12-20-2013, 10:57 PM
One is that, in his articles and blog posts, Lance focuses on a single area -- downtown Miami -- a single architectural style -- commercial-vernacular-stucco -- and a single phase of rail operation -- final-delivery locals. I'm not sure exactly how anyone can think this makes him an expert on anything else. He doesn't cover signals, for instance, or yard operation, or operation of any other type of train, such as haulers, manifests, intermodals, unit trains, maintenance, or passenger.
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Lance isn't a new up and comer he was in N Scale and modeled the Monon and had couple of articles in MR.He is a experience modeler.As far as a single focus that's nothing new some focus on logging,coal,grain, steel and iron ore.
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a single architectural style -- commercial-vernacular-stucco -
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That is a common style of building in Florida and very common for industry.
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I'm not sure exactly how anyone can think this makes him an expert on anything else. He doesn't cover signals, for instance, or yard operation, or operation of any other type of train, such as haulers, manifests, intermodals, unit trains, maintenance, or passenger.
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One doesn't need to model that to be a "expert"..I don't model any of that but,I can sure enough tell you how its done after all railroad knowledge is part of the hobby.
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Like me Lance focus on work a day railroading that is a very important part of railroading in fact railroads would melt down and cease operations wasn't for this part of railroading.
I spent just over 8 years of my 9 1/2 years of railroading delivering or picking up cars.
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Lance isn't a new up and comer he was in N Scale and modeled the Monon and had couple of articles in MR.He is a experience modeler.As far as a single focus that's nothing new some focus on logging,coal,grain, steel and iron ore.
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a single architectural style -- commercial-vernacular-stucco -
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That is a common style of building in Florida and very common for industry.
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I'm not sure exactly how anyone can think this makes him an expert on anything else. He doesn't cover signals, for instance, or yard operation, or operation of any other type of train, such as haulers, manifests, intermodals, unit trains, maintenance, or passenger.
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One doesn't need to model that to be a "expert"..I don't model any of that but,I can sure enough tell you how its done after all railroad knowledge is part of the hobby.
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Like me Lance focus on work a day railroading that is a very important part of railroading in fact railroads would melt down and cease operations wasn't for this part of railroading.
I spent just over 8 years of my 9 1/2 years of railroading delivering or picking up cars.
Larry
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Summerset Ry
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Engineman
Summerset Ry
Make Safety your first thought, Not your last! Safety First!