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Too much Model Railroading reading material available!
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You're not the only oddball here, Randy. I don't have the collection you might, but I can't imagine throwing them out any more than throwing out any of the literature or non-fiction books I haven't picked up in years. An interesting life-time exercise is to re-read JD Salinger’s Catcher In The Rye at various times in your life. When separated by years & experiences, each reading brings a remarkably new perspective in how the reader relates to Holden Caulfield. <br /> <br />I belong to to many RR forums & this subject was brought up somewhere. Forgive me if I'm repeating myself in these forums. <br /> <br />I find that my railroading interests change over the years. When I first began in the hobby as a child, diesels had just taken over the scene. We didn't get any magazines back in those early days, but had I saved only the articles I liked, all I would have would be articles on Trainmasters & the Erie. When I seriously got interested in modeling, I also became interested in the Ulster & Delaware prototype which became the Catskill Division of the NYC. Had I only saved articles from that era, I would only have a scant few articles. My current interests are logging & mining & I find myself pouring over articles in the magazines I thankfully didn't throw away, articles that I wouldn't have given more than a glance years ago. <br /> <br />So if you really have no space, get rid of them. If you are sure that you are so set in your ways that you will never develop an interest in other areas of modeling or railroading, get rid of them. If your mind is open, you haven't stopped learning and old ideas often develop into new interests, then hang on to them. <br /> <br />Wayne
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