08-02-2010, 11:02 AM
I like the idea of a full yard mostly for photos. Yards with a lot of empty track are not nearly as interesting as ones with car after car. That is what I think got me interested in trains as a kid, when my uncle (worked as a postal clerk for T:&P) would take me to his jobsite in Ft Worth when the Texas & Pacific was still around. The yard was so cool when all the "big boys" were there. This shot I took yesterday near Belton, Tex kind of illustrates the point. The more cars the better. In real life, tho, I wouldn't want to have to deal with that many cars.