First post in this new (for me) venue. In this blog you will read about my adventures in model railroading, my thoughts, my plans, etc.
There is no previous history between me and model railroading. As a kid, I only had one train set that my mother bought for me as a gift during one of her visits to England - I grew up in Greece. It was an HO scale set that featured a steam locomotive a box car, a gondola and a caboose. Nothing to get me interested in model railroading.
It wasn't until 2 years ago that I got interested in doing something more. My son had developed a love for trains - along with dinosaurs, Transformers, Lego kits, etc - and since he loved the movie Polar Express, I wanted to re-create that little adventure for him. I begun with the acquisition of a Bachmann DCC Berkshire 2-8-4 steam locomotive, which resembles the locomotive you see in the movie. I bought 4 coach cars and 1 observation car to go with the locomotive and my son was more than happy.
A train without a village and a North Pole is not much of a Polar Express, so I purchased a lot of trees (the ones used for Dept 56 villages) at ridiculously low prices - thanks to the after Christmas sales - and a bunch of Dept 56-like buildings from Dollar Tree. The picture was nearly complete. Before and during Christmas (2013) I purchased some more buildings from the Dollar Tree, along with trees and my collection grew nicely. The element of "boring" has been removed for now.
My adventure in model railroading started a little less than a year ago, when I begun to spend time - and money - in getting train stuff: freight cars, locomotives, buildings, various accessories... The list goes on and on. That is when I actually begun to plan my permanent Polar Express layout, which has yet to materialize, but has also become a lesser priority, since I will be working on a different, simpler layout in the next few months, assuming that my finished attic gets cleaned up first.
So, feel free to follow my adventure and hopefully learn from my successes and failures as I am slowly diving into the world of model railroads. Also, feel free to share your own thoughts and experiences... positive and negative.
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