A Brave New Hobby?

It's amazing the changes a few months can introduce.  A life long hobby can be thrown into chaos by current events; purchasing, special orders, and such go from a 'just in time' waiting game to a maybe never game with the writing on a piece of paper somewhere. Like most things in life, an average individual has little chance of influencing things that they are subject to. This is nothing new.

I've sent a couple letters to our betters, contacted a friend or two to perhaps do the same, and so far it's a wait and see game. 

I understand that the powers that be want more manufacturing to return to the USA, but honestly, MADE IN USA says two things to me: Overpriced and Lesser Quality. Sorry, but that observation comes from decades of personal retail experience. Not just in model trains either, this ugly situation seems all too common.

Destroying the previous "flow" of the model train hobby will only hurt the poorer members of society, both here and abroad, while perhaps increasing the profits of certain manufacturers and placing products out of reach for many.

I have some special orders out there, and I have no intent to cancel them as long as the pricing stays within reason. Hopefully calmer heads will prevail and things can return to something at least slightly recognizable.

We need to support our vendors, makers, and the hobby in general if we are to come through this mess together.

Thanks for reading this far, write back if the mood strikes you.

John Huey

CEO Arizona Southern RR