When do you run trains?

[Rene Schweitzer]

Of course, this partially is dependent on your work schedule (or if you're retired).

[cacole]

Here in Arizona, it depends on the time of year and weather more than anything else for me. I'm retired, so I don't have to worry about work interfering with anything, but sunburn must definitely be considered. Lacking shade, I usually have to wait until near sundown.

[Anonymous]

No schedule at all really.Just when I feel like it.Sometimes a couple of months will pass before I run them again.Keeps it fresh and fun.No matter how much you like things, you can have too much of a good thing ,as the saying goes.
Troy

[Anonymous]

RENE
I AM RETIRED ,SO I RUN MY TRAINS ANY TIME THE WEATHER IS NICE AND I AM NOT BUSY AROUND THE HOUSE TAKING CARE OF MY ACRE OF GRASS AND LOTS OF BUSHES , TREES, FLOWERS AND GOLDFISH POND . I LIKE DOING IT .
BEN[:)]

[jtrost]

Judging from the responses so far, it appears I need to go ahead and retire. Too bad I can't afford to. [:-^]

[Anonymous]

my garden is still in planing ,but when i can thow some track togetter . can't what to have a rail layout to run.

[Big_Boy_4005]

It seems almost implied that this question is for outdoor modelers.

As one who has only ever had indoor trains, you would think that I would be running them all the time, but that unfortunately is not the case. Indoors I don't have the weather and seasonal issues to deal with, but that doesn't necessarily make it any easier.

The truth is I haven't run a train in over 10 years, but prior to that I spent over a year where my trains ran 11 hours a day, 7 days a week. That's no picnic either, and almost took the fun out of it for me.

Talk about the going from the ridiculous to the sublime!!! I am in search of a HAPPY MEDIUM!!!![swg]

[Anonymous]

During open houses and when someone visits is when I run trains most often. Other times I am working on the layout or doing non train things.
OLD DAD

[Anonymous]

We run our trains every chance we get whatever the season.

George

[Anonymous]

I live in Western PA so when it quits raining we will run again. This is a new project

[Anonymous]

Bstarr, Where abouts in western PA do you reside? All of my family come from southwestern PA. My Garden RR when it gets started will be prototyped after the Waynesburg& Washington RR in South western PA.

And Most of All[#welcome]

[Anonymous]

I run trains after tea in the warm sun and after getting home from a stressfull day at work nothing beats it

[dandylines]

Only when I'm there! I've added motion detection so the trains only run when anyone is near the garden. I like the idea they don't wear themselves out when your not there and I really like the nice surprise of a train running anytime you pass by. (It's also not much of a surpise when you have to go over and turn them on first then have to turn them off so you don't wear them out)
Dandylines

[Anonymous]

I run my trains out and back at the moment because the loop isn't complete, so it's a hands on thing. Every couple of weeks would be a good average but I do put a couple of cars out a few nights a week for something 'railway' to look at when I'm sat out or in the back lounge.
Cheers,
Kim
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