My avatar is a painting of my Dad and me when I was 2 yrs. old. My wife commissioned this painting as a surprise for my 40th birthday. If that doesn't show that she supports my hobby, I don't know what does. The painting was copied from a photo that was in our local newspaper back in 1970.
My favorite train is and always will be the Blue Comet--especially the Lionel Standard Gauge headed by the 400e.
As for naming my layout, which is currently under construction, I hadn't thought about it too much, but then decided on a whim on the name: Downcella Central Railroad. "Downcella" is New Englandese for what people in other parts of the U.S. would refer to as "in the basement."
