steam or diesel

[jbrock27]

More like Thunderdome, with prison rules...

[Jerrys HO]

More like Thunderdome, with prison rules...

The new Fury Road in theaters May 15th!

[jbrock27]

Anxiously waiting for the newspaper review!

[Trainman203]

When I first started model railroading well over 50 years ago this question would never have come up.  You never saw any diesels in the photos in the magazines.

If you'd grown up with steam like all those modelers  of yore,  you'd never want a diesel on your layout.  I understand though.  People enjoy the familiar things from their younger days.  No one remembers everyday steam anymore except old guys like me.  For me, steam engines recall pleasant times and s world of old.

I have two ceremonial grey and white MP GP 9s but they'll never turn a wheel in regular service on my railroad.

[RAM]

When I moved to Oklahoma in 1944, our train was diesel powered until we got to Okla. City.  The diesel units were replaced by a 4-6-2.  South of Okla. City was all steam after the war.