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Lester Perry · 03-01-2012, 10:01 PM

My Father bought me my first trains, I don't think it was a set as in a box but individual pieces when I was two years old. Well he said it was mine Icon_lol

. I guess the first time I got serious I was about 10 or 12years old. My Father was a key player then also. I was still using the original American Flier. This was mid 60s and A.F. stuff was hard to get. We made our own hand laid track, using balsa wood for ties and rails covering them with aluminum foil to get electric.

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One day my Father broke my heart by telling me we needed to box the A.F. trains and go with HO. I /we built several layouts until I left home and started my family. I then built several small layouts with my sons. Then they grew up and left home, and came back, and left again, and came back again, and left again. Now they won't come back. Anyway back to trains. I started my dream layout. Years later I am still working on it

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Poll: How old were you when you got seriously interested in model railroading? You do not have permission to vote in this poll.
Under 10	36.11%	13	36.11%
10-19	30.56%	11	30.56%
20-29	2.78%	1	2.78%
30-39	16.67%	6	16.67%
40-49	2.78%	1	2.78%
50-59	8.33%	3	8.33%
over 59	2.78%	1	2.78%
Total		36 vote(s)	100%