I got my first Lionel when I was 12 in 1949 so now I'm 76. Gave away my postwar trains in 1955 and went to college. Got back in in 1995.
I'm 45 and received my first train around 4 or 5. It was a Marx Big Rail Work Train. Still have it and it runs, smokes and makes sounds like the first day.
I ventured through HO as a teen. I re-started HO about two years ago, got frustrated with derailing every two sec's. and quit.
Found some nice O gauge last year, caught the bug and haven't looked back. Love it
Same as many, I've running trains all my life. I'm 45 now and started when I was about 3 or so.
I'm 64 got my first Marx set when I was 3 followed by another Marx set two lionel sets plus a couple of passenger cars and some military cars. Managed to save my postwar trains from being thrown out, except for most of a Marx 1005 set, since replaced. Got them out of my parents attic after marriage and buying a house when I was 30 and started adding a few engines and cars. Joined the TCA when I was 37.
Hello everyone.I am 45 and I was into H.O. when I was younger and it was around the time I was 30 that I got into O gauge. So now I just came home from the Hospital 2 days ago with another surgery to add to the list. I Just had a valve replaced in my heart. Then 2 years ago I had a 3 way bypass done. Then 3 months prior I had a kidney transplant. and then in January of 2011 I lost my right leg. and I was on dialysis going back to 2007. So I have had some time to collect and save some trains. This is one Hobby That I love and would recommend to any one. So in the last 9 months I have built this table wich goes into the garage from the breezeway. Now to heal my chest and in a few months if not sooner I'll be back out their running some wire and climbing under the layout. I still have about 1/2 of the underside to paint. So enjoy the time you have with your layout and try passing it on because you can.
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52. Dad got me some O/S Christmas train as a kid, then had an HO 4x8 til high school. Out of college in 1985 began tinkering with N for ~ 25 years but amounting to nothing. Last year switched to O Hi Rail and, as retirement looms, a small layout is finally beginning to get started. Never give up; never grow up.
