Model Railroad Hobbyist | June 2016 | #76 Joe Fugate R REVERSE RUNNING commentary The power of confinement One of the great unsung ways to do the model railroading hobby well is to embrace put- ting limits on yourself. I call it the power of confinement. I think it’s a myth that no limits is the most liberat- ing. A good analogy is being on a ship at sea. So called “total freedom” would be to just point the ship any direction and then “sail away”. Who needs a compass and charts? If we get the impulse to change direction, then hey, we change direction! Total freedom and no confinements whatsoever. But what’s likely to happen? Sooner or later, because we don’t know where we are (we threw out the compass and charts, remember), we may run aground. Or worse yet, we may shipwreck in the night, XX STEPPING OUTSIDE THE BOX WITH A CONTRARY VIEW • INDEX • TABLE OF CONTENTS