Look at this CBS news clip. Most of us would give our right arm for something like this.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/05/23/eveningnews/main4124899.shtml?source=search_story
Me too, but out of a tractor? Come on, save more money and buy a about to be scraped locomotive. I give the dog 5 years until it just blows off the annoying bell and just lays there, next to the tracks. But, do we really want all that proberty taxes?
Looks 2 foot guage, or something obscure. Generally you can't find that stuff scrapped. Kudos to him for a "large scale" layout...
I tip my hat to the man. Others may ask "why?" but I ask "why not?"
Is he having fun? Sure seems to be.
Gene
Looks like a lot of fun to me. I love Jim's quote.
Everyone should be able to endulge their dreams . Sure do wish I had the money to the same .