>>1028131I grew up in a small town in Florida with a single rail line that's extremely quiet. There's not even any signals on it. For most of my life I did not see many trains at all unless I visited family in Chicago, but I've always been huge on trains and I don't even know why.
>>1028321>Also, the trains themselves are less appealing, I think. Locomotives are just blocky rectangles instead of steam monsters and sexy streamliners,I like the boxy look myself. It's all opinion I know but outside of incredibly fast trains like the TGV and Shinkansen, I didn't particularly understand the need for aggressive streamlined styling.
>rolling stock are all intermodal stacks of boring rectanglesfWhen have railroad cars ever been much more than huge rolling rectangles and cylinders?
I will agree that it's always been an expensive hobby. I did it when I was younger and had a hard time affording it, but I had fun with my small layout. I've actually made a hobby out of going out and photographing trains, and to my surprise people have actually been buying printed copies from me. Pic related is one of my more successful shots this year.
