The sad (somewhat lego related)truth about life and an ongoing hobby

A good family friend had the best train  layout for 1 collector that I've ever seen.  The layout was so big and neat and thought out.  I would love to have a lego layout this big and neat.  

But the thing that is so sad is that the person passed before he could see the final set up.  The vision was there but there's just not always as much time as we want to finish our dreams...I feel the same way about my lego room.  I want to have everything sorted perfectly and a huge layout, but realistically time is finite and I may not be able to finish everything...it really hits you as you get older...  here's pics of the layout and work in progress

Notes about the trains were left

Above: Still finishing painting 

Didn't have a train repair garage roof

Turpentine bottle on the tracks,!

So as with my lego room there's so many things I want to do but you just never know where or when your life will change or illness set in!  Sad but reality...so make and enjoy every moment!

Here's some things I'll do someday!

The clock is ticking!!!

Maersk lego sets!

These sets Maersk my day ha ha

I never had heard of Maersk until the train set came out in 2016.  I wanted that set so bad but thought I wouldn't get it! Santa didn't think I'd been good that year...however just after it retired,, my wife found one on target's web page on clearance!!!  I was so happy.  Living far from the ocean, I wasn't too familiar with shipping containers, nor Maersk, but after getting that train I started seeing them ...2 were just sitting in truck lots and one one on the freeway.  I then was going through old lego sets and didn't realize there were multiple trucks in legos  past!

this top pic is the 2016 truck

Well, all these models were unknown to 

Me until I started seeing maersk containers in land.  Once I saw the Maersk train, I started seeing the containers more and more..  The final end all be all moment was when I took a boat tour of Seattle!

So I finally found the natural habitat of the Maersk containers!!!

I want to build the maersk train i have but I'm afraid of messing it up when it could make me a millionaire in the future by selling it!

When lego stores were doing grab bags where they put dissassembled store models, I know I got a good percentage of pieces for a second train...I can tell by they grey doors and distinct blue pieces.