| Posted: 30 April 2017 at 3:23pm | IP Logged | 12
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When I was a kid my father didn't do much in the way of leisure activities. He worked long hours and when he was relaxing. It generally was just watching the Mets or Giants on tv. During the summer he's spend his weekends fishing, crabbing and drinking lots of beer. I hadn't developed an interest in sports or drinking yet. So there was no quality time being spent doing those things. When I went fishing I was DRRRAAAAAGGGED along. He did have one other hobby that I took a huge interest in, model trains. He spent thousands of dollars over the years. On the trains and various set ups. My mother hated it, my brothers and I loved it.
He wouldn't let me operate the controls too often. Which frustrated me so much. But in retrospective he was correct in not letting me. I had a tendency to treat them like they were race cars. I was also a fan of the Addams Family. So I think that explains itself.
My favorite train set was the Santa Fe Super chief passenger train set. I liked the stream lined look of the train and loved that the passenger car windows lit up.
But without a doubt these are my single favorite pieces. I still have the transformer but the engine is gone.
First is this Lionel dual lever transformer. My imagination went wild with this thing.
The Lionel 027 gauge postwar steam locomotive. With working light, whistle and smoke.
Edited by Anthony J Lombardi on 30 April 2017 at 3:26pm
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