From: Alan Lambert
          Fort Worth, Texas

Tom, I agree with you. I thought Our scale was 3/16=1 foot. or 1/64th, No I'm 
stopping right there. I think I just covered This subject under one roof. Can 
we get along with each other, besides the word United is on the NASG patch I 
have on my club shirt. I think it covers everyone on this list that are not 
members of the NASG. That is the one thing that bugs me that we will never 
know. "How many on this S-Scale yahoo group belong to the NASG.
       Alan Lambert



 


________________________________
 From: Tom Hawley <[email protected]>
To: [email protected] 
Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2013 8:38 PM
Subject: Re: {S-Scale List} NASG Membership Interests: was S Gaugers in the NMRA
 

  
----- Original Message ----- 
From: Bob Werre
I have suggested before that we change our termonology somewhat and rid 
ourselves of the AF catagory. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
> > > > > > > > > > > >
I absolutely agree - but before we go charging off, what are we changing?  I 
just ran the NASG constitution & by-laws thru a word search in my word 
processor, and neither the word American nor Flyer occur in either document.

Where you do find the term "American Flyer" is on the cover of the Dispatch.

But anyone who says S Gauge have a scale versus highrail (includes AF) 
conflict has not given the matter much thought.  We are a "house divided," 
but the real cleft is between railroad modelling and toy train collecting, 
not differing track & wheel standards.  In other words, if my prototype is 
the 2013 Norfolk Southern and his prototype is the 1950 American Flyer 
catalog, we are not going to have much in common.

We all need to be a little nicer to each other these days, in many ways. 
And we can try to accommodate each other in our organizations.  But denying 
the existence of differences, or misidentifying them, will get us no where.

Tom Hawley  --  Lansing Michigan 


 

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