I guess I shouldn't have spoken Dale, but in no way did I suggest that
hi-rail guys should go away--you obviously didn't read what I said! I
did state that we do co-exist in our club. Our modules are scale but
some of the guys have hi-rail at home and but run their scale stuff at
our shows.
My feelings are that the 'traditional' AF layouts are pretty much owned
by old guys like most of us--they will be gone in twenty years. Even
today most hi-rail layouts now have pieces other than AF--SHS, AM etc.
Many have SHS or AM track so there's little pure AF anymore. Because
Lionel has talked about supplying scale wheels for their new engine
speaks to that.
Maybe the Houston area is unique in some way, but I think I'm the only
guy to ever run a Gilbert engine on our club's track--a Nimco converted
AF Hudson (just for you Ed!). My feelings are that what is now hi-rail
and scale will blend together, perhaps except for couplers. AF will be
relegated mostly for collections on the shelves around the layout.
Museums are not layouts. I don't think many HO operating guys have any
interest in spending hundreds for AF accessories or rare collectible
engines for their now far-sighted eyes.
When Ed mentions 85% of the 'majors' are selling hi-rail. I say maybe.
When I sell an SHS car on e-bay I convert it back to hi-rail even though
it might have been run scale for 10 years. I don't think PBL as ever
sold any of his new RTR cars with hi-rail wheels either. So I think it
depends on some other factors. So yes, much of what I said is based on
opinion, but that opinion is also based on a possible future where S can
survive--for what reason I'm not sure since I won't be around.
Bob Werre
BobWphoto.com
>
> Wishful thinking for sure, but why that wish? I don't understand why is
> it that so many "scalers" have the same dream that all high railers and
> Flyer hobbyists should just go away and leave them and the magazines and
> manufacturers that serve both segments of the S hobby to the advancement
> of the "pure" form of S. Why can't we simply co-exist? The product
> demand we generate certainly brings you products which you can use,
> albeit with some modification.
>
> 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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