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A Modest Model Railroad
Endymion53 writes "The TMRC at MIT may be the best known model railroad layout because of its role in the formation of hacking culture, but railroad uber-enthusiast Jack Burgess has built himself a pretty enviable layout, that does its best to capture the look and route of an old rail line that went to Yosemite National park, called the Yosemite Valley railroad. I was tempted to make some crass remarks about having too much time on one's hands, but frankly, the whole thing looks just awesome. He's been working on this thing since 1981."
wanted to make sure I understood the "ground rules" of these recreations.
There are no 'Rules', these things are limited only by the immaturity of your own mind.
Jack is an ESR ... equivalent in the model railroad community.
What? He's a gun toting nut case that loves himself, thinks he can channel the gods (especially the god of sex) and seems to think that he is the most important person in the community without actually having done much that is useful?
I think you do Jack a disservice by comparing him to that asshole.