March 18, 2010 Introduction

I started out not knowing anything about trains other than they ran fast, and if you didn't get off the tracks, they ran you over. We had a cottage when I was growing up that was near the train tracks, and in order to go swimming in the lake, you had to walk down the tracks. My only other experience with trains was my dad's Lionel trains he set up at Christmas time.

Then I met Denny. He was in high school and he loved trains. A group of us would go hang out at the tracks and watch trains. Denny and his friends knew a lot about how trains worked. Then we lost touch for a couple of years.

When we got together years later, I was going thru a rough time in my life. Then we got married and had a baby. We got custody of his children. Life moved in pretty quick and took over. During all of this he still worked on his personal train collection. He also started his current layout in our basement.

We talked for several years about working together on his train business. We took the plunge in September and launched our website in November. I design and run the website. I started helping Denny with organizing, washing and packaging. Recently I started learning scenery. And this is where this blog begins.