Trains are my safe haven

Hi Jeff,

Very well said, I couldn't agree with you more.

Thanks,

Alex

Jeff, I agree wholeheartedly. For many years I was away from home with frequent business travel and our hobby kept my occupied during many travel hours. It helped keep my spirits up with something constructive to do.

Your comments are very well said.

No way....  there is someplace else that has 'news' beyond what I read on this forum??? 

Well, this place always has the best news. 

( Jeff, I agree 100% with your posting )

Jeff, very well stated and I could not agree more.  I had never thought of my layout  as a "Safe Haven"  but I guess that is indeed what it is.

I remember 20 years ago while going through a divorce, the marriage counselor asked me to think of my "Happy Place" during one of the sessions.  She was shocked when I told her it was my attic (home of my layout).

Weather you call it your "safe haven" or "happy place", mine has brought me much needed escape for all of the 37 years I have been back in the hobby.

Happy railroading,

Don

Jeff

AGREE !!  somehow time spent working on the RR or train repair can just wash away a hard day on the job. Also operating the layout sometimes give me a peacful setting to recount the days and will often help me put into perspective what I need to do the next day. good post!!

Steve

Jeff,

I think you are a typical American male, we all have to escape from the daily occurrences that we encounter. Having a train set is more virtual than most people would think. Ok, let me explain. Take Gamers (I have been there) you play the game and immerse yourself into that virtual word, escaping the worries of the day.

Now you run the trains, or talk about them. You leave the world of everyday life and find a haven. Is there something wrong with that? Heck NO!

This is what is keeping you sane, so you don't go out and kick all the dogs in your neighborhood.     

So what I like to do is, run my trains (watch), play some railroad blues and enter the

"BIG ROCK CANDY MOUNTAINS", you know the place where they hung the jerk that invented work."