Sometimes things don't quite work out the way you had planned.
After a roaring start to my O27 layout, it all had to be taken down and eventually abandoned. All the projects, from adding bigger motors to Marx-Tronic Vulcan locomotives to adding Tilt-A-Matic couplers to Lionel diesels, came to an end.
In late 2023, I ended up moving and taking along the few remaining locomotives and rolling stock pieces, and gave most of it away.
Don't get me wrong, I love trains. I mean, I do have other hobbies like miniature ships and model rockets, but model railroading has always held a soft spot in my heart, coming as I do from a family that was steeped in railroading on my maternal side.
I also do astronomy, but let me be clear, that is my vocation.
I did keep some smaller pieces, N gauge, and all early stuff. Just a strange fascination with the near toy like quality of Lone Star Treble-O-Lectric and early Arnold Rapido.
Then, it happened. As if by fate.
I began stumbling across HO gauge "toys".
These were not serious model trains. These were... just that. Toys.
(((RING!))) Universe calling!
So here I am.
Let's see what happens next.
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