12-13-2009, 11:19 AM
I sense that some are meaning running old familiar engines from their childhood, but with modern technology available to the hobby, while others have taken the approach that they have had occasion to run DC engines from the past and find themselves hearkening back to earlier, less worrisome, and less complicated times. Both are legitimate, if I am asked, because they rekindle memories from our pasts that our brains always wash to cleanse of all but our worst memories. We tend to recall the good times, not the bad.
I have dim recollections of my Marklin days when I was maybe 11 years old. I really enjoyed that wonderful gift from my parents that Christmas. Then, decades went by. Now, I have many more engines that produce cheesy noises (but I wouldn't part with it!), and I really am enjoying learning how to build a good layout. So, the past is past, and I look forward.
"Qui non proficit deficit."
-Who does not advance falls behind.
I have dim recollections of my Marklin days when I was maybe 11 years old. I really enjoyed that wonderful gift from my parents that Christmas. Then, decades went by. Now, I have many more engines that produce cheesy noises (but I wouldn't part with it!), and I really am enjoying learning how to build a good layout. So, the past is past, and I look forward.
"Qui non proficit deficit."
-Who does not advance falls behind.