Reply to "Did your Dad get you into this hobby?"

Johnny WinklerOGR Forum Member

No,my dad wanted me to like the "normal" things he liked and did.Such as recreation league softball and basketball (going to all games and practice sessions) and golf,plus any kind of sports on TV. My love affair with trains started when I was 12 in 1980;that's when a Southern steam special with Royal Hudson 2839 stopped behind my church as I was about to enter Sunday school. In the consist of the train was a Southern FP7 diesel and Amtrak super dome car on the headend. Well a couple of weeks later I was in a Toyland toy store and spotted a Lionel Amtrak Lake Shore Limited set and fell in love with it. I asked for it and luckily I got it for Christmas two months later. It was my mom who followed up and got this for me. I remember when visiting the big toy store with my little brother and my mom that my dad would usually wait in the car as he had no interest in any toys.

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