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@RJT posted:

In 1969 I was working part time and my dad still had a love for Lionel trains as I got a little older turned 18 I started working with him in the trucking industry making the same money. He being the soul provider as my mom was a stay at home mom I started supporting his train hobby love. He found a group of gents that met once a month at each others home and they called themselves The Gold Coast Train Collectors and through those get togethers I would bankroll his love for Lionel Trains. That was the biggest thing that kept us close being a teenager and knowing it all we generally did not see eye to eye but the trains kept us close. To this day I still collect and operate PW Lionel Trains my dad even collected MPC Era stuff as I still do in his memory I pick up stuff he always wanted but could not afford at the time. That was 50 years ago he has been gone since 1984 and I still miss him.

Great story.  Sounds like a relationship that may have been a lot closer than you realized.  My only child got killed four months ago at age 31.  I can identify with your loss to some degree.

On the other hand you have those memories forever and it sounds like they were awesome.

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