I once went to pick up a train set for my nephew at model train shop in Brooklyn. It was quite a shock to find another customer who had flown from Colorado to pick up a train set.
My FIL had a major interest in model trains. He made some of his own, as well as all the scenery in his layout in his attic. Don’t know where all his trains have gone now.
My first husband (RIP) had his bachelor apartment decorated completely in “train” motif. Railroad lanterns as lights, paintings and huge panoramic black and white photos of special engines (Big Boy), and had made holes in the walls, laying tracks so the trains could run from room to room. Kinda cool but of course, not what every woman dreams of in home decor. He had O gauge. Cool stuff, though.
One of my former boss’ owned a model train store in La Mesa. I’ve been in it twice since we both retired just to visit him. I couldn’t believe all of the stuff in there! He sold it a few years ago.
When I was a child, my mommy played choo-choo with a spoon of food-food. Choo-Choo! Here comes the train, into the tunnel, choo-choo! Choo-choo, I would say, and chew chew I would do do. I was a monster! All those poor people…
And it “goes ‘Choo choo’” because you make that sound while pulling it along its widdle pwastic twain twack. Ah, the memories! Maybe in my second childhood…
As someone who sells them for a living I appreciate this because those are exactly the two types of customers you get. Goat, who understands the details, and Pig, who has no idea of any of that he just wants it to make noise.
BE THIS GUY about 2 years ago
I once went to pick up a train set for my nephew at model train shop in Brooklyn. It was quite a shock to find another customer who had flown from Colorado to pick up a train set.
willispate about 2 years ago
well, at least Goat and Pig found some common ground for a second.
Packratjohn Premium Member about 2 years ago
Simple is good
DennisinSeattle Premium Member about 2 years ago
My FIL had a major interest in model trains. He made some of his own, as well as all the scenery in his layout in his attic. Don’t know where all his trains have gone now.
sirbadger about 2 years ago
I saw one train set where somebody put a mousetrap under a building to simulate an explosion.
BasilBruce about 2 years ago
Loco.
Imagine about 2 years ago
Or the models in the swim suits.
ronaldspence about 2 years ago
you are well trained Pig!
Cornelius Noodleman about 2 years ago
I like to go to the park and climb on the old steam engine.
Jesy Bertz Premium Member about 2 years ago
And try to keep it cheap! It’s a wonderful, but expensive hobby.
nicka93 about 2 years ago
Which you drive the train around in circles.
L'Europeo Premium Member about 2 years ago
H0 is the best
blunebottle about 2 years ago
Goat, it could have been TT or S scale. Or even #1 Garden.
blunebottle about 2 years ago
I even had a little Z scale.
iggyman about 2 years ago
I’m with you, Pig! When I was being “put together” instead of brains they put in trains!
rshive about 2 years ago
In days of yore, it was almost as much fun to set up Plasticville.
Ricky Bennett about 2 years ago
When I was a kid, I had one made of bubble gum. It went “Chew chew”…
dlkrueger33 about 2 years ago
My first husband (RIP) had his bachelor apartment decorated completely in “train” motif. Railroad lanterns as lights, paintings and huge panoramic black and white photos of special engines (Big Boy), and had made holes in the walls, laying tracks so the trains could run from room to room. Kinda cool but of course, not what every woman dreams of in home decor. He had O gauge. Cool stuff, though.
Procat Premium Member about 2 years ago
Gomez Addams had a wonderful train set.
Doug K about 2 years ago
IC? How wide is that? (Am I off track here? Gone off the rails?)
Ellis97 about 2 years ago
Pig is a pig of simple pleasures.
uniquename about 2 years ago
Fun for the fun of it. Nice to see it.
MS72 about 2 years ago
At least it’s modeling and not just “toy trains”.
TampaFanatic1 about 2 years ago
I thing Pig’s train might be the type that is made of wood blocks as scale tracks from Tyco or Lionel are a bit over Pig’s head.
Zebrastripes about 2 years ago
Was it Thomas?
Goat from PBS about 2 years ago
Simplicity, I can respect that. No need to overcomplicate things, unless one wants to.
2Goldfish about 2 years ago
Has anyone priced model trains lately? They’re expensive!
SusieB about 2 years ago
I’m with you Pig, I like simplicity. My refrigerator is a basic model, freezer on top, no ice and water maker. Less things to break.
Snolep about 2 years ago
The KISS principal is always best.
Linguist about 2 years ago
I think Pig’s train of thought has left the station a looong time ago!
Pgalden1 Premium Member about 2 years ago
Wherever possible, Pig, wherever possible
Fontessa about 2 years ago
One that goes “Choo Choo” if you say choo choo yourself.
raybarb44 about 2 years ago
He has one for fun, which is the right reason. He has no plans on obsessing or making a life’s work out of it…
Huckleberry Hiroshima about 2 years ago
I’m with you, Pig.
Queen of America about 2 years ago
One of my former boss’ owned a model train store in La Mesa. I’ve been in it twice since we both retired just to visit him. I couldn’t believe all of the stuff in there! He sold it a few years ago.
JudyAz about 2 years ago
“East is east and West is west,
and never the twain shall meet…"
…unless they’re both on the same twack.
Coocalici about 2 years ago
At first I thought this was gonna be one of those strips, because it started off so randomly.
knight1192a about 2 years ago
I’ve got one that goes choo-choo. It’s O scale.
Actually, even without sound effects there’s something very soothing about just running a model train. It’s in the sound of the wheels on the tracks.
oakie817 about 2 years ago
coo coo ka-choo
willie_mctell about 2 years ago
Does the engine produce smoke?
Buoy about 2 years ago
When I was a child, my mommy played choo-choo with a spoon of food-food. Choo-Choo! Here comes the train, into the tunnel, choo-choo! Choo-choo, I would say, and chew chew I would do do. I was a monster! All those poor people…
AndromedaMike about 2 years ago
Pig got the one that sounds like a real train. The others don’t make any noise. They’re imposters.
WCraft Premium Member about 2 years ago
Hmmmm – I had one as a child and pretty sure it didn’t go “Choo Choo”…
DaBump Premium Member about 2 years ago
And it “goes ‘Choo choo’” because you make that sound while pulling it along its widdle pwastic twain twack. Ah, the memories! Maybe in my second childhood…
MissyTiger about 2 years ago
Did he pick a Pikachu choo choo?
Sisyphos about 2 years ago
“Simple” is appropriate for you, Pig. The simpler, the better.
Way, way back, when I was in high school, a friend invited me over to his house to see his model train layout; I don’t recall what scale, though….
ElVez2 about 2 years ago
Simple would describe the drawings. Same ones for 4 panels
pontiac59 about 2 years ago
As someone who sells them for a living I appreciate this because those are exactly the two types of customers you get. Goat, who understands the details, and Pig, who has no idea of any of that he just wants it to make noise.
Mycroft holmes about 2 years ago
pastis has done one like this before…
DannyDonkeyHatesPeople about 2 years ago
Lazy Stephan ran this strip already