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Fear! The first memory I had of a train was when my dad held me as a youngster as he stood next to the GTW tracks in Royal Oak, MI when a train was coming by. I think I can pick out the locomotive in my memory. It was an EMD yard switcher and the horn about scared me out of my pants, not to mention its ominous size and the ground shaking it produced. Well, this fear turned into fascination of all things and from then on, being near railroad tracks made the pricklies go up and down my spine in anticipation of one of those approaching monsters. Wow! What a thrill! Combine this fascination with the first time I saw a model railroad and I was hooked! A way to control the monster in miniature form and miniature realism was possible and alluring! I just don't know how else to say it.
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