At last count I had more than 15 books dedicated to my train
hobby. This doesn't include magazines,
which despite some recent purging is still a formidable pile. These are books, probably culled from
magazine articles or possible specially commissioned from contributors to those
magazines. I kind of feel like I've
built my own reference library.
When I check my Amazon "wish list" I've got
somewhere in the neighbourhood of 10 more waiting for me to get over my
reluctance to part with my cash and load up my shopping cart. If this keeps up I might have to buy another
bookcase.... I could build one, but that sounds like the start of a woodworking
hobby, and despite the draw of tools that almost all men feel on a genetic
level, I do not have the room and I like my fingers. When it gets right down to it, I've got a
brother who is quite good at that sort of thing, and I am happy to make him
feel useful.
Having a train book library sounds great. However, having a working train sounds
better. I often find myself spending a
lot of time planning and researching, pricing and searching. A great train book library can take up a lot
of time. However, there comes a time
when you have to put down the books and pick up the tools, get off the sofa and
get on the workbench.
And I am going to do that ..... just after one more peak at
Amazon, and a quick look in one of those books, and....
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