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My earliest recollection of trains was when my Grandma used to haul me back and forth from Idaho to Texas during big brawl no 2 - when I was about 8 my stepfather stopped in Fort Dodge Iowa - he had an Uncle who was with the Northwestern - he must have been a hostler - and we went out to the roundhouse and I got to ride in the cab of something while the unit went around on the turntable prior to being put into the roundhouse - I never forgot that experience. My brother and I shared a Lionel set as a Christmas present in 1950 but my pappy wasn't really into things like hobbies so I soon tired of it and it fell into disuse - that trainset is now in the attic of my brother's garage in Michigan. I had developed a moderate interest in ship modeling. I kindled an interest in railroad history before I ever got interested in railroad modelling. My interest in (model) trains dates from the summer of 1962. The Air Force had sent me to Vandenburg in California for some special computer training and wound up extending me there for two weeks to be an observer at a missile shoot - they also left me broke (do you know how many places there are to party in the Golden State???) I had enough money for two cartons of cigarettes ($1.76 a carton) and a little left over so I went to the exchange to replenish my reading material - Playboy was my preference and Vandenburg was one of the few military installations that carried it on their newstand but they had the old issue so I browsed the magazine rack for something else to tickle my interest -------- and the July, '62 MR and Craftsman caught my eye. I bought them and for the next two weeks I read and reread them. I was hopelessly hooked!!! And I've stayed hooked!!!
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