SHABBONA RR is a medium-size Class I railroad set in the late 1950's. I use rolling stock appropriate to that era because it is more trouble free to operate (so was the prototype, but that is another story. . .), which I do a LOT of.
Trains run about thirteen to fifteen cars in length, which is about what my eyes can take in, and therefore they appear authentic with the 36" curves and #6 switches I use. You can't have it all. Even if you have a civic center to build it in, you could never finish or maintain it to satisfaction, and it would become a millstone around your [protoypically correct] neck. I will say this though, today's accepted practices are yesterday's pioneering efforts, and far be it for me to criticize anybody who is trying to raise the bar to a level the rest of us can enjoy. Bob Nicholson ______________________________________________ --- In [email protected], "John Degnan" <Scaler164@...> wrote: > > Revisiting this old thread with another thought... I have to ask if this > (below) means that S scalers (in general) should be willing to settle for > shorter cars (and trains) because of the space they require? If this is the > case, then how is it that people see S scale as the perfect scale? I see > this as a HUGE negative. I don't want to be limited to modeling shortlines > and early-era cars and locos... and not everyone is as limited for space as > the next person. > > > John Degnan > Scaler164@... > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: ctxmf74 > To: [email protected] > Sent: Friday, December 02, 2011 07:13 PM > Subject: Re: {S-Scale List} Let's Get Modern > > > Problem with intermodal is it takes up a lot of room. The trains are > long and the yards huge so it takes a lot of space to not look cartoonish. A > modern shortline can fit into a much more typical layout space and the > variety of cars can be quite interesting. > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
