In my earlier post, I should have mentioned that all three of our daughters love trains, both my O gauge trains and real trains. They grew up before my layout was built, but we always had a Christmas layout and I also had a number of shelves displaying some of my engines. They also learned about my love of trains and the fact that my wife's grandfather was a cabooseman on the Pennsylvania Railroad.
Our girls also rode on several scenic railroads with my wife and me. By far, their favorite was the Strasburg Railroad, which we rode on a number of occasions. While we were in Strasburg, we would also visit the Choo Choo Barn, the Strasburg Train Shop and the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania, and we stayed at the Red Caboose. Then we would travel to Hershey Park. We also visited Roadside America on a couple of occasions. On family trips we have taken over the years to locations like Flagstaff, Arizona, our daughters have been more than happy to do some train watching with us. Two of the three have also taken trips with us on AMTRAK.
Whenever our daughters visit our house, they and their families always spend some time in the train room, as they love the layout and are interested in what changes have been made to it and what new engines, passenger cars, freight cars and lit vehicles have been added. We always play a little game. I ask them to identify what is new, and they are very good at it!
Pat
