Well, of course you can operate with non-scale models. You could "operate" with wood blocks. Back in the 1950's, a company called Avalon Hill had a board game called "Dispatcher" where two competing dispatchers on adjacent divisions tried to move trains and helpers (cardboard markers) with out earning "demerits" for delaying trains. Wish I hadn't sold my copy.
Still, that is not the direction of the main stream of the hobby. I would think the biggest down side of operations on a "traditional" Flyer setup would be trying to switch with the forward-neutal-reverse reversing units. Pieter E. Roos --- On Sat, 7/28/12, shabbona_rr <[email protected]> wrote: > Roy; > > This only validates my contention that accurate scale models > are not a prerequisite to realistic operation, that > realistic operation can be achieved with Marx 4-wheel > tinplate rolling stock and slot and tongue couplers, if need > be. There is nothing unrealistic about AF equipment in > proper context, as this layout demonstrates. I use a lot of > AF bodies to fill out the rolling stock roster on SHABBONA > RR. > > I'm giving serious thought to joining this group! > > boB Nicholson > __________________________________________________ > > > > --- In [email protected], > "Roy" <royhoffman@...> wrote: > > > > I know it's AF, but you gotta see this. There's an AF > operator in Rutland, VT who invites model railroaders of all > stripes to operating sessions on his layout which looks like > it is strictly built for that purpose. Even the most serious > of the scalers love to operate on it and he is registered > with Kalmbach and the OPSIG. Check out one of the MR blogs > on Model Railroad Hobbyist: http://model-railroad-hobbyist.com/node/8685 > > > > Roy Hoffman ------------------------------------ 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: [email protected] [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/
