What does your forum name mean?

[nitroboy]

We all have unique forum names. Mine came from a job I had in southern California where I was involved in building and designing a nitrous oxide system for cars and trucks. Someone called me Nitroboy once and it stuck.

What does your forum name mean or stand for????

[guilfordrr]

I just looked at a map of U.S. railroads, and the Guilford Railroad was the one that ran closest to my area.

[Dr. John]

After I finished my doctorate a few years back, the folks at the church I serve started calling me "Dr. John". Of course, I still answer to "Bro. John," " John," or "Hey you!"

[GregM]

Simply my preferred first name (Its really Gregory) and the first initial of my Last Name.

I too have been called many names in my life time, one or two were even complementary. lol

[Buckeye Riveter]

Great question!! [:D]

Here's the real story about the my forum name Buckeye Riveter and my signiture as you see it here on the forum. [;)]

As many of you know I live in Central Ohio, the Buckeye State, near a crossroads that is named Roger's Corners. A small creek runs through Roger's Corners at an elevation of 936 feet.

I am a graduate of Purdue University in Civil Engineering and have for the last 30 years have been part of the design or construction of many major projects. I actually had a class where I was taught how to design riveted connections. I am a Hoosier by birth, a Boilermaker by the grace of God. In the old days, one of the nicknames for the Purdue sports teams was Riveters. Therefore, combining the Buckeye and the Riveter nicknames became my forum name.

The photo that you see with the signature was taken in 1955 with my first electric train, a Marx. I love the photo because it reflects the joy of a young boy with his trains. A joy that has lasted over 45 years. [8D] (The photo makes it very easy to spot one of my replys on a posting.)

[spankybird]

I think most of you already know mine, if not here is the real Spanky


He does enjoy watching me run the trains, as you can see him in the background,


tom

[ChiefEagles]

Well I use my name [Frank Eagles] on all the fishing and boating boards. I came here and I thought, trains. Santa Fe Chief. Also, lots of folks as me, with the last name Eagles, are you Native American [I'm being proper here but I usually say Indian with great respect]? So Chief came out of no where. Now you know.

[Anonymous]

Well, my name is fairly self-explanitory. Sask is the abbreviation for the province of Saskatchewan, where I live. Tinplater comes from me being a tinplater since I collect vintage toy trains and operate them on a classic tinplate-style layout.

[Anonymous]

My user name is MrTrain.com if you have not figured it out that is my web site without the www so check out my site www.MrTrain.com Thanks Alan

[Anonymous]

harpitect: Harpeth River (1/2 mile below our house) architect (my trade)

[Big_Boy_4005]

Almost everyone here knows that the Big Boy was the Union Pacific's largest steam engine, but that's not the entire reason. I'm 6'-1" about 340 these days, but losing very slowly. (Is that big enough?)

I'm not even that much of a steam fan, or a UP fan for that matter, but I also have a connection to this particular locomotive.

Back in the early 80's I lived in Denver. I used to be a member of the HO and the N scale clubs at the Forney Transportation Museum, which is where 4005 rests. I saw this locomotive all of the time.

So, between my size and my connection to the engine itself, I came up with this. Now you know the story behind my handle.

[Kooljock1]

I'm a member of that almost lost trade known as a Disc Jockey. I still remember how to cue up a 45, and back-time a cold-ending song to the Legal before hitting the network at the top of the hour.

Not that those skills are used anymore...

Today I'm more of a Computer Jockey, using a mouse and a keyboard, and frankly, our new software is as close to the old days as possible, and I love it.

And I do the morning show on KOOL 105. So I'm a KOOLjock.

Jon [8D]

[dougdagrump]

When I registered on E-bay everything I tried was kicked back and I was getting REAL GRUMPY. So I tried dougdagrump and the rest is history.

[Anonymous]

When I joined the forums, "railfan" seemed overused, so I used "train junky" instead. "29" comes from a steam locomotive from an obscure shortline you've never heard of.

See you around the forums,
Daniel

[Anonymous]

I was told by my friend "The Red" that I sold him so MANY parts for his Farmall H tractor restoration, that I could take a trip to Bermuda on the profits I made! (THAT did not happen!......big profits OR the trip, that is). Anyways, I'm not from Bermuda (never been there nor care to go) but one of my real names is Ken. Thus the monicker..........Bermuda Ken

[Anonymous]

So how did a nice guy like me get to be "Odd-d"? well I pronounce it as "Oddie". I got the name when I was a much bullied fat kid in school. My last name is Ottosen. It is pronounced as "Ah-diss'n". the big kids just called me variations of that. I tried to call myself "Oddy" or Oddie" but they were already taken. It could be worse. At least nobody else would want this nick name. Odd-d

[Anonymous]

My name is Bill and I live in Wayne, NJ. Hence, Billfromwayne.
Bill
www.modeltrainjournal.com

[dk99358]

The d and k are my initials and I own a Savage 99 chambered for the 358 Winchester. When we got on the internet years ago, I was more into hunting and guns than trains so I put together something gun related. It's a good combination as I've carried it thru several ISP's.

Dale

[pennsy_fan]

self explanatory......................Pennsylvania railroad enthusiast was just to long[:D]

[daan]

Daan is the dutch short cut for Dan. Which is obviously from Daniel...

[lander31]

My name is from an old Estes Model rocket kit the Mars Lander. Yes me and my son are into model rockets, trains, and airplanes.

Take care all
Terry

[FJ and G]

Fonda, Johnstown, and Gloversville Railroad in the Southern Adirandack Mountains of New York State; sadly, abandoned in 1983, and the reason I'll never go back there to live. A nice rails-to-trails, however, graces much of the route and most of the rest is dirt trails; pretty much untouched, as business in that area is not booming and no one does much with the land. I could tell you a lot of stories about that railroad. Maybe someday.

Dave Vergun

[Anonymous]

Very simply, my last name.

I used to waste time & money on Compuserve's CB simulator & other such services when I was in my twenties, where I used such handles as "Big Guy," which was my nickname in my college clique, and "*** BG ***," which came about because I got tired of the innuendo surrounding "Big Guy" & most folks were just calling me "BG" anyway. The stars helped it to stand out a little.

When I got here, I just didn't want to use the old handles, so I decided to call a spade a spade.

Tony

[cnw1995]

Chicago & North Western - our local road - and it's demise / absorbtion in the UP in 1995

cnw1995

[4kitties]

I've been using this handle for years. At the time I first used it, I had 4 cats. I'm down to 3 now, but it would be to confusing to change my handle every time I gain or lose a cat!

[FJ and G]

4kitties,

your story reminds me of the story of the name: 20th Century Fox. :-)

[Anonymous]

My name came when I, decided that I didn't like the way some of the building and structures that you can buy didn't have the realistic look so I decided to start scratch building and realized the look was more realistic. Once I started building some structures I became hooked on scratch building. I decided that scratch building rules and thats my name.

[insfil]

My forum name of "insfil" is a shorten version of "insurance phil" based on my career as an insurance broker.

[Jim Duda]

??? (wink)

Last name is a full Czech name - not shortened. Ancestors were from the Prague area.

[lionelsoni]

My music-fraternity college housemates and I Italianized our names for no good reason. My "Nelsoni" nickname, blended later with "Lionel", was the only one that stuck.

(One of them just had an opera produced, in which there is a character "The Great Nelsoni". It is a weird feeling to see yourself on stage, however exaggerated.)