Gary B
The Fox Valley Railroad
My feeling for model railroading is simple and I have said it a few times, whether you’re running trains in a circle on the carpet or have a prototypically correct layout with miles of track it’s still the same thing, Your PLAYING with toy trains and it’s a HOBBY, not something to get mad over! I am sure a lot of people will disagree but that’s pretty much what all outsiders think of us. Either way I have enjoyed this forum more than Atlas due to being able to share a lot of information and help people out without someone jumping all over me for it. Plus I have made some great friends here too.
Mark - I'm 100% on board with you. We're just over grown kids playing with trains and the sooner we realize that the better. Nothing wrong with it but to many outsiders our interest that's exactly how they see us. (And that's OK with me)
Of course golfers hit a ball and then chase it and sport fishermen, well what is it they really do?