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Editorial
If there is one thing that those ambition into those who ap- tracks, headed to faraway
outside our hobby don’t un- preciate it long after his pass- places. The next time you
derstand, it is the deep and ing. have the opportunity to use
complex level of community your skill or knowledge
we share with each other. So many of us get caught up passed down by them to pay
We encourage, teach and in life and even in our hob- it forward to others, don’t
share a common interest. bies that we rarely take time hesitate to do so. You know
Some individuals are bitter at to recognize those who in your heart that they
the labels that society has helped fuel our passions, wouldn’t have.
placed on our group and those that have carried the
show no interest in educating hobby forward into the next
-Bonnie
the public, simply content to generation and nurture it to
preside over their current em- fruition without pomp or
pire. praise. Neglecting them is to
the detriment of us all.
Luckily, there are those who
see the glass as half-full. Since his passing, I many
People who inspire others to times find myself drifting
stretch their creative legs, be back to the too few days it
open to a new hobby or im- seems that I spent with Bill,
prove on a current one. Peo- usually at a photo-op for a
ple, who, with a gentle hand, steam locomotive. I recall
a soft smile and an encourag- the excited, childlike look on
ing word, usher forth a new his face after he just spent the
generation of modelers, art- weekend down on “the is-
ists and photographers. land” taking shots of the sun-
rise, dump trucks and ships
I was fortunate enough to and boats loading and un-
have known one of these peo- loading at the port.
ple. Bill Bedell was a close
friend, a patient teacher, a So let’s all take a moment
talented artist and photogra- and think about those around
pher; always smiling, always us that inspire us, urge us on
looking out for others, a true when we want to quit. Think
gentleman. He was re- about who took you to your
nowned for his photography first train show or pointed out
in many genres and the quali- those massive mechanical
ty of his work still breathes monsters barreling down the
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