OT: You knew me as "Gryphin", The Gryphin is Dead!

[Slynky]

I have been into trains for a long time. Never had a chance to build a layout, though. I picked up my first handbuilt coach my father made about 50 years ago. For some reason, had the bug ever since. Collected HO stuff little by little, then got drafted. Decided to stay in the army for 20 years. Did a LOT of travel in Europe and fell in love with European trains. That's when I decided I'd build an N scale layout as soon as I got out of the army. SO, I bought a lot of N scale European stuff. Circa 1920's - 1940's. Now, I've hauled it with me everywhere I've been for 20 years and still havent done a thing with it. Brand new stuff in original boxes and packed away. Tried selling it but European doesn't do well in the states. So, there it sits. Contacted a hobby shop who said they'd take it off my hands but it was basically theft and I held on to it.

I have over 500 photos that I took in Europe of trains. Never did get a chance to ride the TGE or ICE train. And the Chunnel wasn't done yet. But, I got let into a yard to walk around and take photos in Augsburg Germany in 1976. They still had a turntable! Lots of nice negatives from that bit of luck.

Oh well, thanks for the opportunity to walk down "train lane".