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Posted by Darth Santa Fe on Monday, January 11, 2010 9:47 PM

First 6 months or so were in Toledo, OH. The rest has been in Bloomington/Normal, IL. So far, I've heard every pun and joke on Normal's name possible (oh? So is it, Normal there!?Whistling).

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Posted by yankee jigger on Monday, January 11, 2010 9:48 PM

hennepin98

Y.J. - did you think it's a small world when you posted everything about Hennepin?  This is Nic, one of the owners of Hennepin Marine.  I'm sure you would probably know me if you saw me.  If you fish the AYA this year, make sure you find me and say hi.  Thanks for fishing the AYA with us and hope to see you this year!  We are opening up registrations this week!

 Back to railroading - do you have a layout?  What gauge do you run?  I have a small HO layout that I am looking/working on expanding to a larger one.

Nic

  If you look at the poster thanking the sponsors from last year you guys had at the picnic,you will see Lincoln Jig Company.I was the owner til earlier this year.Company no longer exists,no business plus too much time not spent with my kids.I still paint crankbaits and make jigs but just for family and friends.Rich Casey was my contact.Nice guy.Im also getting ready to start a new bird dog so my plates pretty full.

 I just got back into railroading after a 7 year break and me and my two sons,5&9 are freelancing an around the walls n scale layout.Im actually thinking of putting the Rt.251 bridge in it.My first trip on the Illinois,i launched at Peru and was able to see a switcher work in and out of Mertels.It made a skunking worth it.

 If you get around to scenery,how about Bob Kidd trolling the clam beds in Spring Valley???Cool

 

    Brian Gorski

 

 

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Posted by norfolk23 on Tuesday, January 12, 2010 12:24 AM

Columbus, OH

Go Bucks!

Chris
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Posted by EMD F7A on Tuesday, January 12, 2010 12:44 AM
Live in Berkeley, born in Sacramanto but thankfully I was raised as a New Yorker :) Funny, I model railroads form nowhere near either of those places!
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Posted by jblackwelljr on Tuesday, January 12, 2010 7:55 AM

Pottsville, PA, where the Reading RR once ruled, a role now filled by the wonderful Yuengling Brewery.

Jim "He'll regret it to his dyin day, if ever he lives that long." - Squire Danaher, The Quiet Man
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Posted by Mntneer on Tuesday, January 12, 2010 8:49 AM

 Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia.   Within a short driving distance of DC and Baltimore.

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Posted by 0-6-0 on Tuesday, January 12, 2010 10:30 AM

Hello I grew up in Twinsburg OH  after high school in 1988 moved to Staten island NY  for 2 years. Then in1990 to Pottsville PA for a year. Then in 1991 to Smithville NC for a year and a half. Then in 1992 to Leesburg FL for 6 moths. Then back to Twinsburg OH less then a mile from were I grew up. Been here ever since. Have a nice day Frank

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Posted by mononguy63 on Tuesday, January 12, 2010 10:49 AM

Darth Santa Fe
The rest has been in Bloomington/Normal, IL.

Hey, I did the engineering on a pretty large building in Normal a couple of years ago. Unfortunately the developer went belly-up early in construction and left the city a big hole in the ground, near the Amtrak station I believe.

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