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Editorial
We all know the big names doing what’s best for the sub- ple like Jerry Brettschneider
like Walthers and Kalmbach. ject at hand. have done for the industry.
We’ve read about their hum- The only thing we can do is
ble beginnings and their con- For example, I don’t recall encourage each of you to do
tributions to our hobby. We who gave me a particular your part – sung or unsung –
reaped the rewards of their book, but I do remember the to help keep trains and model
research and development, first book I read all the way railroading alive.
their efforts to standardize the through by myself. I remem-
industry, and their drive to ber the joy it gave me, the Forget the politics, forget the
popularize the model railroad- world it transported me to, honor and glory. If we all
ing hobby in and of itself. and the confidence to reach worked just as hard to self-
for volume two. Likewise, lessly promote what we love,
But what about the unsung you may not remember the to instill that in the future
heroes? What about the ones first train set you ever owned, generations, then we need not
who devote their time, effort, but the memories of playing worry about it faltering. As
and money into improving with that train set and the with anything, the industry
what we take for granted? emotions it evokes are often will evolve, as it always has,
People like Jerry Brettsch- what we try to recreate in our but if we do our part, there
neider, who, in our opinion, current projects. But credit will be someone in a future
deserves some of the highest rarely goes to the individual generation to take up the ba-
honors for promoting model who introduced us to the hob- ton once we are gone. We
railroading over the course of by in the first place. may not receive any recogni-
multiple generations. Now tion for it, but the future suc-
that Jerry has left us for that Obviously, these examples cess of our hobby should be
great layout in the sky, it is up extend to other subjects like more than its own reward.
to us to continue his (mostly) art, sports, and music, but I’m
unsung work. trying to keep this train Thank you Jerry, for being
themed. Our motto here has this example. It was an honor
So many times we get caught always been to Preserve and to have known you.
up in making a name for our- Inspire. We have always
selves, thinking that what we wanted to be one of the gears
do will only make a differ- that keeps our beloved hobby -Bonnie Domrois
ence if our names are associ- moving forward and we hope
ated with it. More often, the that we have done that with
biggest impact is made by some of you to some extent.
giving back and not expecting We have no illusions that we
anything in return. Basically, will ever be able to achieve
on a personal level what peo-
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