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I've been imitated quite a bit by this forum, but the string on free lance railroads sorta gave me faith again. [url][/url]http://www.trains.com/community/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=18767 I was getting worried that to get back into this hobby, I had to model a railway accurately down the number of ties, paint scheme correct on every car, heaven help me if I had an engine that wasn't in service on that line for another 2 years, and I sure better dedicate at least a 30' by 40' multi tier basement to my efforts, etc, etc. Even as I read MR magazine, one review commented on how the miniscule horn was brass and should have been black or vice-versa. The layouts all seem to be bigger than my house. I fully understand how some people are into the realism aspect that much and it's not only admirable, it's interesting, but I was getting back into this just of the fun of it. I even thought of trying to find some old cars I remember from my childhood where the logs got rolled onto the train or the little guy in a fork lift pushed a box onto a flat car. There is nothing realistic or prototypical about it, but I liked it. I didn't grow up that interested in trains; I grew up more interested in model trains. One thing I have noticed is that there seems to be a gap in information for people like me. There are a fair number of books on getting started and a lot of info on prototypical or big layouts, but not so much for the 'casual' model railroader. I'm also into astronomy and the two main magazines are Astronomy and Sky & Telescope. I think they found the same thing in that everyone was not an astrophysicist or had a 14" SMT telescope, so they recently came out with a new publication called Night Sky, catering to those interested in astronomy but who may be just starting, have a beginner scope, not know the night sky so well etc. I think it's a good idea and something the MR crowd might think about, I don't know the size of the potential market, but just a random thought. Oh well thanks for listening, I feel better and I like I said I don't feel near as bad about my thoughts on a new model railroad as I was begining to have.
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