Interesting Bill, I'm a model train guy too (O Gauge Lionel size.) Most of my stuff has been boxed up for years, but I've been itching to tinker with my trains again, and one of these days the urge is going to be strong enough to take them out!
Ted
Do it. Very relaxing creative hobby. I do HO because of its manageable size and availability of products. I posted before about the musician / train fanatic connection. It seems a lot of music people are into it. My private Piano teacher was an engineer on the PRR. Never wanted the insecurity of music full time. Others are Frank Sinatra who had a huge O Guage layout in an Atrium at his house. And Rod Stewert who has a monster HO layout which takes up the entire 3rd floor of his home. He travels with flight cases of materials to build buildinsg which is his favorite part of the hobby
Good luck, now go unpack those boxes.
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