1.Thou shalt not love thy locomotive more than thy wife and children; as much, but not more.
2.Thou shalt not covet thy neighbors locomotive, nor his shop, nor his vertical mill.
3.Thou shalt not store thy locomotive out of doors, except for thy internal combustion switcher.
4.Thou shalt not read Live Steam or Modeltec on company time, for thy employer makes it possible to continue thy tool payments.
5.Thou shalt not despise thy neighbor’s battery electric, nor his simplistic trackwork, nor even his cobbled together, out of scale butt buggy.
6.Thou shalt not allow thy daughters nor thy sons to get married during the holy days of the national conventions.
7.Thou shalt not deceive thy wife into thinking that thou art taking her for a romantic Sunday drive when indeed, thou art going to look at trains.
8.Thou shalt not promise thy wife a new addition to thy house then use it to store thy trains.
9.Thou shalt not tell thy spouse the entire cost of thy project locomotive, at least not all at the same time.
10.Thou shalt not buy thy wife a turret lathe, nor a die grinder, not any castings, no matter how decorative for Christmas, her birthday or anniversaries.