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Not at all. I find the modern railroads of today truly boring. Give me the steam to diesel transition era any day (50-55). Early diesels had variety and character, with all of the minority builders that were around then. Not to mention the action of a steam engine! Now that was railroading at it's finest! Also, the unit-trains of today have become nothing more than strings of look alike cars where the only difference is how much and what type of graffiti some vandal has spraypainted on the car. During the 40's and 50's there was a huge variety in freight cars. At times, you could even find boxcars that were 4-5 different heights and 2-3 types of sheathing all in the same train. It is this variety that enamors me to this era. With the amount and quality of plastic steam and early diesels that have been produced in the last few years, I don't think that I'm alone in my feelings on this subject. I'm just a little more vocal about it. Darl Kretsinger Modeling the era when "diseasels" were nothing more than fancy painted powered boxcars!
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