How long have you been in the hobby

[SOU Fan]

I have been in the hobby for about 2-3 years.

[Anonymous]

Oh god. Wow. Whats the reason of this poll? Are you writing a Model railroader book because if you are I am willing to help out your study, but if not, well no answer from me.

[Anonymous]

I will answer this the way I intend to answer all polls from now on:

BEER!

[tomikawaTT]

My answer would be the same for all of the reasons below:

1. Since teething on a pre-WWII Lionel box car.

2. Since first observing that all the interesting things ran on steel rails.

3. Since starting to operate Lionel as a transportation link, not a loop, even though it was still set up on the living room rug.

4. Since buying my first copy of Model Railroader, which I still have.

5. Since starting my first layout.

Only exception - since starting to collect Social Security.

[Anonymous]

LMAO

That is hilarious kchronister
All I think of is Homer Simpson " Mmmmmm beer".

[cwclark]

30 years this coming december....chuck

[metalfrog]

since 1965 and have enjoyed every minute of it.

[conford]

I'd say since I was nine months old, but that is really the date of my first reported positive response to trains. I have been in the hobby as long as I have been hooking cars together to form a train.

Regards
Peter
conford

[Susquehanna And Rimouski]

Received a Lionel in 1959, switched to HO in 1966.

I vote BEER as well.

S&R.

[SOU Fan]

QUOTE: Originally posted by Merten Man

Oh god. Wow. Whats the reason of this poll? Are you writing a Model railroader book because if you are I am willing to help out your study, but if not, well no answer from me.

No model railroader book. Just curious[;)]

[Tracklayer]

I've been in the hobby for about twenty years off and on.

TL

[Texas Zepher]

I see a ripple wave in the responses. Seems most old teens, young adults have other interests that override the train gene for a while. No surprises there.

[ShaunCN]

4 years!

[Anonymous]

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[SOU Fan]

QUOTE: Originally posted by uspscsx

[tdn]

?????[%-)]

[earthqu8kes]

i wuld go for wut a lame poll and 1 year... im new to this hobby. since the poll has no units(yrs, months,ect.) i could go for 1 year or month...LOL!

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by dekruif

QUOTE: Originally posted by uspscsx

[tdn]

?????[%-)]

Don't worry, nothing against you personally. I'm one of the anti-polls guys, and was taking a page out of Bob B.'s book, by using the [tdn]

But, let's not let this turn into another one of those threads.


Matt


[Edit: I took that out, as this really isn't a bad poll. I should also re-phrase my description: I'm an anti-uselesspollist.]

[SOU Fan]

I see I see. It's not totally useless. It's nice to know.[:D]

[Anonymous]

To answer your question, I've been in the hobby around 10 years. Funny, though, as I haven't been a railfan but for 7 or so years.


Matt

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by dekruif

I see I see. It's not totally useless. It's nice to know.[:D]

Exactly.

Again, please forgive me.

[SOU Fan]

you are forgiveN[:)][:D][8D]

[Anonymous]

Off and on I guess, since I was about 9. (or about 1992)

[n2mopac]

Interesting question. I've been a railfan since childhood, growing up along MoPac's Sedalia Sub in west-central Missouri. I loved toy trains as a kid and even thought it would be cool to have one permanently on a shelf around a room (must have seen it somewhere). But I never knew that scale model railroading existed as a hobby until I was 28 (10 years ago) when I ran across a MR store in a permanent flea market in Orlando, FL while on vacation. There I bought my first issue of MR and I have been hooked ever since. Spent about 2 years collecting HO MoPac equipment, then switched to N scale. I'm presently building my second N scale layout.

Ron