Hoboton - version 1

[Brutus]

Right - I was thinking of a hobo version of hobbiton myself when I typed that! Don't know why, but it made sense at the time.

My grandmother had an uncle who was a hobo, and her father and most of her uncles worked on the railroad. One brother died because he took a nap and a train backed over him - honest. I think he'd had a little nip for lunch, though. Anyway, the uncle would show up every once in a while looking for some food and a few dollars. He always wanted to eat eggs. She'd make him go and clean up, give hiim some of her husband's old clothes, and then fix him a big platter of scrambled eggs. He would spit all over them first, so nobody would steal his food! LOL

It's just a theme that appealed to me for what I think are humorous reasons. I always figured hobos were homeless on purpose. I work with medical records, some going back decades, and I've seen examination reports from the 30's and 40's referencing "hobo tendencies" etc.

[Anonymous]

I read Hoboton and thought of the short people from Lord of the Rings. Hobos not Hobbit, oh well good work anyways.

[Anonymous]

If you are looking for cheap(er) buildings to add in your theme cheak out the Hobo shacks and covered brige kits from Plasticville/Bachmann. They have a similar prestressed wood look. Interesting theme.

Do you consider the people homeless or hobos? Some kids I met asked me if I remembered Seseme Street (Of course I did being my age). "Well do you rember the name of that green homeless puppet?" It took me a while to figure out she was talking about Oscar the Grouch who lives in the trashcan. Funny I had never thought of him being homeless.

[wrmcclellan]

Way to go Jim!

[Brutus]

sorry - you have to just copy my link into the address line - the www doesn't work.

or try this:

http://webpages.charter.net/jwf123

Okay - I just tried this link and it works - sorry for the confusion!

Jimbo

[cnw1995]

Try this: http://www.webpages.charter.net/jwf123

[andregg1]

Hi
Sorry but the link dosen't work
Andre.

[Brutus]

Here's a link to my webpage where I think you can see some pics of my first adult O gauge layout. It's nothing much now, but once I get the basement done in the next year, it should make a nice detailed area.

webpages.charter.net/jwf123

I'll be adding pics of my Halloween layout, complete with my Transylvania RR locomotive, tender, boxcar (bobbing ghost), and working caboose, and my wife's Hallmark stuff.