Mikey, how could you forget Fred. Once a month Jim Madden would pick Fred Hines and I up in that old Pontiac he owned and go to the local (Oakland) TCA meet. It was a really big meet in those days. Fred's duck under layout was something. I had never seen so many operating prewar trains before. His Buddy L set was in like new condition. Those indeed were great times. Fred still played tennis into his 80's. Don
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