Model Railroad Hobbyist | May 2016 | #75 R REVERSE RUNNING Don Hanley commentary What! No layout? There seems to be a common perception in our hobby that to be an active model railroader, you must have a layout or belong to a club where you can run your equip- ment. Is this really true? More than a few today to bemoan our hobby as slowly dying 1 , citing – among other things – the space requirements for a layout. You need a fair amount of space to have an operational layout, cor- rect? And then there’s all the costs involved: lumber, track, turnouts, DCC, locomotives, rolling stock … the list goes on. That kind of thinking ignores what I have observed from my seat here at MRH. The first example is the Caldwell Blvd. diorama by Gary Christensen at mrhpub.com/2015-11-nov/port. The most recent example is Jack Burgess’ Edendale Creek diorama, with part one at XX STEPPING OUTSIDE THE BOX WITH A CONTRARY VIEW • INDEX • TABLE OF CONTENTS