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 Granted, there are indeed MR snobs, but there is a larger group of us that can be refered to as MR slobs. Mr Koester has always tended to be on the extreme end of detail, realistic operation, duplicating the real thing and the like. If you follow his work you will find he is quite accomplished and very good at what he does. Others of us simply enjoy the hobby. I model a railroad that supposedly links the Camas Prairie (UP, NP) with the Milwaukee Road. My operating rules come from the Chicago & Northwestern, My locomotives represent a leased fleet (anything I want to run). The car roster does reflect the markings of the type cars that would appear in the part of the country I model, but the cars are not all super detailed, exact models of a given prototype. I still run a few old Varney paper sided cars, some old metal Globe cars, some Silver Streak, some Central Valley, even some old Athearn (both metal and plastic). The bulk of my car fleet has been rebuilt asdetail specific freight cars along with some high end resin kits. My layout is not an absolute representation of any real railroad, but it looks like a railroad to me. It operates like the real boys do including following all the rules of operation put forth in the Chicago & Northwestern operating handbook. It is good enough for me and those that come to help operate it. The overall effect is pleasing to me, no other opinion matters. My train control is the forerunner of the current DCC stuff, it is the CTC-16e system described in a series of how-to articles in MR some years back. I have added aftermarket sound to most of my locomotives just because I like the noise. Those that want to spend the big bucks on the very top of the line high zoot equipment have the absolute right, those of us that rebuild old stuff, junk kits and the like, have the right as well. It is a hobby! There is no absolutely right way to approach our hobby with one exception, you must (MUST!) have fun. Time to put the soap box away. Steam will rise like the Fenix from the ashes, diesels will be put into city parks. Tom
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