by Komachi
Hey, guys!
Today (December 14, 2011) marks my ** TWENTY FIFTH ** year of model railroading (I can't believe I'm old enough to say that!)!!! I was given my tenth birthday present a day early... an HO scale TYCO train set. (I can't remember the name of the set, but it had a Santa Fe GP20 locomotive and matching caboose, a Union Pacific gondola (with concrete pipe load) a Burlington Northern boxcar and an orange auto rack (double deck and open to show the cars being transported).
I still have that first train set (well, minus a few pieces...) and even though the engine doesn't run anymore (I burned out the motor), I plan on putting it on static display in my train room (... whenever it is that I can get my own place and have an actual train room!).
So, as I celebrate my "silver anniversary" in the hobby, I'm currious to know how long some of you guys have been in the hobby (if you dare admit it!) and how you got into the hobby. I'm just currious to know.
(Oh, and I DID get myself an Anniversary gift... I bought my first LIONEL set!)
Today (December 14, 2011) marks my ** TWENTY FIFTH ** year of model railroading (I can't believe I'm old enough to say that!)!!! I was given my tenth birthday present a day early... an HO scale TYCO train set. (I can't remember the name of the set, but it had a Santa Fe GP20 locomotive and matching caboose, a Union Pacific gondola (with concrete pipe load) a Burlington Northern boxcar and an orange auto rack (double deck and open to show the cars being transported).
I still have that first train set (well, minus a few pieces...) and even though the engine doesn't run anymore (I burned out the motor), I plan on putting it on static display in my train room (... whenever it is that I can get my own place and have an actual train room!).
So, as I celebrate my "silver anniversary" in the hobby, I'm currious to know how long some of you guys have been in the hobby (if you dare admit it!) and how you got into the hobby. I'm just currious to know.
(Oh, and I DID get myself an Anniversary gift... I bought my first LIONEL set!)
~Erik Paulson
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