Model Trains

[Steve]

Trips to DMT are pretty much standard. I’ve been shopping there for over 10 years. I know James (owner), Wayne and Mike really well. I can’t even remember the last time I went to Hobby Town… but Hobby Lobby carries quite a bit of Woodland Scenic products with can come in handy in a pinch. I hear that the Plano Hobby Town moved to the Tollway and it’s suppose to be a pretty impressive store now.

Yeah, it is a bit nicer now. Mostly go there for 40K stuff (which I don’t have time to mess with either).

[Juan]

I used to be into model trains as a kid (had a bunch of HO scale stuff set up on an old ping pong table), most of the stuff is still around in storage somewhere but I don’t have nearly enough room to do anything with it these days. Its on my list of stuff to get back into when I get a house.

“Thank god for model trains. If they didn’t have model trains, they wouldn’t have gotten the idea for the big trains.”

[craftsmaster]

I was just wondering if anyone else here had a interest in model trains. I enjoy the building and maintenance of trains more than the actual useage of them. I first got an interested by my old maths teacher who in pleasent company would be called “eccentric,” He would bring out a puppet to make stuff interesting and wasn’t afraid to throw a chalk brick at a student when they stopped paying attention (fortunatly for him he was a ‘bad’ shot). Anyway when I got there he had been teaching for 35 years and had convinced the headmasters to give him an attic for a model train club. So When I got there the train system occupied a space of around 20 metres by 10, with a couple of holes for people to pop up in and place, tinker with stuff. We would spend our time scurrying around these planks in the roof and it was very surreal, my parents actually thought I was lieing when I first told them about it but it was very, in the words of chuck, awesome.

So does anyone else have any models, stories, interest?

Each individual has compelling reasons to love model railroading. But beneath these varied reasons are common threads that make it an awesome hobby for everyone

Watching the small trains takes us back to a time when life seemed simpler and slower, and values seemed more pronounced. In that era, a train ride was more than just a means to get from Chicago to New York City (although it was that, too). The ride itself in the Pullman cars was the thrill, the luxury, and the relaxing aspect of the event.