Joe:
What about Barry the model railroader?
Barry:
Oh that guy! I’m almost ashamed to say I have enough
trains in my attic to fill half a hobby shop. Really they should be
in the basement, but I’ve been kind of homeless for five years.
Now that I have a basement, and it’s full of TV equipment, it’s
even more challenging!
I have been varnishing the cabinets in my workshop. As they
go up, I get to open up all those boxes in the attic, and it’s like
Christmas here. There’s stuff that I’d forgotten I had!
Joe:
How did you get into trains, what area interests you, and
have you had any layouts?
Barry:
That will probably end up in the TMTV blog, but I got
my start like most people on Christmas day when I was four
years old. I got a train set. If you look at the home movies, you
can see my Dad playing with the train, and I’m not allowed to
touch it!
I’ve built so many layouts over the years, I’ve lost count. I’ve built
shelf layouts, portable layouts, some 4x8s, and layouts for other
people, but I have yet to build a permanent basement-sized layout
for myself.
Now that I have a basement of my own, I’m really looking for-
ward to doing that. And I’m going to go nuts! I’m going to go
double-deck and have a helix, two staging yards, and I’ll do all
those things that I’ve been thinking of doing for 10 years! And
it’s going to work, because I’ve had 10 years to plan it.
Joe:
What specific prototype, era?
Barry:
I am a huge fan of coal railroading. I will probably model
something between 1975-1995. Right now it’s looking like it
will be Norfolk Southern, but I am still thinking about going
Chessie CSX.
MRH introduces TrainMasters TV - 1
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