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Is there any model railroaders in SC ?
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I didn't really mean for my first posting on this thread to be flippant - I was just trying to have some good natured fun. For instance I love the New York Central - best telephone exchange I ever did business with - right now there are dozens of NYC fans grinding their teeth. <br /> <br />Seriously, I have a difficult time comprehending a Model Railroad Club where the members wanted to do everything else except talk about modeling and model railroading. Chances are pretty good that if you got disgruntled and quit others have also; you need to find these guys but I can't give you the first inkling about how to do that. <br /> <br />I'm not acquainted with the Charleston area but my gazateer indicates a population in the vicinity of 100,000; add another 100,000 in the extended metropolitan area and your dealing in the ballpark of 200,000 to 250,000. I have a difficult time believing there is not at least one major hobby shop in that area. Locate it and make a trip up there occasionally. I haven't run into a hobby shop yet that didn't have some kind of a bulletin board; put a note on it seeking contacts in the Beaufort area. Savannah, I believe, is even larger and you might consider an occasional trip down there. <br /> <br />You signed yourself as writing from "The Crappy South". I'm going to surmise that you have relocated there from somewhere else. I spent twenty years in the Air Force and made a lot of acquaintences with people who had had assignments in North Carolina or Georgia - South Carolina I can't say - and, almost to a man, they all loved the south. <br /> <br />I reside in a very, very large metropolitan area, one of the largest in the country. Considering our population we really do not have a very dense model railroad following. It is very warm here - that should give you a powerful hint of where I'm talking about - and we have a very good Garden Railway following but that same factor is indicative of the fact that there are a lot of (winter) outdoor activities that take place. Around here summer is the time to "stay indoors and work on the railroad"; this isn't Chicago or Minneapolis!! With a few exceptions model railroading activity tends to drop off the warmer the year-round climate becomes.
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