Reply to "Maybe a way to get small children interested in the Hobby?"

Mike H MottlerOGR Forum Member SUPPORTING MEMBER

Probably the greatest "ally" of toy trains is SANTA CLAUS, and many Christmas trees of hobbyists also accommodate a floor layout at its base. And there's THE POLAR EXPRESS movie and trains - perhaps the greatest children's story of our time.

At Mottler Station, for many years we set up O-gauge holiday train layouts in the living room bay window. Each year at Christmas, the layout grew in size and in height with with multiple levels. Ultimately, the layout expanded to fill our two-stall garage.

Our granddaughter showed an interest in my Rock Island trains, so I bought HO trains like my RI trains for her - and placed them at the base of a small Christmas tree for her. On Christmas Eve, she slept on the floor near the trains that she described as "just my size."

Mike Mottler LCCA 12394

5/7/2111:47 PM

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