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I was reading this months NMRA (Nation Model Railroad Assoc.) magazine
and it featured garden railroads. What caught my attention was some
comments from the editor. He mentioned that many in the NMRA didn't
consider garden railroads "real" model railroads, they were viewed more
as a novelty. But lately the garden railroad community has proven itself
as a legitimate form of model railroading and that it can be just as
detailed and elaborate as a HO layout.
This got me thinking, so day maybe LEGO railroading will earn the same
respect and be featured as well by the NMRA. I don't see this happening
in the next year or so, but as the LTCs grow and refine the skill of
LEGO railroading I do think it could happen in the future. I think as
more prototyping of trains and rolling stocks come about, and layouts
follow the paths of HO (and other scales) layouts, with real time tables
and schedules, that some day LEGO and the LTCs will be seen as a nice
alternative to the other scales. I know that LEGO can't really capture
the detail of the model trains that other scales have, but that's what
gives them that certain "flare" and "style" and makes them so much fun.
Well that was just some thoughts I had and I figured I'd share them.
jt
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James J. Trobaugh
North Georgia LEGO Train Club
http://www.ngltc.org
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| (...) A similar example is found with Hornby O gauge (pre/post WW2). This stuff is very toy-like, made of flat printed tinplate with it's own style, runs on very coarse track but it provides HUGE entertainment for adult collectors and spectators at (...) (25 years ago, 16-May-00, to lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.trains)
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