Trains and Lego's

I have always been fascinated with trains, always wanted to get into model railroading but never have thought I could afford it and lack the room to set up a decent size set that would keep me entertained very long.

Lego's is my other weakness, I love building the city sets mostly and have recently been getting back into the obsession of collecting. With buying several sets from eBay and several more from the now from the recently discovered bricklink.com I am completely absorbed back into the addiction. I am at the moment trying to hunt down the sets I had as a kid and the ones that I have always wanted.

Lego has always had train sets while I was growing up, with a couple sets in their current line up. I have always been more interested in the freight train sets more than the passenger trains. The only thing preventing me from diving head first into getting any of these sets is the cost, I cannot justify spending so much on them.

Tonight I discovered several reviews on building block brand Enlighten, and they also make train sets, once I found out they made a model of the Union Pacific freight engine I knew i had to have it. Growing up in south Arkansas, it's a common sight to see a bright yellow Union Pacific train to be rolling down the rails. Problem is I cannot find the set anywhere online in stock. To bad, the low price of the enlighten brand made buying a train set so much more desirable.

For now I can only dream about having a awesome Lego train set running through my Lego city as I count my nickels and dimes saving up to buy one of these wonderful sets.