Brian, Bill and all:
I think the NMRA is just like any government type organization. Some of
us probably only want a cabin in Idaho with a creek close by, while
others need full blown things governments have traditionally
supplied--roads, airports, and zillions of regulations.
If the NMRA had such few S members and those few members didn't
lobby/make a fuss or volunteer, how are they going to know anything. If
you call up any company/organization and ask for something you're likely
to get a person assigned to answer the phone/mail without the skills to
go beyond some simple answers. So unless, a bunch of folks go to their
eleced NMRA officials and lobby, nothing did or will happen. The only
problem with this is most of us want to build or just run trains and not
get involved in running a little government!
About 12 years ago, a NMRA VP called me, (we were both local) and we
talked about the Heritage cars that they were planning. I helped in
steering the officials to our manufacturers to have those kits made up.
The individual making up the artwork models in N and G but does a lot of
custom work in HO. There was no reason for him to know that PRS made a
very nice 40ft boxcar and that AM made a modern 50 ft box.
bob Werre
On 1/9/12 1:16 PM, Brian Jackson wrote:
Let's not forget that soon after the NASG adopted those standards, the
NMRA had to be stopped from promulgating its own S standards in vacuo.
