To truly get down to the correct answer, we must ask the following of both the person asking the original question and the individual respondees:
- Which control method do they use, conventional or command or LionChief or dead rail?
- Which brand of O gauge train do they prefer? Lionel? MTH? Atlas? Weaver? K-Line? Williams? Williams by Bachmann? Other?
- How do they feel about S gauge?
- Do they have a permanent layout or a temporary carpet layout?
- If they have a permanent layout, do they use Mianne benchwork?
- How big is their layout?
- Is it a pike or point-to-point?
- Are they an electrical engineer?
- Do they have real-world experience in the railroad industry? If so, how much? If none, are they a foamer?
- How well do they follow grammatical rules?
- How well can they write?
- How intelligent are they?
- How emotionally intellgient are they?
- Do they have street smarts?
- What is their political affiliation?
- Did they sleep at a Holiday Inn Express last night?
Once the OP and the individual respondees have submitted their answers, they should be posted on as many other train forums—we shall not mention names—as possible. A poll then should be created on a separate thread to determine which is the best solution and another poll should be created on yet another thread to opine on the answers to the above questions. The move of toy and model train production from the U.S.A. to Asian markets shall be lamented by no fewer than four posters. A fifth shall make the point that globalization was inevitable. The original thread shall then be reviewed by the OGR editorial staff and, pending the finding of no legitimate reason, locked, and the ninth poster banned from participation on these forums. The remainder of the conversation shall then be resumed on the afore mentioned, but not named, other forums. Oblique references to the original thread shall be made on the OGR forum no sooner than three-and-one-third years later.
