Back after 35 years!

[nf3996]

I'm a new member on this Forum and I've recently 'rediscovered' railway modelling.

As a child in the 1960s, my first model railway (or train set) was a Lone Star Treble-0-Lectric goods set. My father set that up for me on four plastic landscape bases that incorporated several tunnels and bridges and provided many hours of non-stop running. By the time I was a teenager, I'd progressed to genuine N gauge models and I was reading Railway Modeller and Model Railway Constructor. I was also a regular customer at my local model railway shop, 'Pages of Barkingside' (now long gone, but I still remember its model railway in the window, powered by putting a coin in a slot). Then other pursuits took over, but I retained an interest in railways generally and I somehow managed to hang onto a few of my old Lone Star items.

Life is now repeating itself. A few years ago, in a fit of nostalgia, I bought a mint Treble-0-Lectric set and a controller on eBay, which I've run successfully, if jerkily. I've lately started buying a few more recent N gauge products, and I'm now planning a simple layout set in East Anglia in the 1950s/1960s (something long and thin, although I haven't yet decided where I'm going to put it). I've taken out a subscription to Model Rail, I've joined the N Gauge Society, and I've made my first visit to my 'new' local model railway shop, 'The Engine Shed' in Leytonstone.

Where will this all end, I wonder?

Alan

[Lawrence]

Aye, a sure sign you're getting old Alan, like the rest of us    The forum certainly seems friendly enough, and I'm sure that, as it grows, it will be a great source of information and resources for all of us.

[NGF Staff]

Welcome to the forum!   Any plans for a layout?

[jonclox]

Welcome back to the hobby and fun.
Ive only been back a while but enjoying what I get up to these days.
Its nice to have somewhere where you can seek advice from other kindred members