Who will iherit your railroad?

[Anonymous]

Greetings,


As life comes to a close for one and all oneday. Who will you leave your model railroad to?

And if you have no one or who is interested what will you do?

Mark in Texas

[FThunder11]

Donate to my local Train club

[Anonymous]

One word - e-Bay!

Maybe my daughter will keep a loco or two for sentimental reasons ... maybe one of the Rock Islands, or perhaps the Iowa Interstate GP38.

[IRONROOSTER]

My wife and sons will divide it up as they sit fit, along with all my tools. This is what my brothers and I did with our fathers lead soldier collection made by Britains. Even though toy soldiers are not my hobby, I still keep them. I imagine that my sons will keep some or all of Dad's trains for sentimental reasons. It's the memories that count.
Enjoy
Paul

[Anonymous]

I don't know because I model some Conrail maybe I'll have NS and CSX split it up.[(-D][(-D]

[dano99a]

My son

[Javern]

Mine and all my train stuff will be divided up amongst all you fellow board members, it will be up to you all to divided equal and fair. No fighting and arguing, can you do it? [:D]

[Anonymous]

My three sons, [4:-)][C=:-)][C):-)].
Not only do they get my HO stuff, but also my grandfathers Lionel and American Flyer stuff. I've also told them I expect them each to keep a few pieces close to themselves, like the brass and scratchbuilt stuff. However I expect the rest of my stuff be used to "replant the seed" with whatever grandchildren come along. We have to continue the family tradition of model railroading, started in 1926.

[Budliner]

if I cant take em I aint going

[philnrunt]

I have a detonator rigged up to a radio transceiver attached to my aorta, and when it stops(my heart, not the transceiver, I think.Hmmmm ,better replace that d-cell) 6,972 pounds of c-4 plastic explosives taken 3 oz's at a time from the local co-op will explode my trains to the wind! Viva Gomez Addams!!!!
Javern- I'm certain you see the logic and common sense of giving all of you equpiment to me-ME-ME!!! HARHARHAR! I would then, of course, distribute all items equitably to all of the forum members.
Yeah, thats the ticket.

[Anonymous]

Not being HO-DCC, it's going to take me a little longer to climb that grade to HO heaven. When I clear that summit, it goes to our second hand hobby shop
at 25% of Trainworld's prices.

[Fergmiester]

I suspect the junk yard as both kids see no use in it and the wife considers it a waste of realestate.

[Anonymous]

My youngest son and my oldest granddaughter. They both love the hobby.

[CP5415]

I'M TAKING IT WITH ME!!!!!!!!

[;)]

Gordon

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by Fergmiester

I suspect the junk yard as both kids see no use in it and the wife considers it a waste of realestate.

Donation to the local VFW home. Must be a lot of old steamers checked in there.

[Anonymous]

My adult son and adult daughter have no real interest in the hobby, but I suspect my son would keep some of dad's trains just because they're dad's trains. If either of them ever produces grandchildren that may open up a whole new ballgame. I would have no problem if my wife sold all of it on ebay when that time comes. Ya can't take it with ya!

[Anonymous]

When I go, wife gets it. She may either keep the items or give then to family. If this happens near the end of our lives I think if we have a rail club that is in need of equiptment or has a space for a town or two they are welcome to it. If there are none then either a estate sale or eBay.

We have carried trains in our family for near 4 generations now. I expect this to continue.

[Anonymous]

They're coming with me! No one in my family appreciates them as much as I do!

[MudHen_462]

I do not see that as a problem... it will probably be "taken over" by the UP any day now !

[Anonymous]

Likely my little brother. At least until I get kids of my own (Which might not be long).

[Anonymous]

I'm still young so this is far down the line for me. But I would hope that my children have the interest as much as I did. If for some reason my kids don't want it (God forbid) or I die before i have kids (another God forbids) I hope they will be giving to another kid that is getting into the hobby so that the hobby lives on. Plus the hardest thing about this hobby when your young is not having money to get equipment.
Andrew Miller

[egmurphy]

I'm with the guys who are planning on taking them with them, I mean, we are talking about HEAVEN here, aren't we? [angel] Should be lot's of space and plenty of nearby LHS's.

I suppose if I go the other way I'll leave them to Junior, as they're N scale. I would imagine that going to H[censored]L probably means having to switch to Horribly Oversized.[swg]

Ed

[philnrunt]

Andrew- the other hardest thing about this hobby is having manufactuers raise prices so that when you are old you STILL can't afford it!

[Anonymous]

I just hope the U.P. doesn't take over my rails![(-D][(-D]

[dragenrider]

My wife has no interest in my hobby. However, she swears that when I die, she's leaving my layout exactly as it is so she can visit it and remember the things in life that made me happy. Isn't that sweet? (sniff, sniff) [*^_^*]

Then, a couple of hours later, she'll probably give it to my best friend Al, who is a modeller, too. That way she can have the garage back!

[wrobwrob]

For heirs who have no interest in the hobby I plan to make a diorama in an acrylic case to include a structure, loco, car or combination. That will be their souvenir, which they can display, put in the attic, etc. They can dispose of the rest.

For heirs who do have an interest I will encourage them to keep meaningful items only and dispose of the majority, which will have no particular significance for them.

In both cases to "dispose of the rest" means that it goes to friends or to eBay or to the dump.

I want to make sure my heirs know my wishes, particularly for items of value. I know of one widow asked her husband's friends to have an auction, which they did successfully. (EBay is today's equivalent.) Another widow didn't know what to do, so she contacted a local auction house (the kind that handles household furnishings and antiques). The auction house filled cardboard boxes with his large collection of brass locomotives to sell as Miscellaneous Toys. A few buyers got incredible bargains, all of which were sold later at train shows or in hobby shops at market prices. I don't think that's what her husband wanted, but he was beyond caring.

A friend retired from the hobby when an accident left him in a wheelchair. He salvaged parts of his layout to give away. His equipment went to family and friends. Thanks to his foresight, his spouse won't have any problems.

[Anonymous]

Well since im still a youngin, i would hope that my children, if i even get some, would take em over, and or, just break it down, sigh, sigh, and hold on to them. But hey, heaven might have a whole room devoted to model trains. smile, smile.

[CBQ_Guy]

Either the garbage man, or a grand child (if I ever get one!)
Either way my wife will get great pleasure out of seeing it all finally go...[xx(]

[Anonymous]

Remeber me when your writing your will (im joking but if yout serious i dont mind being in your will)................ahh if only i had that 4-8-8-4 cough cough LOL

[CBQ_Guy]

QUOTE: Originally posted by codyr

Remeber me when your writing your will (im joking but if yout serious i dont mind being in your will)................ahh if only i had that 4-8-8-4 cough cough LOL

Well you know what they say..."Where there's a will, there's a way!"[;)]