What's so attractive about dorky looking layouts?

Now THAT’S a trolley. Ah paradise…

Sometimes the fact that you put it together with your own 2 hands has something to do with it. I always like the things that I build myself a little better (even if I know it can be done better).

I confirm that anti-clockwise is the prefered direction here in the Southern Hemisphere. But is not this also the way that speedways & most horse racing is done, even in the Northern Hemisphere? Plus also running races (athletics)? Anti-clockwise is the way to go!!

Colin Duthie in New Zealand

I just wasted a day trying to make a generator work in my Northern Hemisphere car before realizing that it was wired backwards, for counter-clockwise operation. Now I understand why: It must have been rebuilt in New Zealand!..:wink:

it reminds us of the simple pleasures we knew as kids, when all we cared about was playing with our toys. Not if the trees were the right color, or if the boiler had the correct amount of rivets.

I like the toy-like approach I can take with O27 trains. My work and some of my past hobbies are and have been very exacting. To be able to relax and enjoy something in this manner has been a delight.

Jim