MeigsCountyModelRR
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My grandfather (dad's side of the family) engineered the train from Etowah, TN to Corbin, KY for the L&N. My other grandfather (mom's side) worked in the shops in Etowah, TN. They used to have a large complex there through the 1970s. Also, I unload coal cars from time to time at the plant where I work. So I've always been interested in trains.
Last Friday I took my grandson to the large display of model trains in the Crossville Outlet Mall in Crossville, TN. It is a wonderful display of all the gauges and is free and open to the public. If you ever go by there on I-40 I highly recommend stopping to see it. I think it's amazing, and my grandson's eyes were as big as saucers the whole time we were there.
So I decided that I am going to build him (and me!) a model railroad set in the garage. I don't know how big it will end up being (has anyone else said that before? ). He lives in Indianapolis so I don't know if he'll be able to take it home with it (I may have to do two!).
Anyway, I will be asking many questions until I get my get on the ground. Please forgive my ignorance.
Here's a funny fact: I live in Meigs County Tennessee. This is the only county in Tennessee that doesn't have railroad tracks.
I have attached a picture of my grandfather leaving Etowah on Engine 363, an ALCO FA-2. I'm not sure what year it was taken.
Last Friday I took my grandson to the large display of model trains in the Crossville Outlet Mall in Crossville, TN. It is a wonderful display of all the gauges and is free and open to the public. If you ever go by there on I-40 I highly recommend stopping to see it. I think it's amazing, and my grandson's eyes were as big as saucers the whole time we were there.
So I decided that I am going to build him (and me!) a model railroad set in the garage. I don't know how big it will end up being (has anyone else said that before? ). He lives in Indianapolis so I don't know if he'll be able to take it home with it (I may have to do two!).
Anyway, I will be asking many questions until I get my get on the ground. Please forgive my ignorance.
Here's a funny fact: I live in Meigs County Tennessee. This is the only county in Tennessee that doesn't have railroad tracks.
I have attached a picture of my grandfather leaving Etowah on Engine 363, an ALCO FA-2. I'm not sure what year it was taken.