SpaceMouse
Fun Lover
My son, when he was 7 named Train City. At the time it was DC and each of my daughter, my son, and I had trains to run. Each sat on a different track that could be powered down--in essence parked. With the buildings in place and every track occupied, it sort of looked like a train residential area--so he named it Train City.
Well one thing about autistic kids is that they don't like change. I guess it's hard enough for them to get used to the things the way they are. This weekend, I took him on a tour of the way the new layout was going to look. He was crying. He liked the old Train City. But another trait of autistic kids if you let them know ahead of time what is going to happen, they gradually warm up to the idea. He will be okay with the new layout--especially if he can run his noisy 2-8-0 all the way around the layout without derailing. That was his problem, and mine, with the old layout--ricker-fracking EZ Track turnouts. I'm going FasTracks, every turnout is going to be dead-nuts perfect or this layout will never have scenery.
So anyway, I've been making hints that he needs to come up with a new name, something a little more...subtle. Train City. So last night after one of my hints, he grins ear-to-ear, "Caboose Bay."
Of course, my wife chimes in and tell him how great the name is. So now, either I have to name it Caboose Bay and find a way to get some water on the layout, like an ocean or a lake--the Rock Ridge and Train City are in the semi-arid foothills of the Sierras or Coastals--or the name stays Train City.
Any suggestions?
Well one thing about autistic kids is that they don't like change. I guess it's hard enough for them to get used to the things the way they are. This weekend, I took him on a tour of the way the new layout was going to look. He was crying. He liked the old Train City. But another trait of autistic kids if you let them know ahead of time what is going to happen, they gradually warm up to the idea. He will be okay with the new layout--especially if he can run his noisy 2-8-0 all the way around the layout without derailing. That was his problem, and mine, with the old layout--ricker-fracking EZ Track turnouts. I'm going FasTracks, every turnout is going to be dead-nuts perfect or this layout will never have scenery.
So anyway, I've been making hints that he needs to come up with a new name, something a little more...subtle. Train City. So last night after one of my hints, he grins ear-to-ear, "Caboose Bay."
Of course, my wife chimes in and tell him how great the name is. So now, either I have to name it Caboose Bay and find a way to get some water on the layout, like an ocean or a lake--the Rock Ridge and Train City are in the semi-arid foothills of the Sierras or Coastals--or the name stays Train City.
Any suggestions?