--- In [email protected], "bcgsteam" <bcgsteam@...> wrote:
> when I started my current layout in 1997, I was using >Consolidations >that I
> had built from AF 0-8-0s
> So when I started the layout, I selected American Models track...the >best
> looking flex track and turnouts available at the time that would >accommodate
> the AF flanges on my Consolidations. By the time SHS came >out with their
> fantastic Consolidations, my track was 100% laid and so >it wasn't a matter
> of converting wheels on rolling stock, it was a >matter of not wanting to
> relay all my track!
Hi Brooks, It's hard for those of us new to S scale to comprehend the effort
you guys had to put into building a layout in the days before SHS and American
models. Old O scale guys told me similar tales about their problems switching
from outside 3rd rail to insulated two rail back in the day, but O got that all
worked out before I started modeling in the 50's. It must have taken a lot of
dedication to stick with S when there was little scale stuff available or even
in the pipeline. We complain about not being able to get specific cars or locos
but at least nowdays we have a nice supply of flextrack and many scale locos to
choose from.
Building long term layouts has it's pitfalls in all scales, things like
better track , better scenic methods, DCC, sound, etc. keep popping up but S
has been particularly slow to get to the point where these changes are only
cosmetic and don't affect running choices. Hopefully in my lifetime S will
become a flourishing scale that has more in common with HO scale than with old
American flyer.
Regards, DaveBranum
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