I found that another good source for trains is your cousin! Thirty years ago I gave or loaned my rather mundane 283 steamer to my cousin since I grew older and lost interest in trains. About 3 years ago, I became interested in trains again. So I went to back to my cousin to get my 283 back. He still had it, but it was in about 20 pieces - a complete basket case.
He then said, do you want to take these other engines with you that he had as a kid. He then pulled out some original boxes which revealed the three unit set of beautiful Sante Fe blue & yellow diesels with the 21910 numbers from 1958. He then pulled out a 0-8-0 switcher numbered 21145. The funny thing about this is that I had no clue these engines were on the "high end" of desireable - so they sat in my basement for a year or so. Eventually, I pulled out my cousin's engines and repaired them back to running order and began to appreciate them for what they are. Gee, I hope my cousin doesn't get a wild hair and decide to get back into model railroading again and request his engines back! John Gasal --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], "Tim Brown" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I couldn't agree with you more about small train shows - that's where you find the gems fresh out of the attic. However, any given train show... That's why I think it's a great hobby to go to them all (within reasonable driving distance). You just never know what you will find and where. That's the fun of it! > S-Trains list sponsor: http://www.americanflyertrains.com All the Flyer you desire...books and accessories too! To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list send a note to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
