First "OP" session with son. Wooooo--Woooooooooo

[SpaceMouse]

QUOTE: Originally posted by selector

Chip, thanks for sharing that. I am happy that it worked out for you the way you had hoped it would. I hope that lends some impetus to your layout construction and research.

[8D][tup]

What I'm going to do is get out some passenger cars, some 50' Overlands, and rig them with Kaydees and metal wheels. He keeps stopping at the stations pulling freight. He says there's people in the caboose that have to get out. Looks like he's a passenger ops man in training.

[railroadyoshi]

Chip, glad you are enjoying it

[selector]

Chip, thanks for sharing that. I am happy that it worked out for you the way you had hoped it would. I hope that lends some impetus to your layout construction and research.

[8D][tup]

[selector]

QUOTE: Originally posted by rrinker

This obviously means you need to name the 2-6-0 'Pixie'

[:D][:D][:D][:D]

and about now some of our younger members are going "huh?"


--Randy

Huh?! [:o)][:D]

[SpaceMouse]

QUOTE: Originally posted by rrinker

This obviously means you need to name the 2-6-0 'Pixie'

[:D][:D][:D][:D]

and about now some of our younger members are going "huh?"


--Randy

Actually, my daughter's 4-4-0's name is Pixie at my wife's insistance.

Her father was a world-famous chemist who using lasers was able to measure intermediary chemical reactions in real time (10 to the -15 power). Two huge lasers were used in the process, Pixie and DIxie.

She never heard of the cartoons.

[Tracklayer]

You're a good dad Chip. God bless you.

Tracklayer

[Pruitt]

You guys made a great story.

[rrinker]

This obviously means you need to name the 2-6-0 'Pixie'

[:D][:D][:D][:D]

and about now some of our younger members are going "huh?"


--Randy

[Anonymous]

This is what it's all about. Many more "stories" for both Dad and son.
Enjoy
Will

[SpaceMouse]

The whole reason I got into this hobby was to have something my 8-year-old autistic son and I could do together. However, as we were starting out, he got bored with derails before I could fix all the track and has not gotten back into it since.

Today, however, I put a couple decoders into my little old-time 2-6-0s and invited him to run. He has a 2-8-0 with sound he calls Dixie (cause it says Dixie Line on the side.) Anyway, we ran and since his is much faster and stronger, he had to make allowances for my slow little steamer. He got the hang of ringing the bell coming into the station.

We only crashed once when I was going up hill. e bumped me from behind and coupled with my rear car. He then reversed and started pulling my whole train backwards. Of course, everything came apart in the tunnel.

But he was patient for once and we got running again. At the end, he told me that we made a good story. (Dixie was talking with my 2-6-0 every time they got close.)