The Dallas Post HannhatAl Dallas, PA. Wooncsday January 17. 1990 5\ A SR Mam By SCOTT A. DAVIS The smallest train set Ide has is called a ‘Z' Gauge. The track Scott A. Davis) ALL ABOARD - David Ide's train collection includes hundreds of: miniature rail cars, including the two at left. Ide also collects railroad memorabilia such as the poster shown above. (Photos by | Post Staff . k) The oldest car in * this set runs on is only about 1/ Sm Some people like to put their the collection was 2 inch wide. His largest is the : train sets up for Christmas. They b il ti 1 93 5 Jim Beam’s Grant Locomotive pull the boxes out of the attic, uit um Collection. He owns the entire — put the tracks on the platform, set of 14 cars. Each car doubles st and in aday or two the trains are x as a liquor bottle. “You see, this ; up and the kids are watching His collection contains about serves two purposes,” he joked. re daddy play. 1000 train cars, the oldest dat- Although he has big and od : : ing back to 1935. “I had one small, expensive and old, Ide’s y David Ide of Lehman likes from 1917, but I sold it back to favorite is none of them. “My ps trains too. But if he wanted to the family of the original owner, favorite set must be the #226 7 put up his trains for Christmas Ide said. That was the only set Engine.” This train has a long ~ he would have to start in Janu- he ever sold. The most expensive line of cars, so many the engine Sb ary. That is why this avid train train in his collection is a #763 cannot pull them all at once. | 7) . collector leaves his platform up Lionelwhichrunsabout$1,200. And Ide does not stick to col- 5 ay = year ‘round. “freallycould not tellyouhow lecting train sets. He also col- i “If it has anything to do with much the collection ai > rilects just about anyiling with trains, I collect it," Ide said from [de admitted. but it is not un- the letters T-R-A-I-N on it. He his Idetown Road home Sunday. common for him to pay $40 tor owns the entire collection of ly And he is serious. one car. He pointed out a row of iy Catal Toon n : ; ; ith Di t : D Lie 5 collection of minighire Ohl ae wr a $60 just for the 1927 issue. ’ trains fills an entire room in his m. S1 ckey 1- | set,” Ide explained. He possesses Along a shelf in the front of basement. There are four tracks ’ Xp Hep : : laid t 1 e platform and the entire set except three. “See, the basement room is a library aig outon a large p _thev made only a limited num- of books, which he uses as refer- il | an entire miniature town popu- y iy “I look . | ber of the missing three,” Ide ences. “I can look up anything to oil - lated by miniature people. The ] ! 46 With trains in these Books ™ Poved - walls of the room are lined with said. He explained that the lower with trains in these books, s or” | - hc uliraln engines. bos cars, production number of these Ide boasted. And he has good E : oo SU NT. aa th 1 | and every other type of car. three trains has increased the feason % need references. Often. ENGINEER- David Ide is pictured here operating his trains with his two grandsons Justin (left) and : | price for each car tremendously, e uy a train in very poor Brain (right). The kids love to watch grandpa drive the trains, and Ide has hundreds of trains to show “Idon'treally know how many trains. I have,” Ide said while looking through the index cards he uses to keep track of the multitude of items. He counted index cards filed under ‘E’. “Well, I have 49 engines,” he finally said proudly. You could see the little child gleaming past his 50- year-old eyes. to over $100 each. “But, I guess I will buy them some day.” And you are not a true train collector unless you collect the -entire set, Ide pointed out. “A true collector is not satisfied with just a box car, but each type of box car made for the set,” he said. condition. “I will take it apart, clean it up, paint it, fix anything that is broken, and it will look good as new,” Ide said. He collects train parts just in,case he finds a train that may need the part in the future. Although he has a train set his father bought for him when the kids. (Photo by Scott A. Davis) he was born and another set he had since he was a boy, Ide did not begin collecting the trains until he was married in 1961. » “That Christmas I bought my ‘first set,” he recalled. “Since 1 have been married, I have been buying.” Ide usually attends collectors: gatherings in York, Pennsylva- nia in the spring and fall to buy new trains. He even sports an engineer's hat and a blue jean jacket with train collector patches covering the front and back. And when David Ide says he - collects anything to do with trains, he means it. He keeps a working steam whistle, pressure gauge, and pressure release valve on a shelf in the room, just to add a little more atmosphere on those long rides. : Attention Bridal Advertisers - The Dallas Post has two special opportunities for you in 1990. A special Bridal section January 31, and a monthly page to reach prospective brides, their families and gift buyers. illegal. Call The Post at 675-5211 for details JamesWertman, owner of J&J SERRE + ERA IE PERRET ah Deli & Bakery, located along Route | | DR. ROBERT GREEINHAIL GH PRESENTS Signs (continued from page 1) only according to size, placement and illumination and just as in the township, business owners can remove the signs if they are told they are in the right of way or do not comply in size or placement. Fitch said in the past, the bor- ough tried to prevent the place- ment of the big billboard near Valentine's Toy site. They had an ordinance pertaining to billboards and took the case to court where they lost. The best the borough could dowas keep the signdown in size to comply with the B-2 ordi- nance. tering nor flashing,” Gorey said. Leonard “Pooch” Kozick, Dallas Township zoning officer, said he is very cautious about issuing per- mits for billboards and attached signs. “We have no ordinance covering . the removable signs so I have no “4 control over them,” Kozick ex- plained. “If I tell owners that the sign is in the right of way, they move it and I can’t do anything more about it. We can regulate the size and remind busing¢ssmen that the state prohibits signs placed in 415, Dallas, said he never knew anything about permits. “The former owner had a sign out in the front so I had one made that was neater and placed it in front of my business. It is not in the right of way. When I talk with the Borough zoning officer, I will ask him about it,” Wertman said. Whether or not the removable signs are thought to be eyesores, it appears the Back Mountain will have to live with them, at least the right of way.” The free standing or removable signs in the Dallas Shopping Cen- “Iagree that the removable signs are an eyesore but until the bor- until the local municipalities re- write or amend the present sign | Sleepwalking and night terror: | ter are legal as long as they are not ough amends or re-writes the sign ordinances. : “ - . lighted or flashing signs and not ordinance. it ey, Liftiow to ~ frig htening for child and pare nt standing in the right of f th enforce some of the violations.” i a api Ray Kern, Sr., owner of Kern WAN TED! Dallas Borough zoning officer Distributors, said he was never Dirty He & Drew Fitch explained that the t(oldhehad tohavea permit forthe Irty x omes borough ordinances relate to the Sign Which he has on his property Businesses During the past several months my four-year-old * it occurs during the deepest part of sleep, and isan free standing or removable signs and has never been told the sign is Services Cleaning child has occasionally woken from his sleep screaming at the top of his lungs. Strangely, he doesn't remember experiencing them. Frequently, as in the case of your son, he or she does not even know there is something abnormal type of arousal. Neurologists who specialize in sleep dysfunction report that during sleepwalking, begin in adulthood, especially night terrors, there may | be reason to suspect a psychological component. Night | L Specialists hing about itin th 3 : vil 8 Si opening. the anything about it in the morning. 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