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I Am an Amateur & All Alone in my Thinking
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<p>I was once a collector of QSI engines. I bought one of pretty much everything BLI made.</p><p>Well, I simplified my life, stayed with B&O and suddenly I have about 8 engines or so that get run regularly. It makes my spouse happy to see a room that has trains and construction happening. Not being a storage area for thousands of dollars of sad engines with no trains to pull or track to run on.</p><p>I will always buy engines but am much more careful and selective.</p><p>When I visit another railroad, I enjoy what is running on that railroad regardless of what I think or do. Remember, Im down here in Rock Island, Cotton Belt, UP country and they dont give me too much of a hard time. Even there are PRR fans down here as well.</p><p>Point being, you like it. Bought it, Now run it and enjoy them.</p><p>If you have more than 20 engines and like em all you are a "Collector" of engines. There is not anything wrong with it until one day it gets Ebayed for 500 dollars from a family who does not know or have instructions on what to do with all of the train stuff.</p><p>When I pass on, my spouse or funeral home has specific instructions on disposal and reassignment of my train stuff so that they will continue to run on another railroad and gain others enjoyment as much as I have enjoyed them.</p><p>Now if you need rolling stock to make a engine look at home, go get a few cars for it to pull. Ive had my Reading T1 pulling Rio Grande cars once or twice. Not a second thought. Now that probably never happened in the real world... but who knows?</p><p>Your trains, enjoy your trains. You dont need us to validate your existance or love of model trains.</p>
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