I met the man with the best job.

WOW amazing.Never heard of anything like that.Nick

Now the big question: How much is he paying them to let him do that job?

Sorry,  The man who works for the City of Portsmouth Children's Museum has that best job.  No travel, other than to technician training, paid to maintain, play and buy trains.  G

Sorry, you're both wrong!  I have the best job!  Think about it.  

I once had a part-time job here in Nashville, TN in the 1980's servicing the LGB trains of several high-profile wealthy Belle Meade families, and also a local museum and a German style restaurant. Replaced motors, broken couplers and detail parts, and cleaned the track. The museum was non-profit so I gave them a discount but still came out pretty well.

"Nice work if you can get it"  

That would be a great job if the trains were shipped to him for service. I bet he puts a lot of mileage on his vehicle.

Cool. I wonder if he has a model railroad at home.

Sorry Alan, I really have the best job, work part-time at the local LHS and also at the golf course (pro-shop). It is great being retired.

And why did my school counselor not tell me about this career path?!?!?!?

Nice job; but putting on 1500 miles a month, "whew".

Sorry folks, my job is best.  I'm fully retired and my job is to do whatever I darn well please each and every day.

Considering that there are about 21 work days in a month on average, based on a 5 day work week, that works out to a little more than 71 miles per day.  Not really that bad as averages go.

Andy

I used to think that the weatherman had the best job because they never had to be right.

Then I realized that the photographer who shoots the SI Swimsuit issue has the best job. No doubt in my mind.

Gerry

Sorry to bust y'all's bubbles, but Catherine Zeta-Jones massage therapist is the guy with the best job.

Pete

Anyone who wakes up in the morning (or whenever) and who then looks forward to going off to his or her day's labors has the best job.  Doesn't matter what someone else does so long as you enjoy what YOU are doing to make a living.

He said 1500 miles in a week.  He lives somewhere in New York State and has a G layout in his basement.

Anyone who wakes up in the morning (or whenever) and who then looks forward to going off to his or her day's labors has the best job.  Doesn't matter what someone else does so long as you enjoy what YOU are doing to make a living.

I was just at a Wegmans on Friday and I always wonderd how the heck that thing keeps running day & night, I figured the store employees do not take care of it....I just assumed LGB built one heck of a good train set LOL!

I live near the Bethlehem PA Wegmans, and they have a PRR loco pulling the train,

the Pennsy never ran through here....it was Lehigh Valley, Central of NJ, Reading & then Conrail, If you see the service guy again have him change out the loco to something more local for me...

I'll bite!

I have the best job.   Provides me enough income to send my kids to college, travel and buy trains.  Doesn't matter what I do, just what I get out of it!

One issue that CAN happen when you work in your hobby.  I work in the plastic model field......it is also one of my hobbys. Since I started working in the field my model trains have become my main hobby over the plastic kit hobby. After working on the plastic kits stuff all day I can't wait to work on trains stuff!! Having a hobby as a job is good....I enjoy it and am thankful for the opportunity it gives me....but not all good.....

That makes a big difference... that's 300 miles a day in a five day work week or 250 miles a day in a 6 day work week.  Either way, at highway speeds, that is 5-6+ hours each day of just driving!

Andy

The store buys the trains, he just services them.  You need to talk to the store manager.  The locomotive of choice is USA Trains Brand.  He said they are equipped with a shoe that rubs on the rail and makes better contact then just the wheels.  He said they tried other brands and they don't hold up to the Brass Track or foreign objects that vandals tossed up on the track.  I watched him change out the motors.  He just pooped them out of the frame, unplugged the wires, greased the axel slots and replaced the motor with a spare set and plugged the wires back in.  The rolling stock had the axels oiled and a quick dusting.  He used a LGB Track cleaning engine to clean the track.

NOPE!!!!  I respectfully submit that I HAVE the best job.  I work for OGR and all of its advertisers, sponsors, and members!!! 

Alan

I put in about 110 miles per day traveling from New Freedom to south Baltimore everyday, and I don't even have any trains at work!

Jerry

Let's not overlook Wegman's actually paying someone to "play" with trains. They deserve credit in this age of down-sizing.

I imagine this guy's job has become, to him, just another job - with a lot of travel thrown in to boot.  No doubt the people he meets would be the best/worst part of the job, as in any others.  I imagine the best way to ruin a fun hobby would be to turn it into a job - at least for me it would definitely do that.  

Personally, I've always thought Jon Z at Lionel had one of the more interesting and fun jobs related to model trains: right at the forefront, getting to play with new features, etc., and working for the iconic manufacturer.  But no doubt its still a job at times.  

They might run G in the store but they sell Lionel to their customers (ages 8 to adult).

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