Review: Great Way to Bond with Your Nephew!!!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 18, 2012
This is a wonderful book in teaching people of today how to enjoy a pastime that was popular ages ago.  The author, David Brokaw, does a great job of taking the beginner into a world that has been lost through modern technology.  He lists many reasons why building model trains and the scenery is such a good hobby to spend time in.  I initially got this book because my nephew always had a love for trains.  We would play Thomas Train for hours when he was a little boy and we would construct different train tracks over and over.  He would spend all his gift money on buying new Thomas Train characters.  I thought it was sad that he "outgrew" Thomas Train later when I visited, but when I saw this book online, I thought I would see if I could help him recapture that love of trains again.  Well, as Brokaw wrote, it was a great bonding and family time that we had together when I told my nephew that we would build a train set/track together - a very basic one of course, but still a train set.  My nephew absolutely fell in love with the idea and we spend many enjoyable hours planning what our train set/track would include, etc.  Okay, I must admit we have not actually built anything solid, but the hours of just discussing our train track was worth it.  My nephew is really excited about my next visit because that is when we will actually start the project.  I am my nephew's favorite aunt now!