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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by TrainFreak409 Can we actually compare a large display layout to real trains though? MSI Sure, when we are railfanning, part of the fun is wondering where a certain boxcar has been or where it will go. I'll agree with you there. But you can't do the same with a model railroad Realistic operation with carcards, waybills, timetables and train orders. It's a fictional display layout, built for continuous running, it doesn't need to be prototypical. It makes people who slave over representing a prototype look like fools when joe-public believes thats all model railroads are. My personal two cents...When I go railfanning, I go to watch trains. I see many at times, and sometimes I don't do so well. Chase a train one day, sitting trackside and watching the parade of trains is boring and sometimes tedious, unless you live on a high traffic line like Sand patch, The Pennsy middle division or the Chicago racetrack When I go to display layouts, I go to watch trains, just in a smaller size, and can stand there for as long as I want, just watching them go around. Move away from that mentality and discover the world of operation, it adds enjoyment tenfold to the hobby, I operated on a layout for about 4 hours today and It beats running in loops anyday. No, when I go railfanning, I don't go to watch a loop, but when I go to a display layout, I do. You can railfan display layouts, but only if there realistic like MSI, not jokes like Northlandz [/quote]
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