Hi All,
I had gone to a train show last year looking for N scale equipment and instead bought a Lionel 249 that I was told worked, but didn't and except for a working e-unit was unrepairable. The first toy train i bought wound up being the first to go in the junk box. Irregardless I was hooked on toy trains. I found my wife's old Marx locomotive and a box car in the basement. A neighbor gave me a circle of track and the train took off, flying around the circle. Magazines came next, then the forums, books on Lionel. Our neighbor gave me his Lionel Ford set, he is more into G scale, so now there were two circles of track on the floor. Trains on the floor are too big a temptation for a 2 year old who is obsessed with trains, so they had to be put away. I needed a more permanent layout, one that would be out of reach but visible.
Yesterday, Sunday the 10th of February, my 13 year old son and I ventured out to the shop and built a table. It came out beautifully. Next came the track. Hmm, no room for the transformers, I need another table for a control station. Back to the shop. Now that looks like a good beginning to a toy train layout. 4 X 6 36" tall.
I just ordered a Buddy from RMT. I think an elevated track might be in order.
Welcome back to 0 gauge & to this forum. I'm sure you & your sons will have a blast with the trains. My 13 year old grandson loves it, but he was more interested in police cars, wrecks, & policemen than the trains. It worked out well for us: I ran the trains while he ran the town!!
He's a little older now & interested in other things, but I bet the seed is planted. Most of us older guys left our trains behind for years. Thanks to my folks for keeping them for me all those years. Some of the kids today will come back later, too.
Have fun!
wyomingscout
Glad to hear you are back into trains!!
What you say is so true, I got back into it a few years ago, and am working on another new layout right now.
I have some American Flyer stuff that survived my childhood, and also thank my parents for keeping it stored away all those years.
Good luck and hve fun with it.
Aflyer
Welcome home!
Welcome Aboard! Enjoy,
John
Let me know how the elevated track goes. I'm debating doing that or just a cross over.
Welcome back. I just started back into the hobby myself. Building a layout in my man-cave.
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