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[quote user="NWP SWP"] In another thread there is a rather vigorous discussion about the "demise" of local MRRing clubs" and I had a thought of what could be a solution. Clubs are in a low due to millennials not wanting to be social in person, but at the same time millennials also aren't buying homes due to things like insecurity of whether they'll need to move for a job, ect. So they could stand to benefit from a club... what if a club was started where the members aren't all able to attend in person, but instead they each complete a project to build the layout then mail it to the physical club and then the structure is added to the layout, basically a semi virtual club. What do you guys think? <div style="clear:both;"> </div> [/quote] Might not be a bad idea. I read this one guy's blog where him and a buddy of his who live a good distance from each other hold virtual ops sessions. How it works is the two of them both own a lot of the same cars and have waybills printed up for different industries on each other's layouts. They exchange email pictures of the cars staged at various indutries on their own layouts thus creating the illusion that a train has hauled the cars from one layout to the other. For example a load of pipes from a steel mill on one layout goes to a pipe fitting plant on the other's layout.  Does it sound strange? Maybe. But if the hobby's on the decline as the prophets of doom and gloom always like to claim, then it's gonna take some outside the box thinking to "save" it from whatever is killing it this week.
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