text: The husband and I have wanted a train set for a long time; since visiting the railroad club open house we’ve grown not only more wistful but determined to make it a goal for ourselves. (Yes, you can expect more model railroad articles!) I’m sure the kids will climb on board once they see the train in action.
  Posted on January 8, 2012 Author DeannaCategories The Hobby Of Collecting, ToysTags antiques, collectibles, collecting, hobbies, Lionel, model railroads, model trains, models, news, railroads, trains, transportation, vintage	
  I’m probably doing the wrong thing here by including a link, but this is the first thing I thought of when I read your post: Here’s to all the Real Men out there…
  You can delete the comment if inappropriate, but I was pointed to this site a year ago by someone, and there were so many train layouts under Christmas trees that I spent the twelve days of Christmas looking at them.
  I don’t mind the link, Dave. But I’m still not sure what you mean about me and putzing… Isn’t all my obsessive collecting, writing, hobby stuff “putzing”? Was your comment supposed to be ironic or sarcastic in a funny way? Or is there another definition I don’t know about?
  No sarcasm intended. It was a short statement by me, thinking perhaps you’ve covered it before. Have you? I’d dig in archives if you had, just to be doing it. I enjoy your articles. This one caught my eye because the model trains caught yours.
  The included link was passed to me over a year ago. I looked at all the photos in their archives. I guess it’s like looking at photos of the interiors of General Stores from the past. You can read the labels, and in the case of the train layouts? There are those who know, by looking at a photo of a train layout not only when the photo was taken, but where the whole shebang came from.
  I’ve got grown kids who somehow manage to coerce us into storing their collective memories in our basement, so it’s nice to be able to look at a place where all of those memories (and trains) can be seen. Thanks for the article. I meant well, but I’m no wordsmith like you are.
  I still think we’re talking about “putzing” in different ways. But it’s not the first time, nor the last, I shall feel I am missing something 😉