I wanted to get your opinion on your take on pictures vs reality when it comes to model railroads.  Looking at pictures of a model railroad is looking at only a tiny part of the overall and of course show the subject at it's best.  This is true with anything that you can visit in person and also look at pictures of the same thing.  As an example, lets say that you visited the Grand Canyon.  Your pictures can never come close to seeing the real thing.

Today, as my wife and I were starting to decorate the house for Christmas, I became somewhat depressed by the fact that time is passing way to fast. Now that we are in our 70's, it seems that Christmas comes about every 6 months instead of every 12 months.  As i said, just thinking about the rapid passage of time was making me feel a bit depressed until I thought of something that immediately snapped me out of my doldrums.

MRH magazine comes faster now!!!!!!!

I have been a fan of N scale since the 1970s.  I have amassed a big collection of steam, some diesels and hundreds of billboard reefers.  The last count I had over 350 reefers.  I have all kinds of wood structure kits for N scale.  I love the Southern Pacific style of steam engines and the Black Widow paint schemes on the SP diesels.  So, I tried to narrow my collecting to SP and western styles.  Over the most recent years I have tried to n

GEFN?  What the heck is that?  Well, it's Good Enough For Now.  The concept of "Good Enough" in model railroading has been around for some time and it a wonderful concept to keep us from going detail crazy and mired down in one area while other areas suffer.  I understand Good Enough, but I want more - thus the GEFN.