I remember once when I was young I went with my father to a model railroad display where there was the most amazing model trains layout I had ever seen.
I stood for ages just looking in awe at the scene before me and I lost count of all the trains running this way and that along the tracks disappearing into tunnels and the reappearing somewhere else on the layout.
Some of the trains were very long made up of dozens of coal trucks or freight cars but there were also passenger trains with just a few carriages filled with small people
stopping at the stations and then moving on.
There were mountain for the trains to run through and around and there were rivers with bridges over them and hills and valleys it was like looking down on the world from a plane in the sky.
From the day I set eyes on that world of miniature trains I have had a dream that I might one day build a realistic model train layout almost as impressive as the one I saw as a child that was so memorable for me.
It is a bit daunting thinking of the work involved in building a layout of roads trains bridges and mountains like the miniature world of trains and people and mountains I saw that day.
When you are talking about something that is a lifetime dream it is worth putting in the time and effort the project requires and I know this is a long term project and patience is important but it is an exciting moment for me.
I have never done anything like this before so it will be a challenge but since I have time on my hands I can learn and develop new skills with the help of model train layout guides I have purchased and when I retire I will have even more time to work on this project.
We are very impressionable when young and the memory of that model train exhibition layout never went away even after all these years so I am sure I am ready to devote my spare time to recreating a model train layout I can be proud of.