What dont you like about this hobby

[nachoman]

The endless sameness of the locos and rolling stock, apparently dictated by the market forces of one specific subset of modelers.

How many times does the exact same railroad need to be re-modeled?

Kinda what I was getting at with my earlier comment. I wonder if that is dictated more by the manufacturers or my the homogeneity of the modeling crowd. Sometimes I think of the newer issues of Model Railroader magazine as similar to interstate highway off-ramps. It seems it doesn't matter what exit you get off of anymore or what state or town you are in, the choices of restaurants are the same: 4-5 of the chain fast food places, Denny's, Cracker Barrel, Applebees... Sometimes when you are on a road trip, you have a hankerin' for the local cuisine but are left without that option. Model railroading sometimes feels the same way. Sure, the magazines are filled with many gorgeous layouts, but the ones that catch my eye are the ones with an unusual prototype, an unusual era, an interesting track plan, a different perspective on how to do things, or a creative solution to a limitation.