I agree with Harold when he said "The 'net is the hobby shop of the 21st century." And "That is why promoting S scale is so much more important on the web than in print. Not to make it as big as HO but to expand the base so there will be more incentive for manufacturers. I think S could do a lot more to promote itself with videos on UTUBE in conjunction with links on the NASG and other websites. There are already a few really good videos out there, including layouts operating at the NASG convention in Baltimore. But there is a whole lot more we could do. One of the problems with UTUBE is that the index is so unorganized. There are probably some S scale (or call it gauge if you want to) on UTube that I have not found. And if one searches for S scale videos, he will have to wade through a lot of layouts that are not S. If we the members of NASG and members of this Yahoo site were to put more S train videos on UTUBE and index them in a standard format so that they would be easy for all to find, that would help. And the videos could be listed by topic with weblinks on the NASG (and Wiki?) site. Indexing by topic could include listings of trains by manufacturer or type of train. There could be videos demonstrating AM steamers, SHS steamers, the various diesels, or full length passenger trains, etc. This would make it so much easier for people evaluating trains to see what is available in S and let them actually see the products in operation. The manufacturers should have a participatory interest in this to be able to show their products. And they would want to add the links on their own websites to the UTUBE videos showing their products. One example of a really good video is the one featuring SHS at the National Toy Train Museum with Jim Lyle as host. I would like to see more videos like this going into even more detail to show the SHS products and similar ones showing AM and other manufacturers. And even though I am not a promoter of Flyonel products, I think we could attract more people into buying more scale-like products if we had videos showing how Gilbert locos could pull rolling stock with Kadee style couplers and full length passenger cars on track other than American Flyer. This could encourage highrailers to make the first step toward operating scale trains. That is what happened to me. And I would have moved a lot further and quicker if it had not been so hard to get information on what worked and what did not (track, couplers, ac vs dc, etc.). A lot of the UTUBE videos are of dubious quality. Some might be pretty good except for being just a few seconds long. Others are long but just show the same train going around and around. Some of owners of the most interesting layouts may not be into doing the videos. But what if NASG volunteers who are good at videos were encouraged to make videos of those layouts? Some layout owners might not want to participate but I think most of them would. I have seen videos of Ed Loizeaux's layout on UTube and have purchased the wonderful video of Brooks Stover's Buffalo Creek and Gauley. But I sure would like to see layouts of Bill Lane's, Dick Karnes, and a whole of others' layouts. The pics that we have on the NASG website and other S sites are great, but how much better it would be to have video with sound and motion. - Earl Henry, Music City
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