It's your railroad

[eastcoast]

I found this in the archives.
Good topic to rehash ???
A model railroad is a project I have worked all my
life to have and build. I'D BE DAMNED TO LET
ANYBODY TELL ME I CANNOT DO WHAT I WANT.
My layout is a freelanced system and I RULE MY WORLD.
If someone who visits my layout has a problem, opinions
are one thing, BUT DON'T EVER INSULT MY WORK.
i'll get off my soapbox.

[Anonymous]

When I was still in high school, I had a friend who owned a hobby shop in town. He was a good old fella with a quick wit and a kind heart. He knew how tight a budget I was on and he helped me out by giving me stuff to tinker with on the condition that I displayed it in his store. Well, as I got older I was able to buy my own things but I still liked to bring them up to Buddy's store and show him what I had been working on. On one occasion I brought up a Santa Fe diesel and showed it to Buddy. A fella standing at the counter talking to Buddy just lit in to me, telling me all the things I had omitted, like brake lines and an antenna, etc. I had seen this man at Buddy's store before always bragging on his collection, so I asked him as politely as I could, "why is it that I've never seen any of your models?" And with that, Buddy laughed out loud and I was never bothered again about how I choose to model railroads.

[DavidH]

I have to agree with you, Jerry. While I have only admiration for people like Jack Burgess who have taken following the prototype to a whole new level, that is not the approach that I want to pursue myself.

David

[BNSFNUT]

A good thing to keep in mind when building your model railroad is the it is a expression of your own. If you model freelance or a prototype the most important thing to remember is that if it makes you happy it ok. My railroad is based on the BNSF but I have taken libertys just because I liked to include somthing that is not quite right.
If someone tells me that the BNSF did not do that
or dosn't have the unit I just smile and hand them the track cleaning stuff.
Ok I will get off my soap box now.