Longest lived project- model railroad hoarding

[crossthedog]

Oh, man. Jim, I have something I need to show you. I'm at work in a virtual meeting right now, listening to blah blah, but I'll post it a little later. I just turned 60. "Hi, I'm Matt (Hi Matt)..."

-Matt

[drgwcs]

Ok just fixed something from my scrap box rip track that has been there nearly 40 years....... a Train Miniature transfer caboose. If I remember right it was a victim of a cat induced fall when my layout was in my parents garage......railings were broken and missing on the sides. I would up building new ones from scratch Monday night. I toted that thing around for years in the rip track drawer that was just above my scrap box drawers. (one of those six drawer plastic units)  It has been in 10 moves.

 

If that wasn't bad enough in the process I was looking for the end railings one thing led to another and I started cleaning out the scrap box. Good night what was going on here..... the end off a Faller greenhouse that I remember buying when I was probably 12 or 13... and I am 55!  Then I found other bits and pieces nearly as old. Why am I saving this stuff? On the neater side I did find the body for the caboose that was my first purchase at a train show. Saving that but threw out a bunch of useless stuff leftover from buildings long gone. I remember as a young tween or teen reading an article by Art Curren (appropriately enough since my last name is Curran) that mentioned saving leftover parts in a scrapbox. Guess I took it to heart.

 

I am not sure what scares me more the fact that I saved all these tiny useless scraps of plastic or that I remember what they are off of.....

Hi I'm Jim (Hi Jim) and I have a train problem................