Freight car from model train set
- ID-nummer
- 2017.011.004
- Titel
- Freight car from model train set
- Objektkategori
- Spel & leksaker
- Publik beskrivning
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Does playing provide vital stimulus for both young and old? This is how Louis Ignarro describes a model train car that he made:
“This is a freight car from my current toy train set. As a very inquisitive young child growing up in New York City, I was fascinated with model toy trains. My father bought me my first train set when I was 8 years old. Being a carpenter by trade, my dad built a large table in our basement for me to build a model train layout. Dad was quite impressed with my ability to learn electrical wiring, modelling scenery, and weathering objects at the age of only 8 years. He fuelled my passion for this hobby by buying me more trains on a regular basis over the next few years, which led to expansion of my layout throughout the entire basement. Such a technically demanding hobby motivated me to study hard in school, especially science and mathematics. After a time lapse of 55 years, I’ve taken up the demanding hobby once again, and love it. Represented here is a freight boxcar, which I’ve weathered to simulate the original 1944 vintage boxcar.”
Louis Ignarro donated the freight car to the Nobel Prize Museum in 2017. - Pristagare
- Louis J. Ignarro
Part of Freight car from model train set