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For me, lots of reasons.

 

But it's kind of like going to the movies today and seeing all the special effects. And they are impressive, no doubt. But then I watch an old black and white movie, and sometimes those movies are more effective without all the special effects. There's something to be said for things left to the imagination.

 

I know I'm in the minority view on this forum, but I can guarantee I enjoy the hobby as much as anyone else without trying to keep up with the latest trends. I've learned to repaint and scratchbuild, and I do the whole thing on a budget.

 

Or to make another analogy, for me, it's like fine arts painting. There's photo-realism where you try to recreate a scene down to every last precise detail. And then there's impressionism, where you're creating a representation of the real thing... an impression.

 

That's exactly how I view my trains. But like the art world, different techniques and different results, yet it all works. And ultimately, it's the same picture, just seen differently.

 

 

Originally Posted by brianel_k-lineguy:

For me, lots of reasons.

 

But it's kind of like going to the movies today and seeing all the special effects. And they are impressive, no doubt. But then I watch an old black and white movie, and sometimes those movies are more effective without all the special effects. There's something to be said for things left to the imagination.

 

I know I'm in the minority view on this forum, but I can guarantee I enjoy the hobby as much as anyone else without trying to keep up with the latest trends. I've learned to repaint and scratchbuild, and I do the whole thing on a budget.

 

Or to make another analogy, for me, it's like fine arts painting. There's photo-realism where you try to recreate a scene down to every last precise detail. And then there's impressionism, where you're creating a representation of the real thing... an impression.

 

That's exactly how I view my trains. But like the art world, different techniques and different results, yet it all works. And ultimately, it's the same picture, just seen differently.

 

 

Amen to imagination. A lot of that has gone by the way side with all of the hi-tech now days.

Dave, LBR

I run conventional, TMCC, and DCS. I generally prefer the more realistic operation of command control, but playing with a transformer is fun too. I built my layout with an inner loop that is set up for lots of postwar-style accessories, and while it's set up for command, I often run postwar-style conventional equipment on that loop, because it's more like the original experience. I'd forgotten how fussy a job it was to line up a piggyback car with the platform until I tried it on the new layout. An e-unit and a high threshold voltage make fine movements a challenge!

I have two layouts set up with the former dining room being for my layout that does Legacy/TMCC/DCS/Conventional with an elevated loop of O31 and the table track being Fastrack. My second layout is a portable O27 layout in the living room that I use a KW to run trains. There are many days after work I will just plug in the KW and run something then to bed since my work days start pretty early.

I grew up with conventional trains in O gauge and like them better then the ones with all the fancy electronics in them. I have 2 pre war trains that were my dad's, the only thing I do is regular lubrication and other maintenance, so far so good except for the 224E as the E-unit went bad so I bought a re-built one and put it in and works great now.

I have some Williams engines, all before the Bachmann/Williams era. The only thing I did to any of them was to replace the circuit board as one didn't start the way I wanted it to.

I have bought a few MTH PS-2 engines and have the DCS command control system.

The problem with the DCS unit is that you need to update it for newer engines. Even the PS-2 engines need to have the battery charged up.

 

I would rather have conventional engines that have good pulling power then all the newest electronic gadgets.

 

Lee Fritz

Originally Posted by colorado hirailer:

Conventional.  I like stuff that works, and don't want to have to become a computer

geek to fix trains, that, from all the posts on here, seem to have too many problems.

Like they say about computers, technology is great, when it works.

Amen to technology is great, when it works.

     The best of both worlds is to up grade the older E&T's with LED's only. Just a wee bit of new technology added to a lot of old technology makes for a lot more appealing operations.

Dave, LBR

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