You know I do. I really do. With the news a constant bombardment of negative and gloom and doom I hope you find this place an escape from it. Because as an old friend of mine once said, “there’s nothing wrong with escape. It’s moving forward”. And that friend was Timothy Leary.

Our kitchen is being remodeled and this has caused quite a disruption in our daily routine. We cook food in the backyard with a Coloman stove, wash dishes in a tub and so on. The bright side to all this is we get a new kitchen and for that this is all worth it. The old one was getting pretty bad.

Scott Sheldon a friend is doing the work and he got wind of my interests through the weekly newsletter. He brought this box with him yesterday he said was old train stuff he’s had he’s been meaning to get rid of. He said it was really old and probably did work and that I could throw it away if I wanted too.

When I got home I went through the box to find some old Lionel track switchers and other bits. Then I found the mystery boxes inside the box and opened them up. I was blown away because the engine I once had in the 50’s as a child was there. It was the exact same one down to it’s number. 2065 made in 1954.

Today I’m taking it to work where I have some Lionel track and find out if she still runs. but from what I can tell it will or can be fixed to do so. This train is huge and most weight 10 pounds or more. All made of thick metal. thank you so much Scott for making a dream come true!

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 I also started on another car. This one is a Offenhauser Sprint car from the late 50’s.  The frame and motor are from the 60’s and the body is a more recent vacuum form body I got from Ebay. I was lucky it fit what I believe to be an old Eldon frame.

I have much detailing to do still to it but I got pretty far in a couple of hours and it runs great! I ran it around the oval track and took a video I’ll post later.

I hope you enjoyed the happy news. Go out and make some of your own by creating joy and a better reality for yourself.  

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