Our younger Forum Members

[Buckeye Riveter]

ben10ben - If you live in Frankfort, Ky have you been to Cincinnati to see Cincinnati in Motion at the historical museum in the old train station. If not, I really would encourge you to head up I-75 to see the exhibit this summer. Also, while you are visiting Cincinnati, a trip to Davis Trains in Milford will be an education. Ask for Adam in O-Gauge if you have any questions. Make sure you go upstairs to see the test track and everything else.

Further north at Lebanon, Ohio they have a tourist train that you might like after you ride all the rides at King's Island.

I have been to Frankfort on business several times in the last ten years. My company works with an engineering firm located east of Frankfort on major projects in Kentucky. I used to stay at a B&B, My Ol Kentucky Home near the capital. (How many of you thought Louisville was the capital of Kentucky?)

As you can see by my photo, I'm still pretty young looking for someone as old as I am. I think the trains have kept me young.

[ben10ben]

Hello All,
I go to Franklin County High School, a school of about 900 students, here in Frankfort, Kentucky. I just finished up with 10th grade yesterday, and will return to school on August 11th.

[Anonymous]

Well, I'm 17 right now and in grade 11 at Langenburg High School. As far as how many students go there, I don't know, maybe 300? Grades 5-12 are all housed in the school. My school is located in the town of Langenburg (surprise surprise), Saskatchewan, Canada. It's a very small town with only about 1000 people in it. Many of the students come from farms or smaller towns that don't have a school, so we don't all live right in Langenburg. I'm lucky enough to live right next door to the school, which is quite convienient and can come in very handy at times.

It's been really great being on the forums and making contributions. I think each of us on here has taught the other members something at some point.

And Jerry, 5 years ago I didn't have a whole lot of trains either. I had HO, but O gauge was something that I was just entering into and I had a lot to learn. Before I recieved my first Marx set, I thought that old toy trains like Lionel were something I would never have. It's amazing how much you learn very quickly.

[Anonymous]

I think of Sask as me 5 years from now.

QUOTE: ( from Elliot)They have acquired more knowledge that I have in 47 years.

Like block wiring![:)]

You keep on reminding me you didn't even have a clue about this until you were older (maybe I should say more in years[;)])

[Big_Boy_4005]

I guess that I was aware of Sask and Jerry for a long time, but only recently found out that Ben was still in school. My question is are there any others over here on CTT? There are a BUNCH over on MR!!!

Personally I think that it is fantastic, and I love how these "youngsters" contribute. I still wi***hat there had been something like this when I was their age.

By the way, just because we are older, doesn't mean that we can't learn from them.[swg]

[Anonymous]

I'm permanently enrolled in the School of Hard Knocks: school's always in session and on the day you graduate, they plant you in the ground. [:D]

Keep on learning, you guys. Remember, there's lots to know in the world, outside of toy trains, too.

Tony

[spankybird]

That one reason why I started this thread Dave. I have also welcomed quite a few teenagers in the past week to the forum.

This is great to see some of our yougth loving trains

tom

[FJ and G]

I'm not young by any stretch but I am surprised to hear that jerry and SaskTinplate are youngsters. They have acquired more knowledge that I have in 47 years. And I knew about Ben; he continually amazes me with his profundity. I asked the guru about his wisdom once and Ben told me that he hangs around hobby shops, picking up bits of information that he synthesizes and then expounds upon for us in the forum(s). Well, he didn't say it quite like that.

dav

[Anonymous]

Hey its me!

For all who don't know i'm 13 and I go to Sabish Middle School. It is a regular sized middle school- about 500+

I almost play with my Oscale trains everyday, well, on the floor! I am waiting for my parents to give me the O.K. for a permanent layout. I have one designed already and the benchwork solved. I have to layout designs, one large 8'-12' for our garage, and one if I can't use the garage, a small 4'-8' table.

It all started with me saving up for the Lionel Pennsylvania Flyer set all summer, and when I got it, I fell in love with these big, tough, O gauge trains...

[spankybird]

I have noticed that we have several forum members that are still in school, Middle School, Senior High School or maybe even collage. I have been very impress with their knowledge of our hobby, which means that they have been studying history (even if they didn’t realize it).

I have always sad “You can’t know where your going if you don’t know where you have been”.

Just to name a few, I have been very impress with the facts that two of our members have offered from time to time. Sask_timplater and Ben10ben have an out standing knowledge for there age.

How about a roll call for our forum member that are still in school. Maybe tell us what grade and also how large is your school.


tom