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Re: LEGO and the NMRA
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Mon, 15 May 2000 16:03:02 GMT
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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


In lugnet.trains.org, Aaron West writes:
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.

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



Message has 3 Replies:
  Re: LEGO and the NMRA
 
Steve - LOL - I love it! :^) Ed (...) yourself! (...) (24 years ago, 15-May-00, to lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.trains)
  Re: LEGO and the NMRA
 
<calm police negotiator voice ON> Steve ... put the gun down...you have a lot to live for...your minifigs are counting on you...<calm police negotiator voice OFF> I wonder though has anyone ever tried to figure out what the LEGO scale speeds are? (...) (24 years ago, 15-May-00, to lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.trains)
  Re: LEGO and the NMRA
 
(...) Don't do THAT, just sell it to me. Proto operation (switch lists, dispatchers, CTC panels, bad orders, etc.) can be a lot of fun. It's just not everyone's cup of tea, it's a lot like WORK. :-) As our hobby matures we will see continued (...) (24 years ago, 15-May-00, to lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.trains)

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  Re: LEGO and the NMRA
 
(...) When will they ever learn? Aaron (24 years ago, 15-May-00, to lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.trains)

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