I've been lucky.
Growing up in Cleveland, there was a big modeling community there.
In 1979, I got transferred to Cincinnati, Ohio and, again, a big railroad community. Our NMRA div 5 is very large at around 250 members with excellent monthly meetings and around 70 registered layouts in the division.
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A very nice N&W flick from the 40's/50's.
WOW and they're all articulateds