Every once in a while I think
about S scale too. I have
so much HO stuff now that
it would be another five
years getting rid of it and
switching to S scale.
I’ll do some little S scale
projects on TrainMasters
to get my fix.
Joe:
I’ll bet you enjoyed
your visit to Tom
Patterson!
Barry:
Oh my gosh! Tom’s
is the model for my kind of
layout.
Joe:
You mentioned having
a hobby shop at one point.
What was the story there?
Barry:
Back in my mid-
twenties, I was looking
to make a career change,
ironically, from television. I’ve always wanted to do something
in the hobby, so I decided to open a small store.
I needed a place to do that, and in the town where I lived, the
Via Rail station had space available. So I set up what was the
only model train shop in Canada located in an active train sta-
tion at that time. It was a wonderful experience that I wouldn’t
trade for anything.
That shop was successful for a time, then someone called me
to do some video editing for them. Very quickly my career
changed back to TV again.
14: Barry has been storing most
of his personal modelling sup-
plies for over five years. Produc-
ing TrainMasters TV has finally
given him the opportunity and
motivation to get it all unpacked.
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