Hello

[adrianspeeder]

Hello all,
My name is Adrian, and last week I was given a stack of old issues of Model Railroader that I am going through with excitement. I am 17 and really like real trains, but models have always caught my attention. I have some HO and a good amount of Lionel. I would like to wish everybody a happy day[:)]

Adrianspeeder

[Anonymous]

Adrian,
I know you from the Trains Magazine forums and knew you were my age. I know the feeling of excitment of getting a bunch of old train magazines, it's always great to go through them all. It's almost liek getting new issues because you've never read them.

I didn't know that you had Lionel as well. I'm into Lionel (and other vintage O gauge trains) myself. Is it prewar, postwar or modern era? It's always great to know that there are other people my age who love these trains. I too have HO. Do you have a layout?

Have a great day and enjoy your trains!

[FThunder11]

Im 15, a little younger than you and have a HO layout of the Amtrak Northeast corridor.

[Anonymous]

You guys are wonderful. Thanks for joining. Every now & then we could use a transfusion.

[AggroJones]

I didn't know there were so many young people who are railroaders. A bunch of you are teenagers. I'm a bit older at age 21.

[Anonymous]

We won't discriminate against 21 year olds.

[Hawks05]

yes we do. they are to old.

just kidding

i'm 17 as well. i just started maybe 3-4 weeks ago. i went to a show 2 weekends ago and i'm going to another this weekend. i have the last 2 issues of both MR and Trains. also have 3 books of my own that i'm reading through. one has track plans. another has a track plan from Sassi i think. and the 3rd one is the basics for a beginner. great reads. i also have 1 locomotive and i hope to buy 2-3 more this weekend and get a ton of boxcars and tanker cars in the $5-$7 region. i don't really need any stuff for the track except 5-7 turnouts but those aren't hard to get. and they don't cost a ton. i won't have another chance to get anything for the layout until after Christmas.

if you want to chat sometime my MSN and AIM are in my profile thingy. i usually don't use AIM ever. mainly MSN.

[Anonymous]

wow i suddenly feel VERY old...isnt like 24-25 the the jumping off point? LOL

[Anonymous]

HAHA...ya know what else kills me...i was just thinking about this as i hit the submit button. Before i started driving a truck i drove a school bus...i did that from the ripe ol age of 18 til i was 21...had i been in a different place...i could have driven HALF of you guys to school from like the 5th or 6th grade up...DAZAM NOW I REALLY FEEL OLD...j/k

[Jetrock]

i should have gone to Carousel nearly five years ago (or fourteen if you go by the book version) but have found that model railroading is a good way to stay "young at heart" (or at least make one happy with chronic immaturity!) It's one of the few hobbies where teenagers and senior citizens (and us folks in the middle) can share interests and activities.

piece of advice for thrifty model-railroading teens: don't try to convince your folks to buy you a specific railroad car for Christmas--ask for cash, if your family will go for it, and use it to swoop onto your local hobby shop for their post-Christmas clearance sale. It'll also help avoid embarassing gift-returns when Mom buys you that darling 4-4-0 woodburner for your 1990's-era diesel pike...

[Anonymous]

i know how people say kids shouldent play with model railroads but im 12 and have a southern pacific layout on the tabel it a bit crappy but its my first when i read MR it gets boring cause theres hundreds of pages of stuff i cant afford they should make a mag with just info

cody

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