During December and January my youngest son and I do our annual Running of the Trains Today was Day 1 when we pull out our older locomotives and rolling stock that get very little track time. The locos get lubed and make 15-20 passes over the layout while he and I reminisce about when we got each piece. Each has a story. The short video is of my son running his K-Line NS Coal Hauler that he got for Christmas 27 years ago when he was just 3 years old. The Lionel Jersey Central GP9 was a gift to me from late first wife back in 1980. ThePC Geep was bought at Downtown Hobbies when my wife worked in downtown Chicago. We'd go to the store several times a year to window shop and look for a bargain. The DT & I switch engine was the first loco I bought when I got back into model trains after graduate school in 1978. The MPS New Haven Fs were bought on by my wife and I back in 1984 asa Father's Day gift. My eldest son surprised me with the postwar Santa Fe a few birthdays ago.
