Been reading the many posts on this forum for some time and have developed a great respect for the knowledge and helpfulness of the members. After many years of longing to get my childhood Lionel up and running I finally got the basement cleared out and joined the forum so I could take advantage of interacting with members. Began an ambitious project to run my postwar trains. Up to now I would put my first set (a 675 with 2442& 2443 passenger cars) up around the Christmas tree every year and remember when my Grandfather gave it to me in 1947. Hopefully, when this project is done, I will be able to run all of my postwar at once and my granddaughter will enjoy it with me.
Also want to give a shout out to John at TK Hobbies - thanks to some posted recommendations I dealt with him to purchase track and switches. He lived up to my expectations - good price, excellent service, quick delivery and he formerly worked in the Summit train store where I had my father's prewar 253 repaired.
I will post progress as I go along and will certainly post when seeking advice.
