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I already made the mistake of posting this in the O guage area...ooops. :) Hi all! Just found this fantastic forum and look forward to posting here when possible. Here's the brief rundown: When I was about 7 years old, my father and grandfather banished me from the basement of our Chicago home for several months leading up to Christmas. As the holiday approached I began to notice strange sounds coming from behind the closed door. Horn sounds. Clacking sounds...you get the drill! Well, they had taken my dad's 1950's era Santa Fe Lionel O guage set and built an 8' x 8' table for it! Imagine my delight when I ran down the stairs that morning. I remember lots of fun with that set. Fast forward about 27 years. I've got two little boys (4 & 2) who are already showing keen interest in trains (namely old Thomas...hope that's not a 4 letter word here!). I've still got the benchwork in my garage rafters, but, obviously, the set is much too valuable to let them play with. I've been picking up every cheap Goodwill HO train and bits of scenery I can for months now and (after I finish cleaning out the garage) anticipate setting up a fun, basic layout for "us" to play with. Time to set aside my militaria collection (wife cheers) and do something a bit more inclusive. Problem is, I have yet to see any layouts that incorporate this very square sized former O gauge table. Any ideas or can you point me to some plans? Also, I just purchased a Life-Like Cannonball 88 set at Goodwill and after doing some quick searches on Google have yet to find one bit of info about it. It has a Santa Fe (dark blue and yellow lettering) loco and seems to be pristine. Came with some track and cars as well. I know LL is not a primo line in HO, but that's sort of the point. I'm just curious as to when LL may have released this set and what it might be worth today (buyer's remorse is already setting in!). Anyhow, I bow to your obvious depths of knowledge and hope I can show off some pics of the layout and ecstatic kids in engineer's hats a few months down the line! Thanks for a GREAT forum and site!
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