Great Day for Trains

Ah, blogging while watching college football on TV. Should be illegal in 43 states. But it isn't in Georgia, so here goes. I took my grandson to a train show today. It was great fun. Lots of train set-ups. All sizes from very miniature to bigger than a breadbox. The most impressive to me was the Lego set-up. Not only was the toy town and all its buildings made from Legos, but the trains themselves were constructed from Legos. Bailey enjoyed it all but I think he had as much fun playing with the kiddie trains (Thomas the tank engine etc.) as looking at the others. The show had several set-ups just for kids to play with and several of the "professional" set-ups had buttons on the sides of the displays that allowed the kids to blow whistles, lower crossing gates, etc. Of course, there were many vendors selling trains and supplies. I had a nice Lionel train set-up as a kid but at some point gave it to a younger brother and beyond that, who knows? I saw a locomotive like the one I had and it was selling for $135, just the locomotive. I'm sure my whole set-up (train, track, accessories) would probably be worth $1,000 or so. But, if I still had something like that from my childhood, I wouldn't be able to sell it, whatever the price.