Strange Modelers Of Universal Trains
At Semi-Retired Foamer Media, we believe railway preservation, railway history and railway modelling are best served by people working together, not endlessly arguing over who is "doing it wrong."
Our aim is to promote the museums, heritage railways, historical societies, and volunteers who quietly keep our railway heritage alive. While some seem convinced that the hobby's greatest threat is someone else actually achieving something, we'd much rather celebrate the people who roll up their sleeves and make things happen.
This website continues the philosophy of the old SMUT group, which was established to support regional railway preservation and give something back to the hobby. Sadly, it also proved that no good deed goes uncriticised.
Fortunately, locomotives don't read social media, and preservation continues thanks to dedicated volunteers rather than keyboard warriors who continually defecate their hatred online.
Here, we'll continue promoting the people, projects and events that help our hobby grow—because preserving railway history is a far better pastime than trying to derail everyone else's enthusiasm.
