Where do you all live?

[dougdagrump]

Sunny San Diego [:D] [^]

[TurboOne]

John, I am also in Sunny San Diego, although this just issued a flood watch here.

Not even raining or cloudy. Hmmmmmmmm

Tim

[Dr.Fu-Manchu]

The Evil Doctor Is In !!! I live in Alameda, Ca. (where we used to keep nuclear wessles)
I am on line at night because due to congestive heart faiure, I nap during the day. Then I don't go to sleep till the late hrs.(go figure) Does that help you?
Till My Next Missive, I Remain The Humble, Yet Strangly Evil Doctor !!![}:)]

[willpick]

East coast of Florida.

[spankybird]

We are in NE Ohio, 15 miles east of Cleveland

[ben10ben]

Frankfort, Kentucky, about 60 miles east of Louisville, 30 miles west of Lexington.

[Buckeye Riveter]

Roger's Corners, Ohio
Elevation 936 ft

(Roger's Corners is located NE of Columbus, Ohio about 15 miles. It is not on any maps. Columbus is located dead center in the State of Ohio. Spankybird lives about 3 hours northeast of here, near the lake and he gets most of the snow.)

[brianel027]

Used to live in Ithaca where they still manufacture college students by the thousands at Cornell University and Ithaca College. Ithaca is a tad on the expensive side (with a lots of crime and drug activity too) to live in: currently 4 years at CU is $125,000 for tuition.

Moved to Corning (possibly biggest mistake I've ever made). Don't move here: there are NO jobs unless you have a masters degree in ceramic engineering, bio-tech engineering and chemistry. Then Corning Inc. will pay you to move here. We did make the national news a short time ago as being one of the 10 cheapest place in the entire US to buy a house.... lack of jobs could be contributing to that one.

On the upside, the Finger Lakes are beautiful with the parks and the views. Fall is wonderful with all the splendid color. Fishing and hunting are both good. Yeah, gets cold in winter, but makes you appreciate the spring! We haven't been short on water like other areas of the US, and there are still lots of trains rolling through here... saw a BNSF / Santa Fe / NS lash up last week.... wow!

[ChiefEagles]

Confederate Rebel North Carolina [that was for the Buckeyes] where there is eastern NC pork bar-be-que [vinegar based], sweet tea, yellow cole slaw [mustard in it] and grits. [:D] I live in Rolesville just north of Raleigh [the state Capital].

[Big_Boy_4005]

My profile says St Paul MN, but I actually live about 15 miles east of the city, about 2 miles from the Wisconsin line. Don't let my midwestern time zone fool you, I can and have posted at all hours of the day.

[laz 57]

MILLERSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA
25 miles north of Harrisburg,Pa.
laz57

[FJ and G]

Near Bull Run, and that ain't no bull!

[Anonymous]

Used to live out there in Newport Beach until I grew tired of the corporate world and started working for myself. At which time I moved back to Ohio and got my beloved dogs that I couldn't have in an apartment there. This also brought about my return to this hobby due to having space and some money to spend. Now I have a 30'x32' garage that is pretty much empty and I finally started working on my benchwork last night :-)

[Anonymous]

I live out on the Canadian prairies in the small (pop. 1000) town of Langenburg, Saskatchewan.

As for your mention of toy trains being more popular in colder climates, I think that they're universally popular everywhere. However, one point in favor of that theory is that Canada has the most toy trains per capita in North America. What do we Canadians do during our long cold winters? We play with trains, eh!

We actually do get pretty warm summers here. I'm just as active in the hobby in the summer as in the winter. I don't have any school, so I've got a lot more free time and plus during the summer we go lot of places and so there's a lot of opportunities to buy trains. I've yet to go on a vacation and not come back with some trains.

[Anonymous]

Silver Spring, Maryland

Hey Chief: You ever been to Madison, NC? They have a place there called
Fuzzys BBQ, best I ever had anywhere!

[Anonymous]

I'm just east of the DC line in Prince George's Co. Maryland.

This is a terrific place to be a train nut. I can hear horns from my house as the CSX freights come down through Hyattsville/Bladensburg on the Alexandria Extension. My three year-old and I then have about 10-15 minutes to make the two minute drive to our "spotting spot" just before the bridge over Rte. 50/John Hanson Hwy.

We're also very close to the Riverdale, MD MARC station that sees a ton of commuter and freight traffic. There's a farmer's mkt. there in the warmer months so we often combine shopping and railfanning.

45 minutes to the B&O museum isn't bad either!

The closest place, of course, is the basement with his Thomas layout!

Best,
Jeff

[FJ and G]

Sask,

They toy trains are probably more popular in cold climates for several reasons, not the least of which is more basement space. For some strange unknown reason, basements are not built in much of the southland.

Also, names like NYC, PRR and UP, names that are very popular, were the stuff of most PW trains, thus the popularity.

[Anonymous]

Mwether, actually I am in Beltsville, most people have heard of SS.
We can watch all the trains going through Sunnyside to Laurel when I have time.
Other times we just have to wait on the rains to pass through to get across
the tracks.

[railfanespee4449]

huxley. (i'm moving soon to Ames, though)

[cnw1995]

In an sprawling suburb of 36,000 about 45 miles from Chicago. Yes, there is a real 'Crystal Lake' here too... formed by a long-ago glacier.

[4kitties]

Baltimore, within earshot of but not nearly close enough to the Northeast Corridor mainline. [:D]

Joel

[johnsgg1]

Springfield, VA, just outside the DC Beltway and I-95. (at least as long as I'm stationed at the Pentagon)

[Anonymous]

Eastern Cincinnati, Ohio...I may live here but my roots are in Eastern, Kentucky! (Natural Bridge)

[1688torpedo]

I live in Willoughby,Oh. 15 Mi N.E. of Cleveland and Tom (Spankybird) lives one Block south of me..................Keith

[jimhaleyscomet]

Houston, TX (actually just outside of Sugar Land which is just SW of Houston).

I have a BNSF rail that mainly has UP loco's on it. It is next to my neighborhood but I rarely hear the trains. I do however get to see them all the time when traveling Hwy 90. Once is a while we get to see an Army train (pulled by UP) or an Amtrack passenger. Once we saw a circus train. Those are always a treat.

Jim H

[andregg1]

I live far far away I think
I live in Ashdod, Israel 20 miles south Tel-Aviv.
WOW, this is an old post. And I found myself when I was living in Israel.
Now I live in Delray beach Florida.

[donl409]

san diego county (Vista - north of san diego city )

[Back2Trains]

I live in southeast Florida (West Palm Beach area). When we moved here from Michigan 3 years ago, I was amazed to see CSX running down the coast. I used to live in Plymouth, MI and CSX has a major north-south/east-west crossing in the middle of town. It can take you half an hour to get form one end of that little town to the other if CSX is in a bad mood! I even vaguely remember the Pere Marquettein the 1940s.

[CB_Fan]

Fairhope, Alabama on the Eastern Shore of Mobile Bay. We're home to the annual Fairhope model train show the third weekend in March during the annual Fairhope Arts & Crafts Festival when the streets of the town are filled with artisans showing and selling their wares (no cars allowed downtown that weekend).

The show, this will be our 13th, is sponsored by SWARM (South West Alabama Railroad Modelers), an all-scale club that happens to own a modular O-gauge layout (about 14 x 36 feet). The area also boasts BARR (Bay Area Rail Roaders) with their brand new modular O-gauge layout featuring TMCC operation and large locomotives.

An added attraction this year, for those who come, is the Dead Sea Scrolls Exhibit at Mobile's Gulf Coast Exploreum Science Museum -- see www.scrollsmobile.org for more information. This is the only exhibition of these original scroll fragments, etc. scheduled for the southeastern US. Especially for Alabama, one of the scrolls contains the 10 Commandments.

Come see us!

[FJ and G]

I met JohnsGG1 in the Pentagon. Anyone else working here? If so, please put your room # & name & will pay a visit.

[espeefoamer]

I live in Whittier CA. About 15 miles east of La La Land.

[jonadel]

Just west of Des Moines, Iowa on 5 acres with old Oaks everywhere, no neighbors except for the deer, wild turkey's, hawks, eagles, etc., it's our little heaven on earth. We lucked out 15 years ago when we found this place.

Jon

[FJ and G]

Jon,

BB the beagle said she wants to run rabbits there.

[Roger Bielen]

Watkinsville, GA about 10 mi. south of Athens and 90 mi. east of Atlanta.

[Anonymous]

Old Bridge, NJ

[Anonymous]

I'm from the Pacific Northwest (Washington) just north of Spokane, Wa.

[jonadel]

FJ and G--


You and BB are welcome anytime, especially now would be good as the rabbits will eat anything now that the snow has accumulated, last year they ate through an electrical line that is of low current that provides outside lighting. After one big snow storm last year they and the deer also ate several new bushes, no spring prunning was needed. We had to say goodbye last year to our beloved 12 year old German Shepherd, I didn't realize what a great job he did keeping the animals away. I knew he did a spectacular job of keeping people in their cars but it didn't take the deer long to figure out he was gone. I sure miss him.
Jon

PS--If you come in the spring bring lots of tic repellent, I normally would pull two off of him everyday if he got into the heavy timber.

[Anonymous]

Sandy Ego

San Diego is also the home of a toy train company that get no mention here because they don't advertize in toy train magazines and they make monorails but the kids are buying them and they are sold at Toys are Us.

Yes I am talking of Rokenbok.

[dougdagrump]

Seeing all these responses from the Maryland area brings back a lot of fond memories. As a youngster, until about the fourth grade, we lived in the Bladensburg area. In the summer we spent a lot of weekends at a place called Popes Creek(?), all the parents chowing down on crab and most of the kids out on the docks trying to fish with the scraps. Did a lot of crabbing at nite too off the docks where the pilings had a light on them, a lot of fun unless one of them got a hold of you with their claws. [^]

[3railguy]

I live in Kaukauna Wisconsin. About 20 miles south of Green Bay. Kaukauna is known for................................uh....................let me think.

[Anonymous]

Retired from Westchester Co. N.Y. in 1996. Live in Mt. Pleasant, SC. Hot and humid in the summer but beautiful most of the year. The reason we don't have basements is because we live in the Lowcountry. Water would be a huge problem with a basement. Am building my first layout on a 4x8 in the garage. Will be working on a pulley system to hault it up for storage. Any suggestions?

[Anonymous]

In the Shenandoah Valley. N&W country.

Bob

[locomutt]

Born,raised in Eastern Kentucky;called the Louisville area my home for
over 30 years.

[Anonymous]

Morganton, NC where everyones favorite question to me is "you moved here from Myrtle beach...Why?"

[okiechoochoo]

just outside Oklahoma City

[tschmidt]

Jamestown, New York is in the Southwest corner of the state. Kind of between Buffalo and Erie, PA. Beautiful country with 4 seasons.

Tom

[Jim Duda]

Austin is the capitol of Texas, about a 3 hour drive south of Dallas, 1 hour drive north of San Antonio on I-35. It should show up on your maps. The PBS music show "Austin City Limits" is taped here, Lance Armstrong is a pretty well known resident, and several famous musicians are from around here. Yes, we cut grass here year 'round...(wink) and we have 4 seasons, although fall, winter, and spring are fairly short.

[Frank53]

Sarasota, Florida - where the frost is never on the pumpkin.

We improvize when the weather is hot and sticky however [:D]

[pbjwilson]

Glenview, Illinois - About 15 miles NW of Chicago. Really upscale suburban area, but I snuck in 15 years ago before things got crazy in the real estate market. Worried about the property taxes goin up, but I'll try to make this my first and last house.

[Anonymous]

East central Kansas, 900' from UP's Kansas City to Little Rock/Ft. Worth mainline.

[dk99358]

About halfway between Reading and Philadelphia

Dale

[flyingyankee616]

[#welcome] It is 9:15 PM here in the high desert (AppleValley Ca.) Have been here almost thirty years and retired. Born and raised in Redlands Ca. Chuck

[eZAK]

Lombard, IL. The Lilac Village, about 20mi west of Chicago.

[Anonymous]

Music City, Nashville, Tennessee.

[Anonymous]

I live in Southern California but since I've retired I live primarily on the road watching trains and filming famous train sites. I've been to most sites within 2000 miles from my home. Since I live very close to the Tehachapi Mountains, Cajon, Beaumont Hill, Trona, and Barstow I get to spend a lot of time seeing the Union Pacific and BNSF, albeit I'm a Southern Pacific die hard. Luckily all it takes for me to hit the road is for a friend to say, "let's go!". I think my wife is glad I go so she won't have to listen to train this and train that.........but she's cool about me traveling.

A very lucky train enthusiast

[Anonymous]

I live near Plymouth in the UK, on the edge of Dartmoor. Plymouth is known for Sir Frances Drake and the Mayflower Steps, the leaving point for the New World in 1620 by the Pilgrim Fathers. I've always been mad about toy trains and wish we had the range of products over here that you are blessed with. Still, at least the internet allows me to indulge in some great products from Lionel.


Clive [:)]

[Anonymous]

I live in New Brunswick, New Jersey about 1 mile from the Northeast Corridor and home of Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey.

Jack Grund

[macdannyk1]

I currently reside in Fremont, CA, southeast of San Francisco, north of San Jose and south of Oakland.

[tjsprague]

City of Champions.

Boston

[superwarp1]

Western Mass. The area that gets dump on by the City of Champions.

Gary

[Anonymous]

In Gods Country, The Panhandle of Idaho about 60 miles to the Canadian border. I am sandwiched between Washington and Montana in the most beautiful mountains in the United States, thats why I moved here after 25 years in East Texas. We are in the Left Bank time zone. It is very rural here, and all my neighbors have between 20 to 150 acres, so I can only see one other house from mine.And yes it really is 1.921 miles to the mailbox. .............Tim

[seacoast]

Seacoast New Hampshire- 1 hour north of Boston and 1 hour south of Portland,Maine.

[Anonymous]

New Zealand - city of Christchurch. Have had a few Americans visit over the years.
Colin Duthie

[zwbob]

Seven Hills Ohio, about a 10 minute drive south of downtown Cleveland. If I stand on the right hill I have a beautiful view of the downtown skyline.

[railfan23]

I am south of Baltimore, about 10 minutes from the B&O's Thomas Viaduct.

[Anonymous]

Look to your left.

About 50 miles from NYC.

[choochin3]

Lansdowne MD. SW of Baltimore.also about 10 mins. to Thomas Viaduct.

Carl T.

[Anonymous]

New Jersey. The only state in our great Nation where the Republicans have become Democrats and the Democrats have become Socialists.
BillFromWayne
www.modeltrainjournal.com

[wrmcclellan]

Richardson, Texas, a directly attached NE suburb of Dallas.

Chief - you forgot to mention that in NC, when one orders a hamburger all the way - you guys put cole slaw (yellow of course) and what we in the southern mid-west call Thousand Island dressing on it (at least when I lived in Charlotte back in '76).

Regards,
Roy

[Anonymous]

Grimsby, Ontario Canada About 30 minutes from Niagara Falls, 45 minutes from Toronto. On a clear day I can look across Lake Ontario & keep an eye on Y'ALL in New York State. Regards Steve

[JoeKoh]

Defiance ohio on the wiiard sub but I go over to Deshler ohio alot!!!:0)
stay safe
Joe

[csxt30]

Conneaut, Ohio. Northeastern part of Oh. on Lake Erie. It's about halfway between Cleveland Oh. and Erie, Pa.

[GregM]

North Canton, Ohio. Cuyahoga Valley line is about a mile West and a Wheeling & Lake Erie line is a couple miles East. Ocassionally hear trains on both lines on Saturdays.

[spankybird]

Gee - All you Buckeye boys missed the Ohio Forum Meeting

http://www.trains.com/community/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=30434

Next time we will have to give more advance notice of it.

Maybe we should start a thread just to see how may Ohioans we have, just to show Chief what he is up agaist [}:)][;)]

[spankybird]

csxt30 - If you ever make it to Willoughby, drop me a line and stop over.

Last year we stopped at the NKP museum on RT 7. What a great place.

[csxt30]

Hi Tom and thanks for the invite!! Sure enjoy all your posts too! I go to Stuarts Hobby , is that near you? I also have a good friend that has a lot of trains, but undecided on type of layout. He really needs to see yours if at all possible. I know we will all be excited. Got lots to to tell you. Can I email you? Thanks so much, John

[spankybird]

HI John,

We live very close to Stewarts Hobbies, about 2 miles. YOu and your friend are more than welcome.

Yes you can e-mail me.

tom

[Anonymous]

MY NAME IS STEWART WILSON I LIVE IN THE NORTH EAST OF ENGLAND,IN THE COUNTY OF DURHAM I A M 55YEARS OLD AND HAVE THREE LIONEL LOCOS, ALL O GUAGE.I THINK YOU WOULD SAY THAT I AM A LATE STARTER WITH TRAINS, I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE SOME INFORMATION ON LIONEL POWER SUPPLYS A PLAN OF WHAT IS INSIDE THEM AND IF ONE COULD BE MADE IN ENGLAND BY A PERSON WHO KNOWS ELECTRONICS YOU ARE AC AND WE ARE DC.I DONT KNOW EVEN IF I AM WRITEING TO THE PROPER PART OF YOUR SITE AS THIS IS MY FIRST DAY

[Buckeye Riveter]

QUOTE: Originally posted by stewart wilson

MY NAME IS STEWART WILSON I LIVE IN THE NORTH EAST OF ENGLAND,IN THE COUNTY OF DURHAM I A M 55YEARS OLD AND HAVE THREE LIONEL LOCOS, ALL O GUAGE.I THINK YOU WOULD SAY THAT I AM A LATE STARTER WITH TRAINS, I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE SOME INFORMATION ON LIONEL POWER SUPPLYS A PLAN OF WHAT IS INSIDE THEM AND IF ONE COULD BE MADE IN ENGLAND BY A PERSON WHO KNOWS ELECTRONICS YOU ARE AC AND WE ARE DC.I DONT KNOW EVEN IF I AM WRITEING TO THE PROPER PART OF YOUR SITE AS THIS IS MY FIRST DAY

Stewart, email me with the icon below or Spankybird, the post above and we will help you out. There is a great guy on the web from Holland that should have an answer for you and the electrical conversions.

[Buckeye Riveter]

QUOTE: Originally posted by spankybird

Gee - All you Buckeye boys missed the Ohio Forum Meeting

http://www.trains.com/community/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=30434

Next time we will have to give more advance notice of it.

Maybe we should start a thread just to see how may Ohioans we have, just to show Chief what he is up agaist [}:)][;)]

Tom, I just counted ten (10) Buckeyes on board. [:D][8D][:D] The Chief is going to be steamed, big time. [;)]

[Boxcar Bill]

Fifty miles west of Browns Stadium 10 miles south of Cedar point

[CB_Fan]

QUOTE: Originally posted by tintrax

New Zealand - city of Christchurch. Have had a few Americans visit over the years.
Colin Duthie

Colin, how about sending me a note off-line at [e-mail]? Our daughter and her family lived in New Zealand (near and in Rotorua) for 8 years, and we visited your beautiful city during one of our trips there. Listened to the "Wizard" of Christchurch during lunch one day.

George

[Anonymous]

New member in Rolla MO - heart of the Ozarks - 100 mi from Branson MO - 100 mi from St. Louis MO.... I have a reborn interest in toy trains after about 55 years ago when I put away my prewar stuff...started this winter out of boredom - and really opened up a wide world of interest and enjoyment - and expense! Spent a coupla grand on eBay buying toy trains.....concentrated on lines which I remember - IL Central, MO Pacific; Frisco; Texas Special; Santa Fe....

This looks like the forum for me - others are too contemporary and high tech for me - too serious and uptight. Guess I'm more a toy train guy than scale modeler. I first found the Williams stuff, which had the lines I wanted, and the old Madison cars, which I like. Then I discovered the MTH RTR semiscale sets with the Protosound and speed control - Wow - that sound is fun!

I also am restoring my old tinplate 253 Lionel and 607-608 cars; and 249E loco and tender -- I like both the prewar tinplate and postwar Fand E series early diesels in passenger cars configuration. I am lukewarm on newer diesels and freight, but will eventually go there. Last nite stumbled onto an M10000 UP MTH from 2000 catalog set on eBay, so grabbed it as I have not seen one before. See ya later-

[GregM]

Tom,

I had already made plans to visit another Ogauger that Monday and I didn't think I should push it. Maybe next time.

Man! two more posts and I will have made 50 in less than a year. [:D]

[spankybird]

Greg, we may have another one this Sat. morning. What to join us?

[Anonymous]

Hi John out there in 'Sunny califonia. This is Bill in cold snowy Lake View N.Y. just ouside BuffaloN.Y. You are right as to the cold keeping us indoors re: playing with trains etc. I just found and signed on today and being a computer dummy it will take a while to figure out how to put pics of my layout on this web site.
I am 73, and never get tired of fooling around with this great hobby. My first train arrived from Santa when I was 6, and it was an immediate love affair. Of course it helps being from a railroad family. My dad was on the Erie for 51 years, a long time in anyones book.
I do not collect, I operate,I consider trains as objects to have fun with not hide in closets. Oh well to each his own. I could never afford the high price trains out there but what I have is all fun ! I worked 14 years in a Lionel service station( part time), as I always had two jobs. (Wife and 5 kids). Anyone with a layout show all the youngsters that might be interested. We need new blood in the hobby.

[GregM]

Tom,

Thanks for the invite. Be in touch later in the week for details.

[ferronut]

i m from chicago il the railroad capital of the world!, about 10 min away from clyde pk ,bnsf intermodal/hump yards,diesel shop, and the starting point of it `s transcon main lines to fullerton,los angeles ca, and there is the CP, ex il central elevated main line that runs diagonal on top of the bnsf `s neck, lots of train action here! from amtrak,bnsf,northfolk southern,cn,cp,metra , i am also 20min away from up`s proviso yard, and 3 blocks away from ccx spur that still on demand by few companies , or 3 blocks oposite direction i can get on cta "L" train to down town, and for last , about 15 min away from emd`s plant at la grange il, so this is where i live![:D]

[Anonymous]

New Egypt New Jersey, Home of the Warriors!!!

I am the only one who likes trains in NE that I know of.

[chemung]

Born and raised in Elmira,N.Y. but have lived in Omaha,Nebr. since 1964.

[sully57]

unsunny Boston, MA

[Buckeye Riveter]

I just realized something; the guys from the other Trains.com forums have been posting to this topic. Welcome one and all!! It is very interesting to read the brief narratives of where the members live. Some of you have described railroad operations in your part of the country that we never see in Ohio. Of course, Columbus is the 2nd largest city in the US without passenger rail service. (I have been told that Phoenix is now first.)

[ChiefEagles]

That is because no one wants to go to those two. The powers to be do not want anyone to leave either. [;)][:D]

[Anonymous]

Canby, Oregon 30 miles south of Portland in the Willamette Valley, on the Oregon Electric/Southern Pacific/Union Pacific main north south line, freights and Amtrak! Also a short line from Canby to Molalla, used to be SP now the Molalla Western.

[pennsy_fan]

lake ridge, virginia.....about 15 miles east of manassas

[Anonymous]

I live outside the city limits of Chattanooga, TN, which is hopefully our last destination after going from one coast to the other in the last 35 years. Love the area, but have to admit, I expected more hobby stores that specialize in model trains. No choices here, so have to commute to Atlanta, Nashville, or Knoxville for my 3-4 times train fix and hobby shop excursions.

[Blueberryhill RR]

Southeastern Ohio. A place called Caldwell. The nearest hobby shop is in Columbus.
We play all year long.[:)]
Chuck

[Buckeye Riveter]

BUMP
There are so many new people on the forum, I thought I would bump this up to let them have a chance to post on this topic. Some very interesting reading for a post over a year old!!! [:)]

[mitchelr]

QUOTE: Originally posted by Buckeye Riveter

BUMP
There are so many new people on the forum, I thought I would bump this up to let them have a chance to post on this topic. Some very interesting reading for a post over a year old!!! [:)]

Mitch reporting for duty from Gettysurg PA. Keeping an eye out for Rebs and exploding Grits boxcars[;)]

[c50truck]

Sitting here in Greenacres Washington.
A few miles from the train town of Hillyard and the once proud Great Northern rail yards. Both My wife’s grandparents worked there. He rebuilt and repaired the old steamers; she sent them down the line.
We have the abandon Milwaukee line a stone throw away. The busy BNSF within hearing distance, and the UP in between.
And our farming community is fast becoming a bedroom community to Spokane WA.
Rod L

[thor]

Woodhaven, Queens, Long Island, New York

[CHOO-CHOO MIKE]

On the west side of the Oberon ridge in Arvada, Colorado.

[prewardude]

<-----------------------There. [:)]

[Anonymous]

As indicated, I live in Holland, MI, about 30 miles southwest of Grand Rapids. I communte there daily to work and also visit the two hobby shops in that area. The third one is here in the Holland area. I was a previous resident of Cleveland OH for two years (also my birthcity) before moving out here in 2003.

Chris

[jakeoregano]

Westerville, Ohio (Central Ohio)

[tadowler]

I live just south of Olympia in Tumwater, Washington. It sure would be nice to find some fellow o gaugers in my area.

- Todd

[pbjwilson]

Glenview, Illinois, just minutes from "The great city of Chicaga"

I'm also the proud uncle of U.S. Olympic cross country skiers Kris and Justin Freeman. Catch Kris and Justin in fridays 15 Km. event. And Kris saturday in the Mens Team Pursuit event.

U.S.A. - U.S.A. -U.S.A. - U.S.A.

[kehoesj]

Northeastern Wisconsin on the mainline of the famed CNW Peninsula 400. Well, actually I am on the north side of the Menominee River - in the UP. Lots of O gauge enthusiasts here - Northeastern Wisconsin O Gaugers Association formed in 1999 and have 38 members strong this year.

[dbaker48]

Cerritos is 25mi south east of LA, we are right on the border of LA and Orange Co. The most significant thing that happened here is when an airliner collided with a small plane about 15 yrs ago. Over 100 killed.
We also have two unique buildings, the WalMart here has the most expensive facade on the front of any walmart in the US (City requmts), also our libraray is completly covered in titanium. The city is only about 14 sq mi. And is one of the wealthiest cities in calif. (not the residents just the city). We have water fountains at every corner on all major intersections.
Crazy place.


Buckeye - Thanks for bumping this up . It was great to read all the info.

[Jumijo]

I live in a cave, 14 miles outside of Gotham City.

Not really. Northeastern Massachusetts. Right on the border of New Hampshire, and not far from Mt. Hockaloogie. If I tell you any more than that, I'll have to kill ya.

Jim

[zeames1]

I live in Lewiston NY north of Niagara Falls at the Canadian border. The old HoJack line aquired by NYC ran diagonally across my back yard until the late fiftees early sixties. For the most part, trains are a winter hobby as summer is filled with camping, home maintenance, and vacation type activities. I have three active young boys whose interest in trains peaks only when the Christmas tree goes up. Layout is 6' x 14' with room to expand. Atlas 'O' is the track of choice with motive power from all major manuafacturers. I run TMCC but have avoided MTH DCC because I have yet to get bored with TMCC after nine years of operations and it seems quite expensive. Let me also mention my wife who I love dearly as she puts up with the many dollars and hours I've spent on trains!

[tschmidt]

zeames1,

Welcome to the forum. I live down in the Jamestown area but I work in Depew. I think the best train store in our area is Artcraft in Hamburg. Have a good day.

TomS

[Anonymous]

Hi guy's North syosset just south of oyster bay ny Btw roy spent several weeks in richardson back in the late 80's'. Is northern telcom still there? Felix

[darianj]

I'm in Westbury, NY by way of the Great NYC!

[otftch]

Sunny Ocala Florida. But not very sunny this last week !
Ed

[lynbrookyankee]

As it says on all our village signs, Lynbrook, USA (Long Island, NY to be more specific).

[zeames1]

Tom S:

<<<<I think the best train store in our area is Artcraft in Hamburg. Have a good day.>>>

While I've spent many dollars at Artcraft, The Locomotive Works in Wilson is closer and Kieth is less abrasive than Rick. He very actively persues deals from Lionel and distributors and passes them along to his customers. Rick's inventory seems to be dying also. Take care!

Jim

[tschmidt]

Jim,

Thanks for the info. I never heard of The Locomotive Works. Where exactly is it? Do they do pre-sale or have decent prices?

Thanks again.
TomS

[jamshel]

wow,I feel lonley, I guess I`m the only person from B.C. Canada on this. I live in wet and soggy Coquitlam

[Anonymous]

Parma, Ohio. A suburb of Cleveland. I love this forum. You guys have been a tremendous help to me in building my own toy train layout. Thank you all!

[casconi]

Louisville, KY!

[spankybird]

QUOTE: Originally posted by dkselick

Parma, Ohio. A suburb of Cleveland. I love this forum. You guys have been a tremendous help to me in building my own toy train layout. Thank you all!

Another Buckeye. Welcome to the CTT forum. Be sure to check in on the Ohio Roll Call

http://www.trains.com/community/forum/topic.asp?page=-1&TOPIC_ID=54295&REPLY_ID=655713#655713

If you ever make it to the East Side of town, you should stop in on the OTTS meetings. [:D]
Price is right ( FREE) [;)]

and check out The Western Reserve Model Railroad Museum at
www.wrmrrm.shutterfly.com

tom [^]

[Nick12DMC]

Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, UK
Not far from the East Coast Mainline.

Nick

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by spankybird

QUOTE: Originally posted by dkselick

Parma, Ohio. A suburb of Cleveland. I love this forum. You guys have been a tremendous help to me in building my own toy train layout. Thank you all!

Another Buckeye. Welcome to the CTT forum. Be sure to check in on the Ohio Roll Call

http://www.trains.com/community/forum/topic.asp?page=-1&TOPIC_ID=54295&REPLY_ID=655713#655713

If you ever make it to the East Side of town, you should stop in on the OTTS meetings. [:D]
Price is right ( FREE) [;)]

and check out The Western Reserve Model Railroad Museum at
www.wrmrrm.shutterfly.com

tom [^]

[Anonymous]

Thanks for the invite. I saw in an earlier post that you live close to Stewarts Hobbies. I work on the east side in Mayfield Heights and occasionally visit Stewarts during my lunch break. He has a very nice collection of 1:48 scale vehicles.

Thanks for the info regarding the Western Reserve Model Railroad Museum. I didn't know such a thing existed so close to home. I'm going to check it out sometime in the near future. Thanks again.

Sorry for the bad quote post. I'm still trying to figure out the ins/outs to posting on this forum.

[Demon09]

My kinda place, sweet home Chicago......

[Anonymous]

South Bend, Indiana.....

[Anonymous]

Central Kansas, where the nearest O scale hobby shop is 90 miles away and the nearest GOOD hobby shop is over 200 miles away.

[dwiemer]

Southwest Georgia, where the closest hobby shop is 90 miles away and the nearest train store is much further. We have one train show a year and that's mostly HO. Makes road trip have significance.
Dennis

[laz 57]

Originally from HAZLETON, PA now reside with my wife and dog in MILLERSBURG,PA.
laz57

[Anonymous]

Beautiful North Idaho, In the middle of the Bitterroot Mountains, smack dab in the middle of Gods country, on a forest service road. Three miles to the nearest paved road, Two miles to my mailbox. Ten miles to town., and 15 miles to Schweitzer Mountain ski resort, where I plan to be skiing tomorrow night.....Whewwww...... Here's the spot........Tim

http://www.trails.com/tcatalog_trail.asp?trailid=BGW052-037

[zeames1]

Tom S.

<<<Thanks for the info. I never heard of The Locomotive Works. Where exactly is it? Do they do pre-sale or have decent prices?>>>

He's on route 425 about 4 miles north of route 104. I happen to run across him this past holiday season while I was surfing ebay. He'll do preorder with deposit required on odd ball stuff he might not be able to get rid of easy if the deal falls through. When you see mail order blow out in CTT he probably has same item at comparable price. All other prices are comparable to Artcraft. Also, if you want a ridable train in your yard, he manufactures some really nice stuff in his barn/shop. These are for the "money is no object" individual. Call him at [phone].

Jim

[AKKevinT]

In the land of the Midnight Sun for half the year and the home of the truely Frozen Chosen the other half of the year.

Fairbanks, Alaska

[crip]

Where nature smiles for seven miles

Sping Lake, Michigan

[Pennvalley]

S.E. Pa.

[nitroboy]

I live in Columbus, the capital of the great state of Ohio. But its not ALL that great.

[Anonymous]

West coast is the best coast.



(til the big one)

[Kooljock1]

Born & raised in Amityville, NY.

Went to college in New Wilmington, PA.

Lived in Mystic, CT & Westerly, RI.

Living in Colchester, VT these past 11+ years.

Jon [8D]

[Anonymous]

Southern California near Los Angeles (Glendora). Chief Eagles, you're making me homesick with all that talk about North Carolina Bar-B-Q. I was born in Rocky Mount You mentioned everything except water ground corn bread. We can't get that kind of corn meal out here. The stuff they have locally could be used for sand paper. Ray

[Anonymous]

I live in Greensboro,N.C.about 15 miles south of the farm where I was born and still piddle. Worked and lived in New York/ New Jersey for many years before moving back south in '79 [retired from Denim business in '92].

My mom was from Dennison, Ohio, one of 12 children so I have a couple of hundred Buckeye cousins . During the '30s and '40s I visited my grandmother many times via the N&W. After grandpa died she variously lived with family in New Comberstown, Urichsville and much later in Columbus and Berea. First time I ever ate grits was at the farm near Dennison where an uncle had a feed/flour mill [ don't tell Chief--it will ruin the Buckeye/Tar Heel grits feud].[:D]

[Anonymous]

N.E. Florida, also known as S.E. Georgia when Georgia and Florida play football. [;)]

[msacco]

Saint James, Long Island.
About an hour east of New York City. The original home Lionel Trains!!!!!!!!!!!!.


Mike S.

[Anonymous]

I am near Morgan's Landing wWVa.

Site of Sid Morgans packet boat service and pre 1918 market hunting and guiding service.
All so a landing site for the Ohio and Indiana Yankees that weer driven out of the Kanawha Valley in 1826.

We live along the Midland Trail and James River and Kanahw Turnpike. The middle passege to the West.

The C&O RR followed the Turnpike a great distance.

West Virginia is the only state to be created from another state
(Virginia...in 1863).

Berkley Springs, a resort town, has more massage therapists than
lawyers.

Berkley Springs is the only place in the US to boast:"George
Washington bathed here."

W.V. has had the nation's lowest crime rate for the past 26
years.

During the Cold War, a sprawling 112,000 sq. ft. Bomb shelter
was built to shelter members of congress in the event of a
nuclear attack. It's located beneath the famous
Greenbrier Resort in White Sulphur Springs, WV.

White Sulphur Springs has the only private residence in the
US that is made out of coal.

The city of Bluefield, WV bills itself as "America's
Air-conditioned City." They back up their boast by
serving free lemonade anytime the
temperature reaches 90 degrees.

St. Andrews Methodist Church in Grafton was the site of the
first Mother's Day celebration in 1908.

Two West Virginia men have built castles for their wives.
Stephen Elkins built "Halliehurst" in 1890 for his wife Hallie Davis
Elkins...the only woman in American history to be the
daughter, the wife, and the mother of a US senator.

In 1885, whiskey distiller Taylor Suite began building Berkley
Castle for his new bride, Rosa Pelham, who was
31 years his junior. He died in 1908, a year before
the project was finished. Rosa completed the castle
but went on the squander her inheritance on extravagant
living and wild parties and ended up losing the castle
and living in a shack and raising chickens make
ends meet.

Philippi, WV was the site of the first land battle of the Civil
War.

The first officer killed in the Civil War was General Robert S.
Garnett (Confederate) at Corricks Ford (Near Parsons in Tucker Co.)

In 1921, West Virginia became the first state to have a sales
tax.

The mother of Abraham Lincoln, Nancy Hanks, was born near
Romney, WV.

The largest single shipment of matches...20 railroad cars
full...was sent from Wheeling, WV to Memphis, TN in 1933.

In 1947, Chuck Yeager, a native of Hamlin, WV, became the first
person to fly faster than the speed of sound.

The Old Stone Church, in Lewisburg, was built in1796 while George
Washington was President and has been in continuous service ever since. (It
is Presbyterian)

At the end of the "Guilded Age" in the late 1890's, the town of
Bramwell, WV had more millionaires per square mile than any
other city in the
US Many of their mansions have been restored and can be
visited by the public.

With an average altitude of 1,500 f! eet, WV is the highest state
east of the Mississippi.

The first brick street in the world was laid in the city of
Charleston in 1873.

The first concrete street in the world was laid in the town of
Webster Springs, WV in 1903.

Indirect artillery fire (action against an unseen target) was
used for the first time in military history at the Battle of Fayetteville on
May 20, 1863 by a 19-year old Confederate, Sgt. Milton Humphreys.
Virtually all modern artillery fire is now indirect fire.

James Rumsey of Shepardstown, WV invented the first steamboat.
After he died suddenly in England, while raising funds for his project,
his friend, Robert Fulton, took his plans and completed the work
and is now credited with the invention of the first steamboat.

In 1956, Cecil Underwood (age 34) became the youngest governor
in the US In 1996, Underwood ran again and became the oldest governor in
the US

The hardwood flooring in the famous Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in
New York was manufactured by the Meadow River Lumber Co. of Rainelle, WV.

West Virginia has the oddest shape of any state. This was
because Union officials, during the Civil War, arranged all the pro-Union
counties of Virginia into a state which then seceded from that Confederate
State.

And may we add, Mingo County, WV, the Heart of the Billion
Dollar Coal Field is home of the "Coal House", which holds the Chamber of
Commerce.
It is located in the county seat, Williamson and is constructed
entirely of local coal cut into blocks.

And lastly, WV was the first state to utilize food stamps!


Great site for W Va trains

http://mountainstaterails.net/

The reason why trains were more popular here and in new England was that is where Lionle markeeted them.

Flyer for example went to the west coast only after WW!! and that was becuase Lioel had not tried selling trains there.

An other eason is that the large cities were a better market, they had large stores, transpotaion, infostructure, ie., electric and the salaries that rual american did not.

Still today you see more train buffs and toy train opperaters in the north East and upper midwest that the south of the west.

[cmrj]

I live in Morris IL. about 70 mile's SW of the windy city. A small farm town with growing pain's, and a couple of nuclear power plant's with in a stone's throw, [ I80 & RT47].My back yard look's out at a nature preserve,and the Illinois river just beyond. Have a great day Mike

[Anonymous]

I live in Kenosha, Wisconsin, pretty close to the border with Illinois. We live about 2 blocks from Lake Michigan--I love it!

Talking about Morris, Illinois--I grew up in Rock Island, Illinois, (which is why I love the Rock Island Lines). When I was in the marching band at Rocky, we would go win, I mean compete, in the Morris Corn-Monster parade every autumn. I remember they would give us a chicken dinner at the courthouse, or at least I think it was the courthouse, in downtown Morris. Yes, I've been to Morris!

Bob Blomberg

[cmrj]

vibraphonusrex , Corn fest is still a tradition around here get's bigger every year. The County Fair is second to it . We look forword to it every year, Mike

[dlagrua]

We reside in Hillsborough NJ which is in Somerset County in the Central/Western part of the state where folks still have some acreage, own horses and maintain small hobby farms . It's heavily wooded around here and the terrain is mostly rolling hills. It's actually a very convenient and nice place to live but super expensive. Thats the price that you pay for living midway between Phila and NYC.
Its also a great location for train show buffs. Within an hours drive there are over a dozen trains shows. York in about 2:45 away but that is still not bad and only a twice a year deal.

[Dr. John]

Wow! I'm late to this.

Prattville, Alabama, just north of the state capitol of Montgomery.

[Dr. John]

Whoops, where are my manners.

Welcome, dlagrua!

[superwarp1]

Western Mass,

Near a old NH line and B&A(CSX) used to cross

Regards,

Gary

[Anonymous]

After reading above , I am thinking of moving to W VA..................Tim

[lstriebeck]

Homecroft, in Indiana...actually a suburb of Indianapolis- near Southport.

I do tend to do more with the layouts in the winter. The summer seems to be filled with yardwork. In the summer, I tend to just go downstairs and play with the layout, and leave the work on it for the winter. Ah, it's great to be "7 years old" again...(in real life, I'm almost 55).

By the way, I just "discovered" Gargraves flexible track. It sure is great; especially for those "impossible" curves and little jogs I had to make on my latest expansion. (now if I could get the fireplace out of the room, or make the basement bigger...)

[Anonymous]

Live on the state line near Bluefield.
on the south side if the NS Main Line MP-N369.
nice place to live.
better spot to watch trains.
not far from the yard and CV juction.

[Buckeye Riveter]

NSTRackman....I've been to Bluefield, WV and it is one great spot to watch trains rolling through the mountains of WV. In fact, WV is a great state to watch the big coal trains leaving the mines.

PE Tim, you would like WV especially in the vicinity of Davies or Smoke Hole.

[Anonymous]

Gormley, Ontario, Canada
Located about 20 miles north of Toronto. I think I'd go crazy in the winter if I didn't have the trains to play with but I'd say work is pread pretty even out over the year.
In Gormley the population has held steady at 73 for the last 50 years....cuz as soon as a gal gets pregnant she leaves town.

Bruce Webster

[ChiefEagles]

QUOTE: Originally posted by brwebster

Gormley, Ontario, Canada
Located about 20 miles north of Toronto. I think I'd go crazy in the winter if I didn't have the trains to play with but I'd say work is pread pretty even out over the year.
In Gormley the population has held steady at 73 for the last 50 years....cuz as soon as a gal gets pregnant she leaves town.

Bruce Webster

I use to hang out in Perth. Then my buddy died and don't get up there anymore.

[Anonymous]

The Bluegrass State - Kentucky

[drums1427]

My wife & I are originally from Virginia Beach, VA. We moved to Northern VA 6yrs ago & now live in Haymarket, VA (about 40 miles west of DC). We're about 2 miles from the NS tracks & can hear the trains in the distance throughout the day. We have pretty good locations for wathing them as well.

[drums1427]

My wife & I are originally from Virginia Beach, VA. We moved to Northern VA 6yrs ago & now live in Haymarket, VA (about 40 miles west of DC). We're about 2 miles from the NS tracks & can hear the trains in the distance throughout the day. We have pretty good locations for wathing them as well.

[phillyreading]

Just below West palm Beach FL, Lake worth area, or near FL Turnpike exit 93 by two miles. Been in south Florida just over 21 years but have moved a few times, moved to Homestead first then Stuart then Lake Worth.
Thinking about leaving hurricane ally in a couple of years, probally after my wife gets her retirement years in with the county.
Origanally from Scranton PA, lived in Reading PA for about eight years, also lived in Stratford CT for about 10 years growing up as a child, parents moved to Reading PA
because of my dad's job. I liked Stratford but not the cold climate, beautiful area.
My grandfather worked for the Reading Company, the passenger division of Reading Railroad, had good retirement plan.
Currently I can watch either Florida East Coast Railway or CSX or Tri-Rail here in Palm Beach County FL
Lee Fritz.

[lyle_styles]

I live in Sturgeon Bay, WI

If anyone is curious where that is, it is on the peninsula north of Green Bay next to Lake Michigan.

Kind of a big tourist area.

Lyle R Ehlers

[woodsmanmark]

Owego, NY.....Thats Upstate NY....Approx 4 hours north and west of NYCity.....1 hour south of Syracuse.....10 minutes north of the PA border......Gods country ....4 seasons all with ther own appeal.....lots of other seasons too - hunting, fishing, boating etc..... Train season is year -round. Just getting back into toy trains after my 7 yr old son discovered my old Post war O27 Lionel stuff in my attic. My dad had (lovingly)packed it away when i went off to college and chasing women...at this point I'm not sure who's hooked more - me or my son. Planning and building our new "1st layout" trying to make it modular in 4x4 or 4x3 sections. Using a variety of maunufactures stuff mostly post war Lionel with some K-line (particularly K-Line O27 Remote switches,some other accessories, and a Lackawana Porter)

Great Fun!

Mark

[Anonymous]

My wife and I live in Hermon, Maine, a bedroom community of Bangor home of the famous writer Stephen King.

Neil MacDonald

[andregg1]

Hi
Me and my family are living in Delray Beach, Florida.
Like 45 min north Miami.
Andre.

[marxalot]

My wife and I were born and raised on the west side of Cleveland Ohio. Most of the family still resides there but we moved to Bloomington Indiana 30 years ago. My son just wrote his second novel --- a mystery based in Cleveland (on the west side) .... go figure! This forum has helped me a lot, thanks all..........




Jim

[:D]

[Anonymous]

Marion, VA
Where the Bristol spur of the NS (Norfolk Southern) RR runs through the town of Marion (population 4000+ and elevation 1990' above sea level)
Noel

[Anonymous]

85% Dixie and yes I might have a few Confederate Dollars laying around. Want to trade for some oil?
Noel

[dwiemer]

Leesburg, GA, of course I posted earlier on this thread, but I wanted to extend a welcome to new folks and invite y'all to the coffee pot where we have fun and pick at each other in a friendly way.
Dennis

[dwiemer]

Steve, I think all of the quoted parts can be atributed to Sen. Byrd[:p]

Originally posted by Steve Frame

I am near Morgan's Landing wWVa.

Berkley Springs, a resort town, has more massage therapists than
lawyers.
During the Cold War, a sprawling 112,000 sq. ft. Bomb shelter
was built to shelter members of congress in the event of a
nuclear attack. It's located beneath the famous
Greenbrier Resort in White Sulphur Springs, WV.
.In 1921, West Virginia became the first state to have a sales
tax.

At the end of the "Guilded Age" in the late 1890's, the town of
Bramwell, WV had more millionaires per square mile than any
other city in the
US Many of their mansions have been restored and can be
visited by the public.
The first brick street in the world was laid in the city of
Charleston in 1873.

The first concrete street in the world was laid in the town of
Webster Springs, WV in 1903.
In 1956, Cecil Underwood (age 34) became the youngest governor
in the US In 1996, Underwood ran again and became the oldest governor in
the US

West Virginia has the oddest shape of any state. This was
because Union officials, during the Civil War, arranged all the pro-Union
counties of Virginia into a state which then seceded from that Confederate
State.

And lastly, WV was the first state to utilize food stamps!

TCA#09-63805

 

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