I boxed up the cobweb covered buildings, oxidized track, and dusty locomotes and rolling stock. The plywood, frame and legs became firewood. My entire layout was now reduced to three milk crate sized boxes. With good jobs and free time, we traveled the country and relished in each other's company. Up From the Ashes Grow the Roses of Success Dozens of years down the road those boxes would have eventually become auction fodder at my estate sale had it not been for Terry.
Wives have a way of looking deep inside their husbands and seeing a young boy's heart.
Rebuild your train layout. This simple statement put the train in motion. I spent several years diligently searching for just the right layout that would meet my desires. I love to just sit and run my trains. I don't want to run realistic operations or scratch build a lot of structures.