One of the guys from my club made the trip from SE Michigan out to RPI this last weekend to participate in an NEB&W operating session. I'm looking forward to hearing him recount his experience tonight or tomorrow.
-Fritz Milhaupt, Publications Editor, Pere Marquette Historical Society, Inc.http://www.pmhistsoc.org
In todays world, it is very tough for engineering students to spend much time on hobbies of any sort. I worked for a large company as an engineer. This company used RPI for advanced degrees. During my time there the grade point to be considered for employment went from 3.0 to 3.8. I was evolved with hiring of new engineers for may years.
When I graduated in the 60's, getting a degree was enough to get a good job. Now you have to have exceptional grades. In spite of what you might have heard, I gave no credit for active hobby participation. Grades and publications in the field were of primary focus.
This with other factors of the day have to be impacting the number of students that will find the time to work on a layout.
So many trains, so little time,
Larry
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