Model Railroad Hobbyist | January 2015 | #59
PUBLISHER’S MUSINGS
JOE FUGATE
A THING CALLED IMAGINATION
BEFORE I GET INTO THIS MONTH’S EDITORIAL, LET ME
first acknowledge, MRH looks different this month! We’re call-
ing this our new Gen3 look, to distinguish it from our previous
major look-and-feel update in 2013 called Gen2.
For more on the Gen3 changes, see this month’s Staff Notes.
Imagineering: MRH’s new column?
John Allen, the famous creator of the Gorre & Daphetid layout,
once said:
“There is this little thing called imagination which must play an
important part in any model railroad”.
In the last several decades, the hobby of model railroading has
moved increasingly toward more accurate prototype model-
ing. There’s no question realistic prototype and proto-freelance
modeling is popular, and as a result the hobby press has focused
ever more on accurate prototype modeling.
But the hobby of model railroading, even strict prototype mod-
eling, takes some imagination to pull off well. We feel it’s time
editorial
