Normally I don’t write about National weeks or months, just days.\u00a0 But I just learned that November is National Model Railroad Month!<\/p>\n
This is a big deal to me because my dad collects, operates, and occasionally repairs and sells Lionel toy trains.\u00a0 He got a train set for Christmas as a child and has been hooked ever since.\u00a0 I used to joke that he’s spent far more money on trains that he has on me.<\/p>\n
There is a train underneath my parents’ Christmas tree every year.\u00a0 They recently built a new garage, and only about a third of the structure is actually for vehicles.\u00a0 Most of it is for trains.\u00a0 \u00a0A large, very much still in process layout, dad’s workbench, numerous display cases, and more boxes than you care to count.<\/p>\n
Trains are a big deal in my family.<\/p>\n
So yes, please celebrate this month!<\/p>\n
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Normally I don’t write about National weeks or months, just days.\u00a0 But I just learned that November is National Model Railroad Month! This is a big deal to me because my dad collects, operates, and occasionally repairs and sells Lionel toy trains.\u00a0 He got a train set for Christmas as a child and has been hooked ever since.\u00a0 I used… Read more »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5824,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"{title}\r\n\r\n{excerpt}\r\n\r\n{url}","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[25,27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5823","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bright-shiny-objects","category-its-all-love"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t