Cathey and I made a trip a few weeks ago that
really brought back a lot of childhood memories. We were in Bryson City North
Carolina getting ready to ride the Great Smoky Mountain Train Express through
parts of the Blue Ridge Parkway and the Great Smoky Mountains. The scenery on
the train ride was spectacular along the Nantahala River , but what really got
my attention was the huge Lionel Train display in Bryson City . The display was a
theme recreation of the ’50s and 60’s complete with a working drive-in theater
and numerous other displays that were present in those early years. I spent over
an hour filming and talking to the conductor of the six trains that were
running and viewing the hundreds of models that Lionel has on display there. The
little model train sets my brother and I played with back in the day were not
on this level.