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Date: 27 March 2008 12:19:38
My love of trains was started from a very young age. I was born a few years before the demise of steam hauled trains and have a vague memory of them. I have a better memory of rushing to Caerleon in the 70's to watch the King George V hurl past on one of its heritage runs.
The love for model railways comes thanks to my dad. I have many happy memories of the train set that was set up in the back bedroom. I remember my dad's words even now: "Keep that boy out of this room!" Then we had to take it down upon the arrival of my sister to the family. A few years later a reduced layout was erected along the garage wall and I was allowed to spend endless hours looking fondly at the empty track. However I was known to use it when my dad was at work to transport soldiers from one end to the other. You always had to watch out because those pesky Germans would ambush the trains. What he didn't know about couldn't hurt me, could it - though it probably will now.
Now that the nephews have arrived, and we have a house of our own, my love of model railways has been revived. The aim now is get a small one up and running to provide them with entertain, other than the XBox and TV, when they come over. It also provides us with the opportunity to practice modelling skills for later.
When we are able we want to turn the rest of the upstairs into a large room with a permanent layout that will give me a hobby and something to enjoy with the nephews. We'll also be able to get them interested in building the layout as well. They already enjoy the idea of helping us to build the small one.
So that's the idea behind the model railway.