: consists, yard switching, schedules, hauling raw material to
the factory and picking up finished goods to haul to the freight depot to be
distributed to the townsfolk, etc.
For this, it doesn't matter if you're 6-wide, 8-wide, or 20-wide for that
matter, only what fits in your residence (without getting stepped on!).
The reason that I chose Lego to model trains with is that everything comes
apart and goes back together easier, I can build a new layout every night if
I want to, and packing things up for shipment around the world is much
easier (a critical fact to consider when you're in the military and move
every 1-2 years).
--
William A. Swanberg
CPT, SC
Commander, 229th Signal Company (TACSAT)
swanberg@msn.com
"Tony Priestman" <Tony@you-rang.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
news:WxiQCaA6Lho4EwoJ@you-rang.demon.co.uk...
> On Wed, 9 Feb 2000, Larry Pieniazek (<Fpoosu.HrL@lugnet.com>) wrote at
> 22:22:06
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> >
> > I'll be blunter. Everyone on this thread, are we actually disagreeing • about
> > anything here??? I don't think so, really.
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> Probably not.
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> I think either John G misread my post, or I misunderstood his
> disagreement, because I ended up wanting to write the same thing again
> :-)
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> I guess I'm just trying to get people to express their objectives a bit
> more clearly when talking about their designs.
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> Modelling trains with LEGO is fun and a challenge, but scale modelling
> it ain't, so talking about scale is just a waste of time.
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> There. I think that's what I meant to say :-)
> --
> Tony Priestman
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| I agree with William here - there is so much more to model trains* than the phsical realism of the models. I would love to explore automated operation, bar-coded freight yards and more 'realistic' operation, all possible using Lego trains of course. (...) (25 years ago, 10-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| On Wed, 9 Feb 2000, Larry Pieniazek (<Fpoosu.HrL@lugnet.com>) wrote at 22:22:06 (...) Probably not. I think either John G misread my post, or I misunderstood his disagreement, because I ended up wanting to write the same thing again :-) I guess I'm (...) (25 years ago, 10-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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