I am just getting back into trains. I am 36 and when I was younger my dad had layout in our basement. I would spend hours running trains and creating scenarios. Then when I was about 13 the trains just didn't hold my interest anymore. I now have twin 2 year olds and just recently purchased the PE RTR set. To see their eyes as I am assembling the track on the carpet and getting ready to run the train is just incredible. Now it has spawned into I need to build our own layout in the basement. I have been acquiring some different cars from our LHS and Ebay and I do believe that might be about as much fun as actually running the trains. I constantly find myself getting lost on ebay or in the lionel catalogs for hours just looking for new things I may want to buy to add to our eventual layout.
I have been having so much fun. I think it is important for my boys to actually use their hands for play instead of staring at a screen for entertainment as they grow and mature. They will be forced into screens for school, work, and entertainment enough as they grow older. This will hopefully provide some form of entertainment where they can actually use their imaginations and God willing maybe pass this great hobby on to their kids someday.
I am very new here and glad to have found this community where I can share my re-kindled passion for something I have great memories from my childhood.
Thanks for having me.
