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The future of Garden Railroading
The advent of a major retailer closing operations in Las Vegas, and the uncertain fate of
the company that put G-scale in the home poses questions as to the future of the hobby.
One retailer has told me he expects it to collapse. Some manufacturers are betting on the
future being the higher end and more profitable mining and lumber narrow gauge in 1:20.3
Suppliers of this gauge are segregating
themselves into a new scale. They are calling it
"F scale". For more details on this shift, see the
NMRA at
http://www.nmra.org/standards/sandrp/pdf/LargeScalesv1-
5.pdf
We would all like
to see suppliers
and supporting
businesses to the
hobby continue
successfully. So, we have to ask what we can do to
support it. My thought is promoting the hobby through
continued support of the modules. Attracting more people
to the hobby is a start. Open house tours might also be
desirable exposure. Perhaps members can submit other thoughts on how to revive G Scale.
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Or this B- unit