Hi All,
I had gone to a train show last year looking for N scale equipment and instead bought a Lionel 249 that I was told worked, but didn't and except for a working e-unit was unrepairable. The first toy train i bought wound up being the first to go in the junk box. Irregardless I was hooked on toy trains. I found my wife's old Marx locomotive and a box car in the basement. A neighbor gave me a circle of track and the train took off, flying around the circle. Magazines came next, then the forums, books on Lionel. Our neighbor gave me his Lionel Ford set, he is more into G scale, so now there were two circles of track on the floor. Trains on the floor are too big a temptation for a 2 year old who is obsessed with trains, so they had to be put away. I needed a more permanent layout, one that would be out of reach but visible.
Yesterday, Sunday the 10th of February, my 13 year old son and I ventured out to the shop and built a table. It came out beautifully. Next came the track. Hmm, no room for the transformers, I need another table for a control station. Back to the shop. Now that looks like a good beginning to a toy train layout. 4 X 6 36" tall.
I just ordered a Buddy from RMT. I think an elevated track might be in order.
I really enjoy this forum.
Thank you.
