Small, portable layout...

[selector]

I know what you mean. I am fortunate in that my Mum provided me with a couple of photo ablums a few Christmases ago, and in it she placed photos of my youth. I have a few that show me at the controls of a much earlier Christmas present to me and my brothers. It was a Marklin steamer and a little diesel switcher, both of the German roads, a couple of long passenger cars, and lost of green sawdust and cloth with papier-mache. It was probably the most memorable Christmas present of my life (except for the guitar....but that's another story [B)]). When I look at what I have accomplished just since mid-January, I have come a long way.

Cheers.

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by selector

My expectation is that is WAS unique....and darned good. What happened to it?

"Hey selector". Thanks for the compliment. To answer your question. As the hobby progressed and I made more room, it got "phased out"... I ended up stripping all of the goodies off of it, and if memory serves me right, tossed it in the dumpster at work. I know. What a terrible thing to do, but it served its purpose to me, and like a burned out old light bulb I did away with it. Like I said in my original posting. The layout was 3 X 4 feet, was covered with green grass matt, had an oval track with a small town in the middle and a styrofoam store bought tunnel on one end. I think at that time the only engines I owned was a Life Like Santa Fe GP-38 and a Model Power F-7 along with about ten or twelve cars and a couple of cabooses. I really thought I had something... If I could travel back in time and show myself then what I have now I'm sure I'd have probably fainted-especially when I found out what I have tied up in it money wise.

Keep them trains a runnin...

trainluver1

[selector]

My expectation is that is WAS unique....and darned good. What happened to it?

[Anonymous]

Back in the late 80s when I started getting back into model railroading, I lived in a small apartment and didn't have a lot of room, so I built a small 3 X 4 foot N scale layout with a handle on one side that I could carry around and store where ever I had room for it (most of the time under the bed). Everything was glued and pinned down to the surface, and I had storage boxes mounted to the ends to hold my engines and rolling stock. I was really proud of myself at the time because I felt it was really unique.

trainluver1