Here are some pictures of my HO Train Layout I once had. This was in my parent's basement.
I started it when I was, probably, in 8th grade or so. This is as far as I got on it. These pictures were taken in 1968. I had graduated from college then and "moved on". I had no place to put it and did not have the money or time and I guess I had lost some of my interest in it, too. Dad was interested in it and worked with me some on it, but when I left he was not interested in it enough to keep it and work on it himself. So we sold it. I learned a lot from working on it. I had designed the layout myself. I really liked it. It had two main lines, sidings, and a switching yard. It had block control and two trains could be operated on it at the same time.
I had big plans for tunnels, and scenery, etc. But, time moves on--and so did the trains.
2 comments:
Dad, you've got some AWESOME fodder for blogs here. Keep posting!
I wish you still had some of your old childhood toys like this. You can't find this stuff anymore.
Yep, wish I could have kept it. I also had some Lionel and American Flyer trains. Actually, I won the American Flyer. I think I colored a picture (with pencils) and won it from a drug store. That and the Lionel would have been worth money if I still had them. But, as happens so often, who knew? And I "out grew" my toys and mom sold them at what would have been called a garage sale today. Then it was just an ad in the paper, "toys for sale".
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