Mine started in the early 70's with my first HO set and stuff from my dad's old UP Athern set that was left after they split. Had a 4x8 board in the living room for years before moving to Tucson in 79. All of it somehow "disappeared" during the move. Guess my mom thought it was too much extra stuff to pack in the small u haul. Spent many an hour just sitting in one spot at track level waiting for the train to go by, or driving my matchbox and hot wheels cars all over town. Still wish I still had them. Got back into it again in N, had to sell all of it off a few years ago when I was laid off from work (had to pay bills some how), now into it again with N, until the wife and I got our first Lionel Polar Express set about 3 years ago now. Now just waiting for things to settle down after a horrible year so I can get the plywood and start setting up. She keeps bugging me about it to get it started. This time I refused to sell any of the train stuff. I miss my old sets from childhood, I still regret having to sell the sizeable collection I had years ago, and not going through it again.
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