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In lugnet.trains.org, James J. Trobaugh writes:
> 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.
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> 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
And besides, LEGOs are just toys! And you have to put them together yourself!
When will they ever learn?
Aaron
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| If I ever have to run my LEGO trains at scale speeds according to pseudo time tables I will shoot my self and have my collection ground up and sprinkled over the nearest train yard! SteveB (...) (25 years ago, 15-May-00, to lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.trains)
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