What does your forum name mean?

[Anonymous]

I'm an enthusiastic hiker . Several years ago as I was about to leave the house on one of my forays my wife asked, " O.K. Hiker where are you headed today. It's been OKHIKER ever since.

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by trainsrob

I am new to this forum, but not new to collecting trains. I have been collecting trains for over 50 years. Therefore trains plus my first name Rob was a good combination. I learned about this forum at York and have enjoyed it very much.

Thanks, Rob

Welcome! Feel free to ask any questions. None of us here mind at all!

[Anonymous]

I love passenger trains and my name is actually John. But like our famous JFK, my nickname is Jack.....Amtrak Jack

[Anonymous]

ChesBchRy.....

Adopted from the Chesapeake Beach Railway which operated from the Wash DC
line to a town that the railroad founded named Chesapeake Beach, Md. This line
was founded and built by such rail magnates as David Moffat and Otto Mears of
Denver Colorado railroading fame. The line operated from 1896-1935 when it was
abandoned and shortened to become the East Washington Railway which operated
the original 3.5 miles of line that began the Chesapeake Beach Railway. That line
and a few pieces of rolling stock survived until 1977 when it, too, stopped operating
and the physical plant was sold to the Maryland Midland RR. Rails, a few flat cars,
and a Whitcomb (ex-US Army) loco went on to live at MMRR for another decade. I
had the pleasure of a 2-hour cab ride in this loco on the MMRR.

I adopted the name because it reminds me of childhood summers at Chesapeake
Beach, Md. and the stories my grandparents used to tell of train rides to the beach.
The surviving railroad operated near where I lived as a child and my father did some
civil engineering work for the East Washington when he was the Engineer of
Maintenance and Way and Structures for the old Capitol Transit Co. (They had
some joint trackage operations at PEPCO, Benning Station.)

By the way, FJ&G, the Chesapeake Beach #300 Brill railcar became property of
your Fonda, Johnstown and Gloversville! I wonder where it went from there! I have
a few pictures of it both in ChesBchRy paint and in FJ&G paint.

[Boonter]

I lived in a small rural community in N. Calif. named Booneville where an 'exotic' lingo, "Boontling" is spoken by the natives. If you live there long enougn to FINALLY get acepted by the locals, you earn a Boontling name. Mine is "Leaky Lip", but that is another story for another time. When given a name you become a BOONTER! and forever more you will return to the old 'Homeplace'. As I now live 'Over in the brightlights' I use Boonter for all forums........to remind me to go home some day.

[spankybird]

Good Morning Southrnrailway and trainsrob and welcome to the CTT forum.

We hope that you post often and enjoy the forum



tom

[trainsrob]

I am new to this forum, but not new to collecting trains. I have been collecting trains for over 50 years. Therefore trains plus my first name Rob was a good combination. I learned about this forum at York and have enjoyed it very much.

Thanks, Rob

[Anonymous]

I liked seeing my real initials on the font of Southern Railways locomotives.
Plus Its my favorite railroad!!

[Anonymous]

Jim Duda:

My wife is Czech. No one in the family knows where in the country they're from, though. Mer maiden name is Bless, and they know it's shortened, but no one knows from what.

Tony

[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.)

[Jim Duda]

??? (wink)

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

[insfil]

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

[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.

[FJ and G]

4kitties,

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

[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!

[cnw1995]

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

cnw1995

[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

[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

[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

[daan]

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

[pennsy_fan]

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

[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

[Anonymous]

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

[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]

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]

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

[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.

[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]

[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.