Sorry to hear of your loss. Your father sounds like someone I would like to have met. No denying that it's a tough change to deal with, I still miss my father and he's been gone a long time. He took me on my first narrow gauge train ride when the EBT reopened in 1960. I really enjoyed that day that included a cab ride in #15. My continued work restoring narrow gauge railroads is a direct result of that first trip with my father.
I know how difficult this is for you but please know that many fellow NGDF members are thinking of and praying for you right now.
Stewart Rhine