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Trains have always been a
part of my life. As a child growing up in the late 50's and early 60's, I can never remember not
having some type of model railroad. My two older brothers had Lionel train
sets that we took over our living room with
several times a year. I had a push train that ran on plastic track, it would
cover our whole back patio if I used all the pieces.
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Most
summer vacations took us to Grandma's house, East Texas to Chicago, by
train. We usually boarded in Palestine, but once picked up a flag stop in
Troup. We had to transfer trains in St. Louis to take us the rest of the way
into Union Station. From the rural towns, miles of country, crossing
the Mississippi, acres upon acres of corn fields, chemical plants, people's
back yards and going over the roofs of buildings, all in a days time. Quite
impressive to this young country boy! Been hooked ever since.
I started in HO scale in
my early teens, building a 4' X 6' layout that would roll under my bed. It
was the first of the 4 layouts I have worked on, never finished mind you, before the
one I now
have. It's a shelf layout that has been under construction in my small shop since
1984. I did take about 10 years off just because of some trivial stuff like working two jobs, a wife
& two kids and such, but I have been making a little progress since I semi-retired.
I like to do weathering.
Over the years, I guess I have developed my own style as I don't see many
folks doing their cars quite the same way as mine. There are several eBayers
here that put out some very good looking cars & I would be honored if you
consider bidding on one of mine.
Mark Langham
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