Hi..I'm Tim...I reside in Liverpool N.Y just outside Syracuse..I am a Dialysis Technician at St. Josephs Hospital Health Center. I am also a volunteer firefighter\emt.
A true friend will not bail you out of jail...he will be sitting next to you saying "that was friggin awesome dude!" Tim...Modeling the NYC...is there any other?
Hi, I'm Willy. Born in New Jersey and currently living in South Carolina on the Edisto River...longest black water river in the U.S.. Retired USN, ASE certified automotive technician and currently employed by a major maufacturing company as a Maintenance Technician. In the infant stages of my third HO layout.
Hello! I'm Matt. I'm a General Manager for a restaurant in Mechanicsburg, Pa. and I live in Hershey, Pa. For those of you who have never been here I'll answer all the questions that people who have never been here always ask. Yes you can smell chocolate but the peanut butter smell from the Reeses plant is stronger. Yes the streetlights on the main drag ARE shaped like Hershey's Kisses. No I never met Milton Hershey! (Rail fans want to know these answers:)The Rockville bridge across the Susquehanna is about 1/2 hour away. The Enola yards are about 25 minutes away. Downtown Harrisburg is 15 minutes.
Hi all, I'm Ernie; no one has confessed to being a Civil Engineer yet so I'll raise my hand. Retired once and lasted for 2 months been working ever since. May retire again someday? Live in Flagstaff, the Arizona snow country (BTW Bob, it's too hot to model in Lake Havasu) 8<)). Just starting my latest attempt to use the model railroading time machine to return to a less stressful time, lots of fun!
Ernie C
Zak here, I currently live in a town called Glendora which is just east of Los Angeles. I have been in construction for a few years doing mostly drywall then switching to finish carpentry and then to project management. My love for Montana and the MRL came from attending Montana State University while studying Construction Engineering Technology. I've also lived in Oregon, Utah, Pennsylvania, and Delaware, but I grew up in San Diego. Now I am 33 years old and due to the slowing of contruction I know work for Penske Truck Leasing. If I don't get the chance to move back to Montana and become a custom home builder, I will either stay with Penske or try to get on with the California Highway Patrol.
--Zak Gardner
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I'm a cat. (I eat, sleep, and play.) In a former life, I was a federal auditor doing and supervising management/program reviews and forsensic accounting. Retired ASAP before I died from stress.
Mark
Terry
Northwestern California
Microbiologist
Hi, I am Denny, origanly from Portland, Oregon and now reside in Blair, Nebraska.
Work as a contract Construction Project Manager within the power industry and currently am working at the new Halton Hills power plant in Ontario Canada.
I model in N-scale and have done so for about 36 years.
Hi Gang.
Tom here from central Jerzey near the beach. My business is bright metals processing, we take stainless steel and aluminum and make it pretty for your dishwashers, refrigerators, commercial food equip., milk tankers and such.
When I am not taking care of the kids, the wife, the elderly mother, the house, the cars, paying the bills, shoveling snow.....I get to play with my trains. No, it's never often enough, much like most of us I suppose.
I'm from northeast Ohio, now living in southwest Ohio, working as a design/construction project manager for the Air Force. Grew up on a little farm and thinking hard about moving back to one sometime in the next few years, and would be happy to have it be within sight and sound of a railroad. I keep an old farm tractor in the garage just to be ready, and if I had a bigger garage (and a lot bigger budget) I'd be tempted to look for an old F-unit as well... :-)
Dean
Well I was born in Minneapolis and grew up in Richfield, first suburb south of there. I now live in South Washington County and work in St.Paul for the state of Minnesota. I also do music, I have a fuller "bio" on one of my music websites.
hey there;Im Jerry, retired construction ,live in high desert of so cal,g-scale out back, ho inside and better on my knees but hard on my eyes..... love trains ,hiking,camping grand children and of course the lord . ...Jerry
I find it fascinating that most of the people who posted in this thread are not regular posters.
Assistant Director of Media Services at a local college.
I'm Bob, I was born and raised in The Bronx,NY, married there, moved to Bogota,NJ, retired as a computer tech from Riverdell HS, moved to Lewes,DE in 2003. Wife said "get a hobby". I had HO as a kid, but thought I could get more from N, boy, did I ever! The first layout here was 6 x 8, hung from a lift in the garage, but that wasn't enough, so I built a 17 x 21 room over the master bedroom, and I just finished laying the mainline raodbed this afternoon. Foto's if you're interested are at photobucket.com/bob76casey
Bob Casey
Hello Ray I am Frank I live in Twinsburg Ohio. I am the shop foreman for a gasket co.
Live around Los Angeles, work as a Prop Master in movies and tv.
nick
I'm an Air Force brat, done my share of farming in the family while young, and worked in wholesale groceries for a couple of decades. About a decade ago I went back to school. I'm presently writing my dissertation for a doctorate in history. I'm also the superintendent of Illinois Terminal Deivison/NMRA, the president of a non-profit foundation, and the founder of a community radio station.
Mike Lehman
Urbana, IL
Hi I'm Joe
Born and raised just south of Chicago, moved to Arizona in 1980 just south of Phoenix. Seems I'm always south of somewhere!
I own a racecar car shop but have a real job as an automotive tech to pay the bills.
Modeling in HO
I'm Phil,
Born in Idaho, spent my childhood in Oregon, adolescence and college in Wyoming, came to Utah to work on the Space Program, 23 years later Thiokol laid me off, since then I've mbeen a human resources professional for La-Z-Boy, The state wide multiple listing service, Weathershield windows, and now for a rapidly growing mortgage company. I plan to retire in about 10 years
I've modeled in N scale and HO and I also do 1:1 hotrods and 1:1 furniture.
Phil, I'm not a rocket scientist; they are my students.
Hey Ray,
Phil here from Whidbey Island Wa. I did 16 years roughnecking in the oilfields of So. Cal. Been here in Wa. the last 15 years building boats.
Phil, CEO, Eastern Sierra Pacific Railroad. We know where you are going, before you do!
Hey Ray ,I'm Jim I live on the border of Pa.and Oh. in a little town of Brookfield Oh. about 200 ft from the CSX main line . Retired carpet installer {25yrs} and truck driver{10yrs] now living in a 52 x 31 train room. When I'm not chasing trains ,cutting grass or plowing snow or taking care of my disabled wife its building the dream layout after 25 years of collecting and waiting for the perfect home . What a life .
Howdy from Crosby Texas (near Houston) I'm Chuck ....Born in Iowa, raised in San Antonio, Navy veteran (I told the recruiter i like trains so they put me in a ship's boiler room.. close, but not the same!) Ended up in the Houston area the past 28 years as a refinery plant operator / mechanic / personal whipping boy / fall guy / ect. I'm also a member of the NMRA and NRHS....chuck
I am Rick, live in Columbus OH (Westerville). I am a professional percussionist.
Hello, I am Mike. Born in The Bronx, NY. Raised in Merritt Island, Florida. Currently reside in Mannheim, Germany. I work as a Computer Security Analyst for the US Army.
Started with N scale but now model in HO. Better on the eyes.
Where ya from? Well I was born in VA (Marion), raised in NC (Shelby), and now living in PA (Monessen). What do you do? I work at FedEx.
Kinda made my answer plain and simple .
"Rust, whats not to love?"
Born in Michigan, went to Michigan, always lived in Michigan.
(Trying to retire) software engineer.
I live in northern Sweden and am now working as a teacher in history and social studies. I also drive a truck as a bit of extra work since my teaching job isn't full time yet.
Magnus
I'm Rangachari Anand but since my name is officially written "backwards", my real first name is "Anand". See this page for details.
I'm originally from India but have lived in America for the past twenty five years (and Teaneck, NJ for the past fourteen). I work for IBM in research division north of New York City as a research staff member. I have been crazy about trains since I was about two years old. I started my current layout (documented in my blog) in 2007. I really enjoy working on electronics and computers and plan to fully control my layout with my own software. If it works out as I expect, I may get to publish a paper about it at a computer conference later this year.
Anand
Slowly building a layout since 2007!