My girlfriend of 7 years can't get enough of it or the railroad museum (Western Pacific RR Museum in Portola CA), and has become an accomplished engineer, both HO scale and 1"=1' scale. Her favorite engine to operate is WP 707 at the museum, but is almost just as happy running it in HO too. She picked out the paint colors for our new freelanced shortline. She can't wait to get the new garage sized layout started and we haven't even moved yet. She was disappointed when I informed her that THAT monster was at least a good 2 years down the road after we move in, but she wants to ge going on it the day we move in. I've never seen such enthusiasm for railroading from a woman, and she has been honing her skills at tree making. It's amazing what she finds for tree making too. She's learning to weather equipment and comes up with all sorts of ideas. She's building a church diorama for the new layout even though it is a LONG ways away and has been a huge help with the current layout. She puts up with trains all over th house in display cases, and is always on the lookout for new railroad art for the walls, even though we couldn't fit one more even tiny photo frame ANYWHERE in this small place.
She also supports my other hobbies and takes part in them as well. With the racecar, she keeps stats and lap times, she participates in Old West Reenacting, and claims that my 1873 12 Gauge Shotgun is HERS, and she's also the one who collects 1/24 scale Top Fuel Dragsters and Nitro Funny Cars. Yep, she's a nitromethane junkie just like me. I think if we ever did get engaged, she'd insist on getting married at the track or at the RR museum. I don't know about THAT....
Now if I could only shy her away from buying more Chessie and SP Daylight model RR stuff, we'd be all set.
She is a great catch though. :thumb:
