Big Appa wrote:
My youngest son now has the Lionel train my father (Santa ) gave me for Christmas 1940.
At my age I've been passing a few things along.
Ed
That's what this journey seems to be about Ed. I received an email from my cousin a few minutes ago saying that she would happily take the quilt. She has one of her own, but also has three daughters and a son. My guess is that someone in that next generation will be very happy to have the quilt from their great grandmother who was much loved by her whole family. Without children of my own, I have to be a bit creative about such things.
And, by the way... I probably had a similar Lionel train set from my youth. It certainly was later than 1940 because I was born in 1941, three months before Pearl Harbor. Interestingly, I've spent quite a few hours over the last winter watching YouTube videos of train layouts. There are some amazing layouts and with modern camera technology we can not only look at the layout... we can take a ride on the route! Amazing stuff like this...
