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Hello everyone,

          This sort of was a surprise to us especially that i was in the process since last year building a new layout. My Father is now 84 and has started to show signs of dementia from 6 months ago, this has been confirmed by his doctors. Needless to say my mom has her hands full and needs our help, so like the title says the Jada railroad will be moving from Staten Island to New Jersey. The good news is my new home is bigger and we all know what that means, bigger home bigger layout LOL  The layout room is self contained in the basement which is a walkout basement ( a huge plus), The overall size of the layout area is 28 X 16. My current layout is 22 x 15, so a bit bigger layout is always a plus.

      As far as the open house we always have in August/September it will hopefully resume in 2018, of course in the new house. I will still be building models, upgrading and repairing Lionel trains.

Thank you,

Alex & Dina

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Ah man, sorry to hear about your father health Alex. At least family will be together keeping him comfortable. Prayers.

Welcome to New Jersey. I live here myself, and was planning on(when the doctors figure out what is bugging my body and I am well) contacting you about my CCII Niagra. When I get sorted, I'll message you to see what your schedule is etc., etc.

Boy, some big changes going on just now. Moving and your Dad's new diagnosis rate really high on the stress index. I will put you guys on the Rosary every day from now on.

This also solves a dilemma I had about attending your open house this year. Was REALLY wanting to, but didn't think I could financially this time, what with travel from California. Next year's will be even better!!!

God be with you guys, and your Dad and Mom.

ALAN

Alex I can only echo the best wishes offered by everyone else.  It's good you and Dina are able to relocate to help ease family issues.  I'm sure the JADA RR will not suffer from starting over the starting over.  Will your new location make it any easier to get over to the NJHR when you need to get away?

Alex:  All the best to you and Dina in dealing with life's events and in the upcoming move. I will be looking forward to seeing how the new layout develops, and I hope you'll be willing to share things with our magazine readers as it progresses. My prayers and best wishes are with your Dad and with your entire family.

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Alex, we haven't met yet but from what Brian V (Passenger Train Collector) has told me about you, I'm not one bit surprised by your positive outlook here. A stressful time no doubt, but it's times like this that the trains and our train friends become more important than they already are. Best to you and your family and hope to meet you sometime along the way. May you settle in well in NJ.

John 

 

 

 

 

 

WOW I'm truly honored with the wonderful replies, thank you all very much

I will try to answer everyone's questions

GRJ, The 2018 open house should pan out with no problem, because the new home is super mint and not much to be done. So i should be able to start the new layout by the fall.

Don, thank you

Capt. John , thank you hope to see you soon too

Stu, thank you. I'll be in the Freehold area

Bill, thank you  I will be up and running before mid July

Skip, thank you !

Ben, thank you , your sister in law is my new neighbor LOL !!!!

Charlie, thank you , i can't wait to start the new layout in the fall

Pete, thank you , moving is extremely difficult especially that we are train guys lol

Dave, thank you, you can contact me anytime after mid July

Dave, thank you, yes they need a lot of help and with them being right downstairs it will be much easier.

Alan, thank you very much

Joe, thank you buddy see you soon

Miguel, thank you very much

Mike thank you , no more subway LOL !!

Jeff, thank you buddy

Jim, thank you very much

Coach Joe , thank you very much

Bob, thank you very much

Angelo, thank you very much my friend

Johnny, thank you

Alan, thank you my buddy

C.Sam, thank you

Don, thank you

Allan, Thank you,  i should be able to start a new layout by the fall and i certainly will share the build with the Forum.

Mark, thank you , yes i'll be closer to you

John, thank you very much

Peter, thank you my friend

E-unit 79, thank you very much

Big truck Pete , thank you very much

 

Alex

 

 

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Alex, best wishes to you and Dina as you take on the caregiver's role.  The mid- to late-80's (and beyond) can be a tremendously humbling chapter in one's life.  And few of us -- if any -- can "prepare" for our lives changing so dramatically.  My Mom is now 88, and I see her everyday to keep a close eye on things.  I often leave my black lab Zuke with her for a couple of hours when I'm photographing -- he's the best medicine for her, better than any pills and medications.  We lost my Dad at 88 four years ago, and my parents were married almost 60 years at the time of Dad's passing.  Expect some days of very mixed emotions:  you will know you're doing the right thing taking care of family, but you'll also feel frustrated to lose the person you once remembered with vitality and exuberance. 

We're so accustomed to "seeing" our parents the way we've known them most of our lives, that it's sometimes very challenging to absorb the changes they're going through during this stage in life -- almost as if our brain isn't quite catching up to what our eyes are seeing and our ears are hearing.  So it takes some time for our eyes, ears and brain to sync up to the new landscape.  I've walked this road with both my parents hitting their 80's over the past 10+ years now, as my wife has with her parents too.  We would do it all over again in a heartbeat, as parents are an important part of who we are and an integral part of the family.  I just don't understand why some will travel a road of diminished abilities for a decade, while others are swimming laps in the swimming pool at 92.    All part of life's mysteries, I guess.  And none of us knows which road we'll be traveling at that stage in life.

Stay healthy.  Leave time for yourselves when you can.  Care-giving can be an all-consuming task at times.  So try to keep as much balance as possible in your lives.

I most certainly will plan on attending your next Open House, since Freehold is less than an hour's ride from Doylestown, PA.   

All the best!

David

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