Scott_Smith's Collecting Story
As a kid I didn't have much in model trains. I got a Tyco HO set one year for Christmas. However it didn't hold up very well. So the hobby never was something I really spent much time in.
Over 20 years later my son Joshua was born. Joshua's speech was not developing the way it should have. I noticed everytime we would get stuck at a railroad crossing he would almost jump out of his car seat with excitement. So I found my old HO train set placed it on a table and made my first real connection with Joshua. I taught him his first words with the train set (stop, go, fast, slow). Joshua was later diagnosed with autism. A few months later I was in my local hobby shop(The Rail Road in Roanoke) looking to buy some trains to run with him. The shop owner Jim Molinary asked...
Over 20 years later my son Joshua was born. Joshua's speech was not developing the way it should have. I noticed everytime we would get stuck at a railroad crossing he would almost jump out of his car seat with excitement. So I found my old HO train set placed it on a table and made my first real connection with Joshua. I taught him his first words with the train set (stop, go, fast, slow). Joshua was later diagnosed with autism. A few months later I was in my local hobby shop(The Rail Road in Roanoke) looking to buy some trains to run with him. The shop owner Jim Molinary asked...
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