bottles and trains

[arthur]

One of my other bad habits is collecting and running trains. Anyone else collect trains Arthur

 

[glass man]

NO ARTHUR,BUT I WOULD IF I HAD THE MONEY! LOVE EM! GOT ONE FOR CHRISTMAS WHEN I WAS 8 OR 9 AND IT CAME IN FOUR PIECES.YOU JUST PUSHED THEM AND CONNECTED THEM TOGETHER . IT WAS A TOWN WITH CARS ETC. WISH I HAD IT BACK!

 

[LC]

You have a really nice display there Arthur . It happens to be one of my weakness as well . I still have the one I had when I was a Youngster . Regretfully, mine are all stored in boxes at the moment . Been thinking about selling mine off being I have no place to display them .

 

[glass man]

LC YOU GOT SOME OLDER ONES IN GREAT SHAPE! I SEE LIONEL ON A COAL CAR [I THINK]ARE SOME LIONEL? SOME FROM THE 30S-40S? TO WHAT AGE? ARTHUR WHAT ALL YOU GOT BUDDY? LOVE THE SET UP!MY DAD WAS A HOUSE PAINTER AND HE PAINTED A HUGE ROOM FOR A MAN THAT WAS GONNA USE THE ROOM JUST FOR TRAINS FOR HIS GRANDSON![JUST FOR HIS GRANDSON[] RIGHT]

 

[LC]

These are all Lionel and American Flyer Jamie , from the forties and up . As you can see , they need a good cleaning , will probably do so this winter when there is not a lot going on .

 

[glass man]

LOVE TO SEE THEM ALL IN ACTION,LC!

 

[arthur]

Great collection. We have a very large house andsince it is hard for me to get around I put a chair lift on the stairs to get me up and down to the second floor. With the help of a few friends, I transformed one of the larger bedrooms into a train room. I have tiotal 16 sets some lionel and ho. I love to go up there and just chill out. People think my mind is going but with the loss of my son I value everything that was important to us, that was a big part of it. thanks Arthur

 

[glass man]

I HEAR YOU BRO. ARTHUR! WHATEVER HELPS. THE HOLIDAYS CAN BE TOUGH FOR THOSE THAT HAVE FAMILY THAT WON'T BE HERE WITH US. HAD A GREAT CHRISMAS LAST YEAR WITH MY MOM ,NOW SHE AIN'T HERE,BUT HEY I 55 CHRISTMAS'S WITH HER AND MANY WITH MY WHOLE FAMILY. SOME DON'T HAVE IT THAT GREAT,TO HAVE YEARS OF MEMORIES WITH THEM. I THANK GOD FOR ALL THAT ARE IN MY LIFE AND HAVE BEEN IN MY LIFE AND WILL BE IN MY LIFE!WHAN THIS PLACE ENDS FOR ME,THE GREAT PART WILL ONLY BE THE BEGINNING,THANKS TO THE LORD JESUS CHRIST WHO WAS BORN JUST FOR US ,SO WE WOULD NEVER BE APART LONG ,IF WE JUST BELIEVE IN HIM! OH YES THAT IS WHAT CHRIST-MAS IS ABOUT TO ME!YEP WHEN I HEAR A TRAIN WHISTLE IT AIN'T LONESOME AT ALL! IT REMINDS ME OF HOME AS A BOY LYING IN MY BED ,LISTENING,WITH ALL MY FAMILY ALIVE AND IN THEIR BEDS TOO,WHAT PEACEFUL FEELING!"PEOPLE GET READY THERE'S A TRAIN A-COMING,DON'T NEED NO TICKET YOU JUST THANK THE LORD"![&:]

 

[capsoda]

Love the trains guys. Had to sell off all of mine to survive in the early part of this century.

 

[glass man]

HATE IT WHEN THAT HAPPENS CAP,BUT I AM ALWAYS GLAD I HAD IT TO BEGIN WITH TO GET US THROUGH THE ROUGH SPOTS! TOOK ME A GOOD WHILE TO GET MY WIFE TO UNDERSTAND IT IS AN INVESTMENT AS WELL AS SOMEN ENJOYABLE! LOTS BETTER THAN GOING TO WAL-MART AND THROWING THE MONEY AT CRAP THAT WILL AT BEST MAKE YOU A FEW BUCKS AT A YARD SELL ,IF YOU ARE LUCKY! GOT ANY PICTURES? WELL THAT IS DUMB CAUSE I GUESS YOU WOULD HAVE POSTED THEM. WHAT DID YOU HAVE? JAMIE