MR's April fool joke

[Barry Ten]

Model Railroader took their traditional April Fool joke to a new level with this year's issue. I read and re-read the issue before I realised I hadn't spotted the joke,

and even then it took me three further reads to see it. I won't spoil the fun but it actually made me laugh out loud when I got it.

 

They've done some good ones in the past, such as the guy who melted down his wife's jewellery to make gold trackwork, for extra conductivity; the guy

who over-pressurised his basement to several atmospheres so he could get rid of the supports, and the guy who made an electromagnetic vertical train

storage facility, like a cork board where you could just put your box cars and so on and they'd stick to the wall. They also promoted a new modular baseboard

standard involving former rail line turned into cycle paths. I'm probably easily pleased but I got a good chuckle out of all these, especially as the articles tend

to start in rather straight-faced fashion.

[Guest CLARENCE]

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Edited March 6, 2019 by CLARENCE

[long island jack]

You'll end up with a box of bits, as if I haven't already got enough!!!!