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For me, modelrailroading allows the modeller to tasp into that part of themselves that always wanted to drive a train. Agree? Well, the only reallife indoor trains I have seen are in metro subways. If HO moddelers were fair dinkum, their WHOLE layout would be in a tunnell! The great trains of the world are outside! I've seen countless episodes of Casey Jones where some act of nature blocked the track. The Ghan in Central Australia always had to contend with flooded or washed away track. So when nature attacks my garden with it'sfuture railway in it, that's an element of realism that the indoors mob would never get. I have baulked on the idea for a few years now, basically because all of the sets that I had seen seemed small, almost childishlocos with little red carriages behind them. The HO range is phenomenal - allowing the hobbyist to recreate in detail what happens on the track in real life. However, from what I have seen lately, G scale is fast catching up. I want to run a real train around my garden, not a toy puffing billy. As G scale manufacturers conquer THAT problem at a similar cost, a huge pillar of support for indoor layouts will be gone. The other factor is that a shed or a room for an indoor layout is an expensive thing to erect. My outside is already there. One acre of layout ready to roll!
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