Hi Dale, Ed and all --
The thought came to me that scale layouts at shows will probably always be
fewer in number than the AF/Hi-rail versions if only because they are less
forgiving of poor track alignments. Sectional layouts are a lot like
putting the trains on the floor – OK for hi-rail, but not so much for the
fine standards of scale. BASS has a pretty good modular display layout
that is scale, and it was at the O Scale West + S a month or so ago in Santa
Clara, so there are roving scale displays.
There might be another reason as well – I think that the scale S guys are
less happy with running in circles than their hi-rail cousins. Like Ed,
not throwing stones, just making an observation about the layouts I have
seen. Portable layouts don’t lend themselves to complex track designs,
though I think the Houston guys have got something going that is more than a
big circle...
All the same, we scale guys with layouts are pretty scarce. I think there
are 2 or 3 of us in AZ, and if you include Sn3, probably another 8 or 10
that have layouts or displays. I think that in all of CA there are
probably fewer than 50 scale S railroads, in spite of all the people who
model in S there. And in recent polls of this group, I don’t remember
seeing 50 answers of those that had operational fine scale layouts from all
over the US...
Let's get those railroads built!
Bill Winans
Prescott Valley, AZ
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By the way, on the West Coast, I have never seen a scale S display, but
I have seen plenty of highrail layouts at shows.
Dale Smith
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