Interesting comment at the end of this eBay listing # 162322470548
Retired, smoke-free home. "TIME FOR YOUNGER RAILROADERS TO ENJOY"
Wonder how many of us feel the same way.
When I want to sell a train item, I don't really care who buys it.
no but I understand what he was really trying to say. It wasn't about who ownes it next just how we feel about trains now. I'm sure theres a lot of us that actually look at trains we have and wonder where there going as I'm even considering on mine as I have no kids. When I'm gone I know it doesn't matter but in the mean time it's something to think about. :)
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cwburfle When I want to sell a train item, I don't really care who buys it.
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Kev, From The North Bluff Above Marseilles IL.
The ostrich syndrome same as we do with leadership.
What the heck is that supposed to mean?Do you worry about what's going to happen to your trains when you have to get rid of them? I don't. If they aren't saleable, and the kids don't want them, there is always the dump. They are inanimate objects. Toys. Nothing more.
When I'm gone I know it doesn't matter but in the mean time it's something to think about. :)I have fond memories of activities and the people I've met while hunting for trains. I don't see how those memories are transferable. My family has always been deeply involved in the hobby too, so they have memories of their own. But the kids really are not interested in the trains right now. I think that is fairly common. Of all the train people I know, only one person's son carried their interest into adulthood.
Dad gave me trains several years ago. My Uncle Jim left me his in his will (I got them too soon) because they knew the trains would stay with me and be cared for and enjoyed. Unfourtuniatly neither of my daughters have any interest in them, so when I go they'll probably end up on the bay.
Dave
It's a TOY, A child's PLAYTHING!!! (Woody from Toy Story)
Or you could sell them as a lot to someone who is interested and will care for them.
Around 2007 we were in Long Island for my nieces wedding. Having some time on our hands before the ceremony we went to the train shop in Lake Ronkonkamo. A elderly gentleman was their talking to the propieter about selling his trains. The propieter wasn't too interested, so I inquired about them. Low and behold they were prewar Lionel trains. My then 15 year old son had been after me for a few years for what he called tin can trains. I purchased them, and gave them to my son for Christmas. He puts them under the tree every few years, and we are glad to have them. The reason for thier sale was he had three daughters and none of them were interested. So the man's hertige rolls on with my son.
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