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WHEN I WAS FOUR YEARS OLD, I GOT MY FIRST LIONEL TRAINS.
THESE WERE HAND ME DOWNS FROM MY OLDER COUSIN,
HE OUT GREW THEM AND EVENTUALLY WENT ON TO DRIVE THE REAL THING WITH THE BNSF RAILROAD.
I HAVE BEEN ADDICTED EVER SINCE AND THE COLLECTION HAS NEVER STOPPED GROWING.
ONCE I EVEN DECIDED TO GET INTO A CHEAPER HOBBY…LIKE WOODWORKING (HA HA).
I BUILT THIS LAMP MADE OUT OF 2 X 12, THE SIGNAL PARTS ON THE LAMP ARE FROM A PIECE THAT I BOUGHT OUT OF A GREAT TRAIN CATALOG CALLED SCHRADERS.
THE SHELF IS SIMPLE 1 X 4 KNOTTY PINE LEFT ROUGH AND STAINED EARLY AMERICAN AND LACQUERED. THE ROAD BED IS PARTICLE BOARD TO LOOK LIKE ROCK BALLAST.
EXCEPT FOR THESE ON DISPLAY, MOST OF THE COLLECTION IS STORED AWAY FOR SAFE KEEPING.
MY SON MAKES FUN OF ME BY SAYING "PLAY WITH THE TRAINS ?!? ARE YOU OUT OF YOUR MIND????"
THESE WERE HAND ME DOWNS FROM MY OLDER COUSIN,
HE OUT GREW THEM AND EVENTUALLY WENT ON TO DRIVE THE REAL THING WITH THE BNSF RAILROAD.
I HAVE BEEN ADDICTED EVER SINCE AND THE COLLECTION HAS NEVER STOPPED GROWING.
ONCE I EVEN DECIDED TO GET INTO A CHEAPER HOBBY…LIKE WOODWORKING (HA HA).
I BUILT THIS LAMP MADE OUT OF 2 X 12, THE SIGNAL PARTS ON THE LAMP ARE FROM A PIECE THAT I BOUGHT OUT OF A GREAT TRAIN CATALOG CALLED SCHRADERS.
THE SHELF IS SIMPLE 1 X 4 KNOTTY PINE LEFT ROUGH AND STAINED EARLY AMERICAN AND LACQUERED. THE ROAD BED IS PARTICLE BOARD TO LOOK LIKE ROCK BALLAST.
EXCEPT FOR THESE ON DISPLAY, MOST OF THE COLLECTION IS STORED AWAY FOR SAFE KEEPING.
MY SON MAKES FUN OF ME BY SAYING "PLAY WITH THE TRAINS ?!? ARE YOU OUT OF YOUR MIND????"