Hi folks. I'm new here and also new to US Railroading. A whole new language to learn as well. I'm based in the UK and am about to start building my road. A shortline in style, 3 base boards with a total size of 12 ft.x 2 ft. Not massive. I have 2 loco's at the moment, Bachmann GP9 I've fitted with a Loksound chip and a Bachmann 44 tonner which is quiet at the moment. That's about it for now. Regards.
Wizard Old Chap:
Welcome to the forums|
You neglected to tell us what scale you are using.
It will be interesting to see your progress.
Dave
Folkwizard:
Welcome to the forums!
Gotta love Loksound.
I'm just a dude with a bad back having a lot of fun with model trains, and finally building a layout!
- Caboose = guards van.
- Switching = shunting.
- Turnout = points.
"One difference between pessimists and optimists is that while pessimists are more often right, optimists have far more fun."
Oh yeah, and ties (US) = Sleepers (UK)
I'm an American who is married to a Brit - but she came across the pond to live with me and go to trainshows with me. She's a good woman.
"Otherwise “American” is just a lazier version of The Queens English.
Oh and she doesn't speak the queens English - she speaks a lazy version of it and accuses me of speaking more posh. I guess that goes on a lot in the UK hah hah. Sounds just as bad as the US!
When we were over visiting her parents last December, we visited a train club in that area as well as one of our past forum members John Grant. Turns out US model railroading is quite popular across the pond!
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Welcome!
Obviously you're interested in railways (we usually call them railroads here, except for those rarer times when we call them railways). However, your post doesn't say anything about your general preferences. In additon to the scale you are using, it would be useful to know about your preferred era, general geographical area of North America, type of operation, preferred prototype railroads, preferred industries to be served, etc. Of course it is understood that you may not have answers to all these questions and that is very understandable. After all, you did say you are new to North American railroading, so you may still be trying to sort out some of these issues. The forum members will be willing to help there.
As much as I admire British railways in general, I think I would feel pretty intimidated by the prospect of representing something I hadn't observed first hand. If I were to try, it would probably be the L.M.S. in pre-B.R. days, with a heavy emphasis on those beautiful Stanier steam locomotives.
Whatever your personal preferences, we'll be happy to help with information on one condition: we may want to ask you about British practices.
Tom
" target=""> Sorry. Should have said scale. It's HO and DCC.Plenty of switching so low speed control is vital. A single road sector plate is hanging off the bottom left corner.
Sorry. Should have said scale. It's HO and DCC.Plenty of switching so low speed control is vital. A single road sector plate is hanging off the bottom left corner.
We have the Metro-North Railroad; The Long Island Rail Road; and the BNSF Railway
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