Bob, I believe you're talking about the HO scale Archwood & Rice Creek Railroad. I remember reading about it (and his concept about the passage of time) in "Model Railroader" back in the early 90s.
Sounds like a good concept, one that I'm interested in trying one day (if I can ever get a layout atarted). Robyn --- In [email protected], Bob Werre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > One thing I would like to mention, I covered several layouts for MR > prior to the St. Paul NMRA+NASG convention. I had scouted several of > the layouts to get the publisher's approval, but they did assign me one > that I wasn't familiar with. I don't recall his name or his layout at > this time, but he lived in the NE area beyond St. Paul itself and > modeled the CNW. He had a very interesting system of updating his > layout every year by a 10 year span. For instance when he modeled 1950 > he might have had some steam, some diesel, and all the proper aged > rolling stock, but his buildings also fit the era. Two years later > (1970 in model years!) he of course, was now running second gen diesels, > but he had also boarded up the passenger station, changed the names and > updated the signeage on his buildings (maybe Humble Oil to Exxon). He > also changed out earlier buildings for more modern ones of the same > size. Very interesting concept. He was an operations guy, so when he > did have repeat operating guests over, every year they had a fresh > layout to run. By the very nature of his concept, he bought more > structures than most. And as Jim says, we have trouble filling out one > layout. > > Bob Werre > BobWphoto.com > > > raisinone wrote: > > > --- In [email protected] <mailto:S-Scale% 40yahoogroups.com>, > > "jamiebothwell" <vze4cs43@> wrote: > > > > > > Hi Guys, > > > Why is it that a manufacturer of rolling stock can be so happy > > with the S scale market, but a manufacturer of structure kits can't > > sell enough? I think there are several factors at work here. > > > <snip> > > > Jamie Bothwell > > > > Jamie: > > You hit on a couple, it is easy to fit just about any freight car > > into a scene, but structures tend to be more specialized. There is > > the great tendency to buy more and more locomotives and freight cars, > > far more than we can ever use; yet not buy structures. We only buy > > them when we 'need' them. I've salted away only a few structures, > > mainly Heljan breweries and Korber power plants. OTOH, I have enough > > rolling stock to cover a few scale acres! > > > > > > > > Jim K. > > > > > > > > > [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: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[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/
