Born in the war years, I was a confirmed Lionel devotee from around 1948 through the early months of 1961.Graduated from high School that year and a couple of months later entered THE Ohio State University, studying journalism, with a specialization in photojournalism. I was very active in Army ROTC, and the very day I graduated from college in 1965 (commissioned as a 2nd Lt. by General Curtis LeMay, who was our commencement speaker), I climbed into my new '65 Mustang convertible and reported for active duty at Ft. Knox. Subsequently saw a tour in Korea with the 7th Infantry Div., followed by two consecutive tours in Vietnam with the 101st Airborne and U.S. Army Headquarters, Obviously, trains were pretty much long forgotten at that point in my life. Left the Army in 1970. Some years later, after various journeys in my life and career, I moved to Hawaii as Photo Editor of Honolulu's major newspaper. A colleague managed to re-ignite the train spark by giving me an N scale train set as a Christmas gift, and a few years later a girlfriend gave me Ron Hollander's book as a Christmas gift. That was it, and I have been active in O gauge as a hobby and (largely) as a career ever since. . . a good number of years and decades.
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