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Hello,<br />yes it is great to be in control of our hopbby and only do what we wish to do to please ourselves. I was born in the late forties. They were still running steam into the fifties. I like the old cars and I love the old passenger cars. Back at one time people didn't thinkl of taking a plane anywhere. One went by boat or train and the train cars were beautiful with first class accomodations. I do like the old passenger cars and don't like the spartan newbies that were made for those with not enough money to go by plane. I love the old ore cars and have been personally in the old mining towns in colorado, Idaho, Washington and all the others. I have camped in old ghost towns up past stibnite in the Idaho wilderness area and gone inside the old sheds and schools and even the mines. When one combines knowledge of the history and having been there with a little imagination then looks take on a different perspective I think. I love steam better then diesel, but I don't dislike diesels. A diesel is much prettier then a stinky smoking steam gushing boiler on wheels, but there is beauty in that ugliness. There is a lot of memory in hearing that whistle in the middle of the night out in the mountains that more then makes up for it's ugliness. The ore cars remind me of a time long ago when things were alot different then they are today. Back then men could be men and not worry about offending anyone because they were. They showed respect for one another because the code of conduct was that you either did or you got to show your ability to defend yourself. Things didn't build up till you had someone bringing a gun to school, they fought and then became friends afterward. Life was alot tougher then. There were no antibiotics. Two of my classmates got polio.<br />T.B. Was like aids, there was no cure. Alot of the things we take for granted today were unheard of back then. At one time no one had electricity, no one had refridgerators, no one had a stove you just turned on with a switch. At one time people cut ice in the winter and stored it under piles of straw, There was a guy who brought ice to your house and you put it in your ice box to keep your milk cold. People had coal bins in their basements and they would heat their houses with wood or coal. People used candles and lanterns to light up their houses at night. The gossip pages in the newspaper had articles on Baby Doe Tabor the second wife of one of the largest gold magnets in the central city area of Colorado. For me, model railroading is a way to re enact another era. So, I love most of the rail road equipment available as long as it was used before 1957. <br />Have a great day, Hoppie
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