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Best Hobby in the World !!!!
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Railway modelling or in American parlance model railroading, is a hobby that has had an enduring appeal for over 130 years and to define it one could say it is “the art of creating in miniature a replica of a full-size railway”. The term “Toy Train” to describe a model railway is demeaning as it does not do justice to the hobby, as the railway modeler is not only concerned with the engine and carriages (the train) but also with the other aspects of railway operation such as trackwork, signalling, stations, line-side structures and civil engineering works, all of course in miniature.
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The first introduction to the hobby is usually when a child reaches the age of six and it is when he or she receives the “Big” present from “Father Christmas” – the “Train Set”, this being a boxed starter set containing all that is needed to run a train on an oval track, which after opening is laid out on the floor or on a table top. Dad is usually the more enthusiastic one and takes charge of the power controller, leaving the child wondering who the present was really meant for! From this beginning the eager child can build, little by little, his railway layout with the addition of more track and points (switches), rolling stock and buildings.
Little bit about me personally
I was born in 1977 and grew up as a normal little boy with a dad and a grandfather that is always busy with hobbies or doing something with their hands. I was introduced to Model Trains by my grandfather when I was about 16 years old. I only really got involved after school and studies when I was already working. Model Trains was only one of my many Hobbies, but I soon realized that it will be a way of live for me so everything else dissapeared.
I work in the IT industry, so the running of trains or the painting of scenery and building a house or a tree is extremely relaxing from a fast paced working day.
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Now I enjoy every moment of the hobby, from helping someone to repair a train to "planting grass" on my own layout.
What a GREAT Hobby !!!!