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It was my Dad who kindled my interest in trains and model railroading. He was an avid railfan all of his life. He used to take my older brother and me to the train station on Saturdays, while Mom and my older sister stayed at home to clean the house. It was not before Christmas 1963 when I go my first train set - a Marklin starter set consisting of an oval of tin plate track, a fantasy 0-6-0, a couple of tin plate passenger cars and a Faller kit for a small station building, which was assembled by me on Christmas day. I still have that building! Each year saw an addition to the rather small start, more track, switches, signals, locos, cars. In 1970, I had accumulated sufficient material to build a small layout in our basement. That layout did not live long - the basement was flooded some years later and whatever remains could be salvaged, were sold. Life got in the way, but the interest never died down. 30 years later, I got back into the active side of the hobby and build another Marklin layout - just for reasons of nostalgia. That layout was sold when we moved house and I have build a number of rather small layouts since. At the moment, all MRRing is resting, as I am recovering from a stroke I suffered 6 weeks ago, but the day will come when I´ll be able to pick up the hobby again!
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