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Subject:	Are LEGO "Train" Clubs endanger of becoming LEGO "Town" Clubs?
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Date:	Thu, 9 Aug 2001 22:49:25 GMT
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Are LEGO "Train" Clubs endanger of becoming LEGO "Town" Clubs? I have notice that over the past 6 months or so that much of the talk and pictures from LTCs has been more of non-train related town structures than of engines, rolling stock and train related facilities. I don't know if this is just a trend as people are inspired by other's creations or if it's becoming the new focus of the LTCs and the trains are just the props on the layouts. As the layouts grow larger and more organized it's easy to see that there is more real-estate to cover and train structures alone don't always fill the gaps. I worry that a lot of the focus of the LTCs gets lost when the town becomes the emphasis over the trains. Don't get me wrong here, I'm not accusing one group over the other, and I'm not excluding our local LTC from this either. I'm just wondering what others think about it. Has anyone else noticed this trend or is it just me? jt -- James J. Trobaugh North Georgia LEGO Train Club http://www.ngltc.org

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		Re: Are LEGO "Train" Clubs endanger of becoming LEGO "Town" Clubs?
Well, I wouldn't say we are anymore "town" centric than the next non-LEGO train club. I think a great club is made up of a good mix of town, landscape, and trains (with wheels) -iacs. I like the train aspect of it all but I do a bit of RCX stuff. I (...) (23 years ago, 10-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains.org)

		Re: Are LEGO "Train" Clubs endanger of becoming LEGO "Town" Clubs?
A very interesting question, JT. As for my own club, the GMLTC, I know that we won't be including a train yarn in our initial building phase because some perceive cars just sitting on tracks as "boring". Nothing could be further from the truth for (...) (23 years ago, 10-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains.org)

		Re: Are LEGO "Train" Clubs endanger of becoming LEGO "Town" Clubs?
(...) I don't think that the focus has been lost. For example, the PNLTC show that we just did, probably more effort goes into building the scenery around the trains than the trains themselves...but then, the trains occupy less of the space- I think (...) (23 years ago, 10-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains.org)

		Re: Are LEGO "Train" Clubs endanger of becoming LEGO "Town" Clubs?
(...) Interesting question! I'm not sure how to answer it, though... As the GMLTC (slowly!) works on its new layout, we're building a lot of buildings for our 'downtown' area. Are we putting a lot of effort into them? Yep - but we put a lot of (...) (23 years ago, 10-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains.org)

		Re: Are LEGO "Train" Clubs endanger of becoming LEGO "Town" Clubs?
Point well taken James, but i think we should look at it another way also. Trains don't exist in a vacuum, the town and environs really set the time period and overall look of the entire layout. When non-train or lego buffs see the layout (...) (23 years ago, 10-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains.org)

		Re: Are LEGO "Train" Clubs endanger of becoming LEGO "Town" Clubs?
(...) This isn't directly related to this discussion but it is relevant to what our club (VLC) is experiencing right now. Our club is a general club, not a train club. We have a few dedicated Train members (Myself included) and several people that (...) (23 years ago, 10-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.org.ca.vlc)

		Re: Are LEGO "Train" Clubs endanger of becoming LEGO "Town" Clubs?
(...) I think there are a couple reasons for this trend, which I think is a good trend. - If you think about the museum and train show displays that have captivated you the most, I would suspect that most people would find the most "complete" (...) (23 years ago, 10-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains.org)

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