Model railroaders normally choose a specific railroad to collect or model. Many modelers choose the railroad whose trains they watched passing by as a child. Advanced modelers may invent their own fictional railroad, but this requires that the modeler paint and decal his or her own trains. So this not something I recommend for someone new to the hobby unless they already have a background in building, painting, and decaling other scale models. The reason that it is important to choose your railroad at the outset is that it will narrow your choices when shopping for your trains. There … [Read more...]