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I grew up in a railway family and had a lifetime of close access to the prototype. I learned all about trains while still young. I understood trainworking regulations and signalling systems before I reached high school. I rode behind virtually every class of steam locomotive that ran in this country from 1950 to 1990. I love everything about trains - the sight, the sound, the smell. Trains have a magical, mystical quality for me. I am fascinated by the machinery, the technology, the history. <br /> <br />As an adult with a job and a salary that made home ownership and leisure time purchases possible, it was inevitable that I would try to recapture and reconstruct these experiences and memories in model form. Now the prototype has gone, but steam still rules on my model railway. What is the attraction for me? It is the synthesis, the reconstruction of all my happiest memories. It is my life encapsulated. It is a time machine.
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