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At most, there might be 500,000 people with trains of one sort or another. Half or less are scale model railroaders, and a smaller group makes up those of us that think the hobby is the living end and pursue it year 'round. My point? Boycott UP? Think about it, think real hard. All 200,000 of us very active model railroaders not purchasing anything with UP markings. Right! UP, a true mega corp with mega earnings and mega profits, oh how we will get them. They will really miss the few thousand dollars a year (probably less) from model railroad royalties. We will bring them to their knees. We will dictate how they are to be broken up and what parts will remain in use and what parts will be put to the torch. Yes, model railroaders arise, it is time to slay the UP dragon. Kidding aside, the money UP will get from the licensing agreement, even from beyond the model market, will in no way be sufficient to cover the legal costs they have borne to put the agreement in place. The licensing agreement was, perhaps, not aimed at model railroaders. It just might be someone's brain fart, someone with enough clout to put the fear of God into his/her subordinates and get a pet project done. Now that sounds like the corporate America I have learned to love and cherish. Steam is eternal. Tom
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