| I received my first model train set when
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| | train going round the tree will be
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| I was just 11 years old. It came at
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| | priceless and to watch them pretend to be
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| Christmas and was set up around the tree
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| | engineers is going to lighten my heart.
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| like a silver train track wreath. There
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| | Of course, this is the moment that made
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| were two engines (although if I remember
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| | me a true model train enthusiast. So as I
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| correctly one was just for show), five
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| | buy my children their first model train
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| boxcars, two flatbeds and a caboose. The
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| | set, I will be looking for my second. The
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| engines were old black CN locomotives
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| | basement corner is looking to me more and
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| with that bold red 'CN' logo on the
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| | more like that train yard near my old
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| sides, while the boxcars were nondescript
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| | home out west. I really can't wait to get
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| brown and black. The Caboose, now that
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| | to work on my new HO model train layout
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| was a deep rich red, as they should, be
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| | and conscript the boys into helping.
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| and was my favourite car of them all. To
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| | Maybe they will become model train
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| me, that Christmas will always be
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| | enthusiasts like me. I certainly hope so.
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| remembered for that red caboose.
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| | If you are reading this article and
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| Of course you'd think that at that moment
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| | thinking that you and your children might
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| I began to love trains and became a model
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| | want a model train set for Christmas,
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| train enthusiast. Well not exactly. I
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| | then I recommend you follow my lead. The
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| played with that oval track and those
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| | HO model trains are the most popular
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| model trains for a good while, but as all
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| | scale with model railroad enthusiasts.
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| thing in childhood, I moved on to, to me,
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| | This 1:87 scale allows you to fit a good
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| bigger and better thing: my new bike, the
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| | sized track into an average size space.
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| pogo stick, girls, and of course cars.
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| | There is also lots of accessories and
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| It wasn't until I had my own kids that
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| | scenery available for this model. If you
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| the memories of that HO train set came
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| | have limited space you may want to
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| flooding back to me. How I would sit
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| | consider an N scale layout. This 1:160
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| there and watch it go round that oval
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| | scale is small enough that you put a
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| click track! How my father seemed to
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| | fairly complex layout in a small space.
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| always be there, sitting and watching my
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| | Of course your focus will be more on the
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| fun! How I felt as I pretended to be the
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| | layout and not the locomotive and cars
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| engineer lugging a load to the next town
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| | themselves. However if you have lots of
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| on the route! I even imagined how my
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| | space, you may want to use the larger O
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| father must have felt as he picked out
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| | scale. At a 1:48 scale your focus will
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| what he hoped was the perfect model train
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| | definitely be on the engine and rolling
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| set to go around the tree that year.
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| | stock and not the layout. However you
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| It was these memories that prompted me to
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| | really need a large space for these train
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| get my own kids their first HO model
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| | sets. Whatever you decide, I hope you and
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| train kit for Christmas this year. To see
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| | your family soon discover the joys of
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| their faces light up as they see that
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| | model railroading!
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