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Today I read in MAINLINE MODELER, about a certain very big western Rail Road thats attempting to move in on the model railroad industry, and take our hobby right out from under us. Not only do they want a very large licensing fee but they also want .5 percent of the profits made by the manufactures of model railroad equipment. As always, those companies will have to pass on the fees and the lost profits to you and me, the very people that support the industry. Now I don't know about you, but I'm already stretching my hobby dollors to the limit. Any more price increases and I'm out of the hobby in favor of something cheaper. I been a model railroader since 1953 and I really don't want to leave the hobby, but if it comes down to putting food on the table or buying the latest offering from P2k or Kato or Athearn, guess what's going win out. I really don't know what can be done at this time, but 5 years from now I don't think we're going to have the selection we have today, and we may not even have a hobby anymore. I read that a couple of the manufactures were were knuckling under but if the RR decides it wants to cancel the licensing agreement with them, the RR will have the right to all tooling for the equipment made by that manufacturer that has the RR's logo on it. What @*&&%$#@*&^@ nerve. Our hobby is at stake here. Any ideas[:(!][:(!][:(!][:(!][:(!][:(!][:(!][:(!][?][?]
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