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Railroad (Double) Crossing: A novel: A Skirmish in the Lionel vs MTH Train War
By: Jim MortenseneBook Publisher: AuthorSolutions
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As the twentieth century turned to the twenty-first, there was a civil war raging in the toy train hobby between those who ran and/or collected O-gauge toy trains. The icon of the hobby, Lionel LLC, was being challenged by an upstart company, Mike's Train House (MTH), for the minds, hearts and pocketbooks of those in the hobby or just beginning in it. This was a war being fought by more disinformation, innuendo, or out-right lies than either of the 2000 or 2004 political campaigns. The skirmishes and battles of this war would be fought out in some of the darnedest places and in the strangest of ways.
The people of Palatine County and Snyder's Corners are back, this time it is those on the other side of the tracks. When Bill and Amy Weaver inherit a rare, one-of-a-kind toy train locomotive they are targeted by two of Snyder's Corners' wealthy collectors who will do anything, legal or otherwise, to obtain this valuable addition to their collection. If they can't buy it then maybe they will have to kill for it.
Railroad (Double) Crossing is an inside look at the toy train hobby and the collectors who make up a large group of those involved in it. If you thought toy trains were just kid's toys, think again.
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| Title of eBook: Railroad (Double) Crossing: A novel: A Skirmish in the Lionel vs MTH Train War | |
| Release Date: 01-23-2010 | |
| Publisher: iUniverse.com |
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| SKU | 9781450201186 |
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Railroad (Double) Crossing: A novel: A Skirmish in the Lionel vs MTH Train War
Chapter One
There was a huge wad of paper stuck to the face of the clock above and behind Bill Weaver's head. How and when it got there, he had no idea, but apparently one of his third period social studies students had fired it from someplace in the room. He chose to ignore it for the time being and just hoped he would remember to get rid of it before the end of the day so the custodians would not know how undisciplined some of his classes were. Although they could probably figure it out from other clues left around the room, like the "Fuck Weaver" gouged into the top of one of the desks.It was a Tuesday, which, after Mondays, was the worst day of the teaching week. The students had recovered from the weekend and it was just far enough from Friday to discourage them from making weekend plans. Therefore, they took their frustration out on the teachers and their fellow students in the form of inattentiveness and harassment. Unfortunately, too, since it was only the third week of October, it was early in the school semester so that even the threat of final exams was not a deterrent.
Bill was getting sick of the whole thing. Having taught eighth grade students in the Rye Junior/Senior High School for twenty-nine years, he had seen it all and was reaching the end of his tether. He remembered that during his first few years some of the more experienced teachers had lamented about how student behavior was deteriorating badly as the years went on. Bill had laughed and just dismissed those complaints as the onset of old age. Now that he found himself in the latter stages of his career, he could not help but agree. Kids today were worse than
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