Coupled in matrimony - wedding trains

That is so cool! Best wishes for a happy life together. 

Congratulations.

"Do you take this woman to be your wedded wife; in sickness and in health, for richer for poorer, for better or for worse, in scale and semi-scale, in steam and diesel, in freight and passenger..." 

Nice photos, by the way.

Congratulations!! May you both have a long and happy life together...and also a very nice and very large layout.  

Congrats!

My first reaction to seeing this was "hot cool is that?"

Then immediately, I thought, "I'd have been divorced by the end of the wedding day if I'd pulled something like that out." I bet others here would think the same thing.

I knew a guy who suggested a wedding at a tourist RR and his fiancée actually broke up with him over it...

p51 posted:

I knew a guy who suggested a wedding at a tourist RR and his fiancée actually broke up with him over it...

She did him a BIG favor right there! Would have been worse later on and much more expensive.  

Congratulations!  You had an awesome wedding! Thanks for sharing.

-Greg

Congratulations and good luck to both of you! May your collections continue to grow.

Congratulations! I wish I had your luck! Now the both of you need to play the lottery! What are the chances!

WOW!!!You to look good together and very happy to boot!!May you two be happy always.And keep on trackin!!

You're going to miss the thrill of sneaking new train purchases into the house over the years.  

What, me worry? 

Congrats!

Peter

Congrats- very cool. You've got a keeper there for sure.

But not having to try and smuggle new trains into the house? I don't know, that's kinda half the fun....

I was privileged to attend Matt's wedding down in Atlanta and had a excellent time. Matt and I became train friends way back in the 1995 when his mom asked me if I could help Matt with his small HO layout. I know Matt would have preferred a locomotive roundhouse but one was not available and I think the trolley barn was a great venue.

I'm sure we will be seeing more from Matt and Lydia's train collecting.  

Matt, Congratulations on your wedding. My wife has been a big supporter of my railroading interests, too. 

In 1994, she got me back into the hobby by getting me a beaten up steamer from a local antiques store. 

I dragged her to the opening of Steamtown...

Then, I dragged her out on a 6-hour (each way) trip to Horseshoe Curve in the last year of Conrail. 

Since 2004, we do a twice-annual local Toy & Train show together, I with my interest in trains and she loves her stuffed animals (there is one on our table in the picture), so both enjoy it. 

She has been a good sport and it looks like you have a great foundation to build on.

Tom 

Thank you everyone for the kind words!

Yep, no sneaking required, at least not yet!  She's even gracious enough to let me keep some of the collection in a display case in our one-bedroom apartment:

She's definitely embraced the hobby, to the point where we'll go to train shows and she ends up with more loot than I (she likes the operating animal cars).  She's also not a stickler for scale like me, so the postwar Lionel and Railking rolling stock fit the bill.

We're starting our search for our first home now, so hopefully in the not-too-distant future the trains will be running on actual rails!

@franktrain, thank you again for coming down for our big weekend, it was an honor to have you!

Congratulations to you and your wife!  A wonderful day, wonderful photos of you two, and a wonderful venue.

(And, wow!, that's some display case!).  Good luck with the house hunting. Sales are pretty active these days, up north, anyway.

Tomlinson Run Railroad

My wife and I KNOW how lucky you and Lydia are!  You are both truly blessed to share life including this hobby!  I will never forget my wife's expression on our first date when discussing interests, hobbies, etc..  I mumbled "Trains....Model Railroading", her eyes grew as big as the dinner plates before us, and the rest has been blessed euphoria for as long as we have together on this earth.  

And, the 'deal' was sealed on our first visit to York ever.......She was a door prize winner of a Lionel Christmas train set!

Keep the passion....kindle the love!

Ken and Deb

Congrats !!  Very cool. All the best wishes.

Reminds me of that lady (forgot her name now, haven't seen any posts from her in awhile) that had standard gauge trains running at her wedding.

very happy for you both!....been married 25 years!...every birthday and holiday....trains trains and more trains!....My wife has supported me and my hobby since day 1.....still very much in love her!....wishing ya'll many many years of happiness!....