Father's Day Train Events

Just ran the usual suspects (standard and LGB) and had a nice day with all four children showing their appreciation in both words and deeds. A very fine day!

My son and I go to numerous professional sporting events in Philadelphia (though obviously not this year).  We have to pass the exit to Nicholas Smith trains on the way.  My son is not into trains in the least bit. When we come to the exit I always joke "hey, let's stop at Nicholas Smith trains!" to which my son always responds with something smart like "how about we don't and say we did". 

Yesterday he asked if we could take trip to the sports complex as we've been taking trips to give him practice driving on highways. Of course, I said sure.  This time when we were coming up on the exit for Nicholas Smith trains and I joked "hey, let's stop by Nicholas Smith trains" he gave his usual smart aleck reply but took the exit.  Apparently he had this planned all along and told me happy father's day and he had $100 to put towards any item I wished to purchase.  Almost had me in tears.

-Greg

My day pretty much the same as Tinplate Art posted above, spent some quality time with the mrs. who made me a wonderful dinner. And heard from the kids scattered abroad in different states. Except I ran 0-gauge trains and had an overall great day to be sure. 

Greg Houser, that's a wonderful story, almost had ME in tears! 

Happy Fathers Day to all you Fathers, Grandfathers and Great Grandfathers out there.

@Greg Houser posted:

My son and I go to numerous professional sporting events in Philadelphia (though obviously not this year).  We have to pass the exit to Nicholas Smith trains on the way.  My son is not into trains in the least bit. When we come to the exit I always joke "hey, let's stop at Nicholas Smith trains!" to which my son always responds with something smart like "how about we don't and say we did". 

Yesterday he asked if we could take trip to the sports complex as we've been taking trips to give him practice driving on highways. Of course, I said sure.  This time when we were coming up on the exit for Nicholas Smith trains and I joked "hey, let's stop by Nicholas Smith trains" he gave his usual smart aleck reply but took the exit.  Apparently he had this planned all along and told me happy father's day and he had $100 to put towards any item I wished to purchase.  Almost had me in tears.

-Greg

Very moving story, Greg, thanks for sharing it.

Pulled Grandpa’s train out of storage, and rigged a wire from the whistle to the pickup roller on one of the passenger cars (tender roller disappeared a very long time ago). Ran it around the living room for a while. Dad got a big kick out of hearing the whistle!

@Steaming Jon posted:

Pulled Grandpa’s train out of storage, and rigged a wire from the whistle to the pickup roller on one of the passenger cars (tender roller disappeared a very long time ago). Ran it around the living room for a while. Dad got a big kick out of hearing the whistle!

 

 

That's quite a peppy train, Steaming Jon.

I had a very nice Father's Day, having lunch  with my adult children and wife on the deck of our home. I did nothing train-related with them. However, before and after lunch, I enjoyed running on my layout the rolling stock I acquired from my LHS last week, and connecting with my Forum friends right here! Arnold

Arnold! Yes happy Father’s Day again.

Much like you, I celebrated with my daughter and grand daughter, and my wife having a great lunch, and after some outdoor activities, planting a few Father’s Day plants in the garden, then  another nice dinner topped off with a pie. What a beautiful day!  Spoke to my son (NYC) for an hour too. When it was all over and the nightfall arrived, I went into the basement and ran my NH postwar Electric and my favorite tank car unit train. Loops galore! No derailments! I felt quite Like a King!

hope all forum members had good times.