What does your forum name mean?

[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

[Anonymous]

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

[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

[spankybird]

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

We hope that you post often and enjoy the forum



tom

[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.

[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.

[Anonymous]

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

[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'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.