waredbear
Member
Last year a friend of mine from church visited and brought over a couple of trains he had for years that he couldn't run on his small layout because of the wide turns they needed. I liked to have fallen over when he pulled out a Big Boy 4-8-8-4 (my favorite) and a 2-8-8-2. I literally drooled 
over them. I told him that I would be interested in them if he ever wanted to get rid of them. Well this year Jim has decided to convert his layout over to N scale so he can run more trains on his layout. I told him that I had several N scale loco's and running stock that I didn't need because I was going HO. I was at a hobby store several years ago up in Spokane, WA looking at what they had in HO. A gentleman approached me and asked if I was into trains. I told him yes. He told me that he had collected HO and N trains for a layout with his grandson. As luck would have it the boy wasn't interested. He asked if I would be interested in all that he had. I told him yes. 
I go over to his house and he gives me a box of HO, a box of N and a bag of track for both of them. SCORE!!! I told Jim that I would give him all of my N scale because I didn't need them. He showed up at church a few weeks ago with a box in his hand and told me he didn't need these anymore and there was no need in them sitting under his layout collecting dust. I opened the box to find these....I asked how much and he said...nothing. 
The last picture is an HO figurine I painted to look like me. I placed it so it appears that I'm standing next to the 4005 Big Boy in the Denver Transportation Museum.
over them. I told him that I would be interested in them if he ever wanted to get rid of them. Well this year Jim has decided to convert his layout over to N scale so he can run more trains on his layout. I told him that I had several N scale loco's and running stock that I didn't need because I was going HO. I was at a hobby store several years ago up in Spokane, WA looking at what they had in HO. A gentleman approached me and asked if I was into trains. I told him yes. He told me that he had collected HO and N trains for a layout with his grandson. As luck would have it the boy wasn't interested. He asked if I would be interested in all that he had. I told him yes. I go over to his house and he gives me a box of HO, a box of N and a bag of track for both of them. SCORE!!! I told Jim that I would give him all of my N scale because I didn't need them. He showed up at church a few weeks ago with a box in his hand and told me he didn't need these anymore and there was no need in them sitting under his layout collecting dust. I opened the box to find these....I asked how much and he said...nothing. The last picture is an HO figurine I painted to look like me. I placed it so it appears that I'm standing next to the 4005 Big Boy in the Denver Transportation Museum.
