Same song, next verse. My Father worked for Southern RR. Of course I had to have a train set. In 1963 I got the X200 Texas special. In 1965 I got another set from Sears with a steam engine, a floodlight car, two manual switches and the #346 culvert unloader. It was all attached to a 4x8 piece of plywood. Train time was rare as I had trouble moving the plywood to play. In 1970 we moved to Alabama. My rolling stock never left the moving box. The plywood, with my track, was hung close to the ceiling in our garage. Fast forward 49 years. I saw an O27 set in a yard sale for $60.00. I thought my twin Grandsons might like to play with it when they visited. I put the oval on a hollow door on my front porch. My Grandsons could not be tempted away from their electronics. However the hook was set in me. After two days I placed the door setup on sawhorses in the center of our living room. My patient wife tolerated this arrangement for two months. Next a spare bedroom was taken over. When we learned company was coming, my lovely bride bought a 8x8 building for my railroad. I dug deep in my parent's basement to retrieve my 1960's stuff and plywood layout. It is a growing railroad with no end in sight.
Great topic.
