The long road to Tuxedo Junction

摘要

The path leading to the layout you see here began in 1952, when I was about 8 years old. My mother and I were at the local A&P picking up some groceries when I noticed a box of Kix cereal bearing a special promotion. For 50 cents and two box tops, I could get a model train car. I grabbed my mother's dress and pointed out the offer.rn"You'll have to eat the Kix, and also use your 50 cents (a month's allowance) to pay for it," she said. "But we buy cereal anyway, so if you want to do this, it's okay." Never has a mother been better to a kid in the history of the world. Months later, I ended up with five cars and an unpowered F3 diesel. This was all HO scale Varney equipment, and the F3 and the caboose were pretty crude. But I was hooked for life.