Small Child

My Childhood Dream Was To Own A Magnificent Model Railroad Layout

I have a memory of a time when as a small boy I went with my father to a model railroad display where there was the most amazing model trains layout I had ever seen.

This world of tiny people, buildings and railroad tracks and I lost count of all the trains running this way and that along the tracks disappearing into tunnels and the reappearing somewhere else on the layout.

There were long trains of trucks filled with coal and freight and lots of shorter trains with passenger carriages full of people
and they stopped at the stations and then moved on again to the next one.

There were mountain for the trains to run through and around and there were rivers with bridges over them and hills and valleys it was as though I was looking at the real world in miniature.

From the day I set eyes on that world of miniature trains I have had a dream that I might one day build a realistic model train layout almost as impressive as the one I saw as a child that was so memorable for me.

When I was younger it would have been difficult to find the time but now I can do the work of building a layout of roads trains bridges and mountains like the tiny world I saw that day that became fixed in my mind for all these years.

We all have childhood dreams that we hope to achieve and I believe it is worth putting in the time and effort the project requires and I know this is a long term project and patience is important but it is an exciting moment for me.

I have never done anything like this before so it will be a challenge but since I have time on my hands I can learn and develop new skills with the help of model train layout guides I have purchased and when I retire I will have even more time to work on this project.

The impression the visit to the model railroad layout exhibition made on me as a child has stuck with me all these years and I know I am ready to devote my spare time to recreating a model train layout I can be proud of.

The Little Girl Who Was Forgotten