From: Alan Lambert Fort Worth, Texas Rusty,
If the NASG, according to Chris, primarily serves the high rail side of our scale, he needs to go back and find someone that has the following issues of the Dispatch. I dug out these: Oct. 2009, April 2010, June 2010, April 2011, Dec. 2011, Oct. 2012, June 2012. On the front cover he will note 7 locomotives with scale couplers and a short discription of the layout and owner of which I don't think are highrail. I think the NASG is giving the scale guys more than they know. I think I just proved that we can get along with each other. Alan Lambert ________________________________ From: Rusty <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2013 6:36 PM Subject: {S-Scale List} Re: S Gaugers in the NMRA I went to the S Scale sig site and found this: Chris Borgmeyer Westfield Center, OH S Scale SIG Board of Directors Kind of explains it all to me. Rusty --- In [email protected], Christopher Borgmeyer wrote: > > This is a pretty self explanatory issue in my mind. Most NASG members are > American Flyer toy train collector/operators. The NASG primarily serves to > represent or promote that segment of the hobby. Most NMRA members are scale > modelers. The NMRA almost exclusively promotes scale model railroading. > They don't really have much in common or much to offer one another. Not that > they should. > > I would think most NASG members would feel more comfortable with and find > collaboration easier with the TCA, for example, then the NMRA. More of the > same mindset, target audience and goals. I suspect we would find better > participation in TCA events by S Gaugers then NMRA events and scale train > shows. > > I think we get stuck in this mindset that just because we're talking about > trains we must all have something in common, similar ideals, similar goals, > etc. but that's just not the case. Ultimately, one needs to align him or > herself with the organization where they feel most comfortable, find > individuals with like interest and goals and find the resources to accomplish > what they want to accomplish in this hobby. For some that will be the NASG. > For others, the NMRA. The two don't have to be mutually exclusive but will > probably rarely mix. > > Chris Borgmeyer >
