I don't know how many of you have seen a movie called The Red Violin. Basically, it traces the history of a very old violin down through the years from when it was first made til the present time. Sort of like the violin in the movie, a lot of my trains have passed through other owners before I got them. I have often looked at my own collection of used Lionel trains and wondered about their history . What little boy eagerly awaited it one Christmas long ago. What father and son built a small layout using it. How many owners it passed through before I got it and who is going to get it after I'm gone. Where are the previous now. Our trains are like other things that stand the test of time, they just keep on going. They sort of have lives of their own. We have them for a while and then they go on to someone else to build memories with. It is this kind of imaginative speculation that enhances the appeal of older trains for me.
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