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I'd vote for making entry (re-entry) into this hobby less intimidating by spinning off a version of Model Railroader magazine targeted at new train hobbyists. As two of my other interests are flying and astronomy, I'd use examples like "Flight Training" magazine which is a beginner publication compared to "AOPA Pilot" or "Night Sky" a really good beginner magazine to compliment the lower end of their main magazine "Sky & Telescope" In these, I'd concentrate on getting started in the hobby, simple explanations, acronym sections, background sections, easy layouts, low cost models, etc, etc. (y’know I don't know what an F7 is or what EMD stands for, I would like to know, but don't think that is really a pre-requisite for having fun, but if you don't know about half these posts and most of MR doesn't make a lot of sense). I think somebody at MR should look at these two publications (and there are many others in other fields) of ways to make this less intimidating to newbie’s. It's my own personal issue, but I don't care too much about trains, I like model trains. I haven't grown up around trains (and I don’t think many under 40 have either), so I'd try to steer away from the emphasis on literal prototypical and what the LCE&WD really looked like 50 years ago and, instead, point out the aspects of having fun with the hobby as a hobby, not as a re-creation of a past I have no real attachment to.
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