Scale : HO
Era : 2002+
Locale Modelled : Northern PA/OH/NY tri-state area.
Railroad Modelled : Freelanced Regional Line.
Age : 31
Years in Hobby : HO scale 17 years. Trains of one kind or another - 28 years.
Ricky W.
HO scale Proto-freelancer.
My Railroad rules:
1: It's my railroad, my rules.
2: It's for having fun and enjoyment.
3: Any objections, consult above rules.
late 1950's
Pennsylvania coalfield to industrial New Jersey
HO, O
45 years in HO, 17 years in O
58 years young
Hi Gang,
The era of the LM&E is mid sixties to 1982
It is based on the Western Pacific and occastionally others from the pacific northwest. The Last Mountain and Eastern is a fictional Line owned by the WP. just like Sacramento Northern.
Size is 13' x 17' in basement, separate room.
Been active in the hobby off and on, mainly on since I was 7 years old. I am now 77. You do the math unless you are too old.
I have some of my Railroad passes that we used to exchange through the Model Trains mag of Kalmbach. The railroad name on those passes is the same as it is today. "Last Mountain & Eastern" Pretty good record eh.??
I have about 40 locos, 7 are steam that pull the excursion trains.
Night all...... Johnboy out.
from Saskatchewan, in the Great White North..
We have met the enemy, and he is us............ (Pogo)
Born in 1953 and the Lionel trains purchased for my first Christmas still ply the rails on the “O” gauge level of my layout. Thanks to a great father and grandfather, I was bitten by the “magic of Lionel”. This started a lifetime hobby resulting in a bi-level HO on top, “O” gauge on bottom layout. Both layouts reflect an urban industrial setting circa 1955. As I grew up along the PRR panhandle division in SW Pennsylvania my interests are firmly rooted in the PRR and NS. Turning 65 in 2018, the kids are planning a “Medicare“ party. The money difference between private pay health insurance and Medicare will equate to more “hobby dollars”. Enjoying it while I can, as the years are going by very quickly.
era 1915-1920
Railroads: Tonopah and Tidewater, Las Vegas and Tonopah, Bullfrog Goldfield
region depicted: Goldfield, Nevada
Time in hobby: 40 years
Scale: HO and HOn3
Era: mining and logging, 1920-1960, depending what I choose that day (buildings stay, rolling stock changes). I also run big diesels and steam locos strictly at the club.
Roads: CN, CP, TNVR. Eastern Canada
Me: 50-59
Years in MRing: 20, non continous
Era: Modern, with a lot of poetic leeway.
Region: Much of the eastern US. Modeled portion of railroad is Chicago.
Scale: HO
Time in the hobby: 1972-1990, 2012-present.
Age: 58
Era: 50s-ish
Region: upper Midwest-ish
HO
Time in hobby: few years with my dad around 7-12 years of age. 4 solid years with my own layout/funds. Just about 40 years old now.
Location: smack dab between Milwaukee and Chicago on the northern side of the cheddar curtain.
I like to model Milwaukee road and c&nw.
T e d
These are the eventual planned modeling interests.
Eras: 1940-1950, 1970s, 1990s-present.
Railroads:
N&W, NYC, BM, MEC, PT. 1940-end of steam on various lines
Chessie System, Conrail 1970s-early 1980s
INRD/Soo Line early 1990s
Maybe NS modern era at some point.
Scales N, HO, O (3rail)
Age 30(ish), started when 8, stopped when 12. Started when 18. Navy stopped that before 19. Started again whenever my profile says I joined.
Where I live: here
Regions:
Portland, Me (BM,MEC,PT)
somewhere near Cincinnatti, OH (N&W, NYC, Chessie)
Southwestern Indiana (INRD/SOO)
location undecided (Conrail)
location undecided (NS)
Era: 70's-90's
Region: New England
Scale: N and HO
Time in hobby: about 4 decades
Age: 51
Bubbytrains
dehusmanHardcoalcase: Have you looked at the Yahoo Groups EarlyRail forum, lots of pre-WW1 modelers over there, plus the Railroad Line Forums has an Early Rail forum.
Yes, I've been on the Yahoo Early Rail Group for some time now, but didn't know about RR Line Forums. I'll check it out, thanks!
Jim
Age 65. Time in hobby (not counting childhood) around 35. Model era, the 30's but still allowing stuff from later as long as it was available in the 30's (as a side note, you would be surprised at what was being tested in the 30's, even by the railroads but were not built till after the war as anything other than a test item). Region mostly west coast, lot of SP stuff for engines. And since we are mentioning eyesite, mine is slowly getting worse in the one eye but the other eye (always had a lazy eye) is getteing better and am told I will have 20/20 in that eye if I live long enough, I am sure many many years from now.
Age: 67
Scale: N
Region: East Penn to New England
Era: 1950s to 1960s
Time in Hobby: 1955-1965 Lionel O 27 (MMP&R) 1968-1972 HO 1980-1994 HO (PSS& M) and N (Philipsburg & Milestown) 2006- N (East Penn) and N (Philadelphia, Reading and Lehigh Valley).