<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" http-equiv="Content-Type"> </head> <body text="#000000" bgcolor="#ffffff"> Lee, Maybe I should just leave you message alone, but there are some interesting comments here. Since I wasn't there, I don't know who might have shouted you down, but I have a hard time believing this was anything done on purpose. Also, I don't know of anyone that tells you what cars to run or not. I know that I feel that trains should look prototypical per the era. I wouldn't want to see a 53' container car running with a bunch of 1950-60 style 40' box cars. There is a certain level that should be maintained in our trains to keep them prototypical by era. As far as I know, all major projects get member approval. I know recently I discovered some tunnel portals that didn't like double stacks. I widened a couple of portals in the last couple of weeks. It wasn't voted on as it was more of a maintenance item than a major construction project. I still have a couple more to fix. You even said that was a good idea when I discovered the problem. As far as cars on the layout, everybody can run their own cars or use club cars. Personally, I try to keep "hidden" in some semblance of order. I try to keep club cars restricted to tracks 1 through 4. That leaves 5 through 9 for members to set up their own trains. As we have more cars than those 4 tracks can hold, I have placed the extra ones in the club drawers under hidden. Since the more modern style cars are the most popular to use, I put the older style in the drawers. I don't see that as telling anyone what cars they can run. I think that we should respect each other and have fun. I don't believe there is anyone there that is trying to run the club and I don't think anyone will be trying to tell us which railroad we can model. I have seen a wide variety of equipment on the layout recently. It seemed to me that everyone was having fun. Just for the record, I am not a fan of "Thomas the Tank" but others are and run him. If they are not there, I won't run him. Just my take. Dean On 3/9/2015 4:20 PM, ACCRS HO Scale wrote: <blockquote cite="mid:mailman.662.1425943245.20799.accrs-ho@mail.accrs.org" type="cite"> <pre wrap="">Message From: Lee And Joan Buckner <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:buckyrailfan@aol.com">buckyrailfan@aol.com</a> </pre> <fieldset class="mimeAttachmentHeader"></fieldset> Group: While I've complained about the DCC vis DC issue for the upcoming show, and I wasn't able to say my piece before getting shouted down, what upsets me most is that we have a couple of members that think the club is "theirs", and not "ours", and their don't have to follow club procedures, such as getting club approval for a project they want, and just go ahead, and do it. That is why I made the comment that the back of my vests say ACCRS, and not their names. Also they rule what cars we can run on the layout. What is next, we have to model the railroad they do? I expressed my concern to John Kohlberg about this on Friday night. I express my condolences to you John, and to Ed for having to go through all this, but I feel I have to take a stand on this subject. Lee <pre wrap=""> <fieldset class="mimeAttachmentHeader"></fieldset> _______________________________________________ Accrs-ho mailing list <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:Accrs-ho@mail.accrs.org">Accrs-ho@mail.accrs.org</a> <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://mail.accrs.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/accrs-ho">https://mail.accrs.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/accrs-ho</a> </pre> </blockquote> </body> </html>