It's a slippery slope..

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Thomas came back from Lionel repairs, in fact rather than repair they replaced with a new unit. . He'll be circling the tree Christmas morning.
Then I got to thinking, two kids, one train. So I ordered another set with Gordon. a different locomotive.
Two kids, two train sets. Problem solved. Except for the big kid, Me. Polar express is also coming. Along with some extra cars, more track and switches. Can never have enough :)

This is how a grown man can invest many thousands on ''toy trains''. ;)

 
A friend of mine recently retied from GE. He worked as a programmer in a factory that built locomotive Diesel engines. Unbelievable does not even describe the feeling seeing the size and power that is produced by one of those bad boys. I don't know all the specifics on the engines they produce there but he took my wife and I on a tour of the plant during one of their employee appreciation days that they hold there. We eren't allowed to take any pics while we were there. I wish I had something like that to share. In any event it's quite impressive.
 
Bobw said:
Thomas came back from Lionel repairs, in fact rather than repair they replaced with a new unit. . He'll be circling the tree Christmas morning.
Then I got to thinking, two kids, one train. So I ordered another set with Gordon. a different locomotive.
Two kids, two train sets. Problem solved. Except for the big kid, Me. Polar express is also coming. Along with some extra cars, more track and switches. Can never have enough :)

This is how a grown man can invest many thousands on ''toy trains''. ;)
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I'm jealous. And I know how much can be spent on trains. My stepfather filled his 2 car garage with a handbuilt landscape for his N-scale trains. That thing was monstrous. I'm not sure how many engines/cars etc. he had, but it had to have been in the hundreds.
 
Bobw said:
I have 14 steam locos, 3 early diesels. Well over 100 cars. A layout placed on 160 square feet, 5 4x8 sheets of osb.
Definitely got out of hand.:)
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Nice to see another model railroader here! What scale are you modeling in?
 
HO.
O gauge takes up a lot of room and the expense of trains and track is up there. N gauge is too small for my old eyes and hands. That leaves HO. I will go DCC when I revive it, hell I had too many swiches and had a few Gomez moments! :)
 
I'm modeling in N scale myself. Mainly because I want a nice size layout for operating session and I want a nice mixture of train and scenery. I'm modeling a shortline mountain route, so I really want my trains to snake their way through thick forest. :)
 
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