I gave up actively working on my pike 18 years ago after my wife died. Guess I just lost interest and got involved with a lot of community groups… Church, Boy Scouts, Matrin Luther King Committee, etc. The layout just sat down there gathering dust all those years. Three years ago the Boy Scout Troop that I had been Scoutmaster for decided to plan a trip to Steamtown USA in Scranton, PA. I jumped in headfirst and helped get a lot of details together to help the boys. Went with them that weekend and once again got “hooked”. I am now more excited about the hobby than ever! Get him to some shows as has been mentioned before, go on an excusion, or just start building your layout. he will probably get the bug. If not I am sure he would enjoy “helping” you with yours.
Today we looked throught the boxes and can run all canadien stuff too because we have a tranformer.
Anyway as for rolling stock we found
150 rolling stock
20 cabooses
20 loco’s
The loco’s are
4 big silver and red sante fe diesels
4 blue and yellow sante fe diesels
2 steam engine and 1 that blows smoke
assorted other diesels
fire engine/shunter
an tone of track and flex track and unbuilt buildings as well as switches,wires and other stuff
We talked about setting up the railroad. Now i know my dad and if he does something he does it in a BIG way!
He said he is going to go to bunnings and buy 5 4x8 sheets of wood and he will make a big U shaped layout. He also said that if i wanted a 4x8 for my railway he would get me one. I am free to use his railway but i want to try building my own 4x8 from scratch as he wants to for his.
We will then probably link them for a total of 6 4x8’s!
I am going to find a 4x8 plan with minimal track and a yard because i mainly want to focus on scenery and dad mainly wants to focus on trains so together we will make a good team!
just make sure that you have at least one track that goes to the edge and he has one so you can connect them together. Preferable located where they should be to be placed together for a smooth operation of the layouts.