@Hudson J1e posted:Because the largest portion of 3 rail enthusiasts are people that run their trains once a year around the tree and they do not care about standards. Disclaimer: I am in no way knocking these folks. Due to their limited time in the hobby each year I can't blame them for not caring about things like standards.
I don't think the majority is the once in a year around the Christmas tree people. They are the minority or maybe at least 40-45%. The thing is this is no quiet matter. We do raise heck, but they believe their product sells itself, which to a degree it does. We continually complain, raise issues, etc., but only a little bit of headway seems to be made right before another setback. We are stuck in this cycle.