I was checking in on my friendly Yahoo groups and thought I would see what is
going on in the S world also. It is going to be a nice day here in frozen
Minnesota, I have a long to do list that includes far to little model
railroading. I did take the afternoon yesterday to operate on the St. Paul
Bridge and Terminal Railway here in town. It is a nice layout, all industrial
with locals and plenty of transfers in and out. Keeps a dozen operators busy
and entertained as we watch a beautiful assortment of vintage paint schemes of
the fallen flags of the Twin Cities. A few of the guys have done some of my
basic operating on the Minnesota Heartland and would like to do more. I didn't
bother to tell them I have made only negative progress since last summer.
Last time out I mused about the late night sessions of "what we really needed
in S", since then I have tried to think if we do not have anything we thought
really "had to have" for S to succeed. I expect no one under the age of 55
would have been in these sessions and most of us over 55 would only have vague
memories of the list we created. This train of thought was focused by Jim,
Smoky Mountain's comments on considering his next project. I can't advise Jim
on any direction, I bought two of his H10-44's, I "needed" none, really can use
one but they are so unique that I felt buying two was a good idea. I am still
happy with that idea. The more modern GP sounds like a good idea but not in my
era and I have given up the idea of buying things just to support the scale. I
have an RS-1 kit to build, it is a nice kit but I have to say if Jim brought
out an RS-1 with the quality equal to his H10-44, I would bite on a couple and
create roster room by selling off something else. Similar to some other unique
pieces that ran around the Twin Cities.
Well nothing is getting done sitting here at the keyboard so I best get to it.
I encourage everyone to sit back take a deep breath and relax a bit, enjoy the
fun of the hobby and opportunity to share that with folks who share similar
interests. I am not going to suggest the group hug again. There are a couple
of you who seem to hug a little too long and that little butt squeeze was not
called for at all. One favor I might ask, if you posted a file or photos and
the posting is "stale",consider cleaning it up. We have for sale lists that go
back a couple years and announcement of new products that are most likely long
introduced and gone. Not a big deal, it would just make it easier to surf the
photos and files.
Ken Zieska
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