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- [Jordan] Building model trains

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is a hobby many people enjoy.

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But to Dave Burrows it's a lifestyle.

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- You're in before you know it.

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It creeps up on you.

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- [Jordan] Thanks to his father who shared the same

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passion for trains, it's now his career.

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- My father was in software and he did

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hotels and restaurants software.

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He sold his business and used the money to start

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this museum which is always his lifelong dream.

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- [Jordan] A dream that became a platform

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for Dave and his two brothers.

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- Originally, it was just my father

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and my middle brother, John, who taught

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us all about how to build sets.

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My youngest brother, Matthew,

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who's now a chef, he came on about a year after

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and I came on about a year after that.

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- [Jordan] Like all dreams,

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eventually, you wake up to reality.

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- It's not one that generates a lot of revenue.

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It was hard maintaining three brother's

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at a good salary levels.

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- [Jordan] Just like Dave was the last brother

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to come aboard the Roads and Rails crew,

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he will be the last to leave.

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- I'm running the whole show, essentially.

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- [Jordan] Dave stayed to manage

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the family business by himself.

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- I do miss them both at the emotional level

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and the fact that sometimes you need

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three guys to do a job and now there's only me.

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- [Jordan] However, Dave's persistence--

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- I'm always working on something.

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- [Jordan] Has went far beyond

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just keeping Roads and Rails on track.

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- I am here still, but I also have a

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second business which I'm trying to grow.

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- [Jordan] It's shown him that there's

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always a light at the end of the tunnel.

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Jordan Thompson, Frederick, Maryland.