Trains

I am now a train collector. Well I don't know if collector is the right word. I bought a train set. Set it up and began playing with it. I first had to build a train table. Me, building a table... that was a sight. But it looks good, even if the legs are not so straight. Anyway, its up and running. It has become my zen meditation. I sit and play with it for hours and time just slips by. There is a nothingness to it, no thinking, no stress and lots of fun. I have a steam engine simarlar to the one in the photo. To sit and watch it run with its smoke coming from its stack is so soothing.

Two weeks ago I went to a big model train convention in San Antonio. What a blast! I saw so many layouts and sizes. I did not know that there was so much intrest in model trains in this area. I am sure that there will be more blogs on trains upcoming.