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Don't want to move your hobby too far back toward wrok... but... I would suggest that you begin the same way you would an investigation... you have some known points... then assume nothing and spend a bunch of time looking around just to see what is going on. Also dig around for history... both in the real train world and the toy trains. Picking up back issues of mags is really useful... doesn't matter what date... just use them to get a wider picture. The net is great but you can get swamped... simple example :- pics from sites. i sugest you develop two things 1. a folder of pics you just like and 2. a collection of folders of specific things...e.g. locos, boxcars, gons, tankcars, bridges etc. the first should help you identify the things you like lookking at (though this might not be what you choose to model) the second will give you pics to help you detail models/choose which models. Some pics want to go in several folders. It's also useful to edit out specific deatils... but that maybe comes later. Although this may seem very organised (and horribly like work) it really makes progressing the hobby a ;lot easier... especially if you start early rather than before you have a pile of stuff. It can be incredibly absorbing (which for some reason is relaxing) just getting the ideas together and sorting them out for your head (rather than trying to recall where you saw something0. it's also really worth starting with some thing small as a model/layout... either as a trial run or to include in to bigger things later. there are many curves to be learnt Have fun!
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