I 2009, my collection was a mixture of pre & postwar, mostly Marx. Took a trip to Oregon for a weekend visit with my friend Dave Hess for his Friday Train Night gathering, I try and go every couple of years. As he does when I visit, he took me to visit one of his friends. To say I was stunned is an understatement. The seed had been planted. It took a few years before I got started acquiring Std Gauge, but it is now probably 75% of my purchases. The size of them has caused the selling off of a lot of very nice stuff to make room for and fund the Std Gauge. No looking back and loving it. Here a a few pictures from that trip that planted the seed.
Steve