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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
> >
> >
> > --
> > ---------------------------------------------------------
> > 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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| <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? (...) (26 years ago, 15-May-00, to lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.trains)
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| (...) 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 (...) (26 years ago, 15-May-00, to lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.trains)
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