Where ya from? and what do you do?

[DavidGSmith]

 Im Dave a retired Firefighter Capt. in Newmarket Ont. Born in Toronto and now live in Alcona, a small town south of Barrie Ont.50 or so miles north of Toronto. On30 layout in the basement and formerly in HO.

[steemtrayn]

Dave

Jersey City

Hostler, NJ Transit

Model Railroader since 1959

[Renegade1c]

I'm Chuck. I'm a mechanical engineer living in Houston, TX. I was born in Denver, CO and have lived in California, Colorado,  Illinois, Scotland, Australia, and Venezuela. I currently work in the oil business. I have had a love of trains my entire life. My dad got me into the hobby at birth. I currently model HO scale and have a 16 x 19 foot double level layout. I have also dabbled in N, S, On30 and G scales. I also have a passion for photography (especially of 1:1 trains) and i love riding trains. My two favorite train trips were Alaska Railroad from Anchorage to Seward and the Rocky Mountaineer from Vancouver, British Columbia  to  Jasper, Alberta and back down to Vancouver, via Whistler).

[kbaker329]

I'm Keith.  I'm a mechanical engineer and design hydraulic presses.  I live in O'fallon, MO, work in St. Louis, MO, been in HO for around 25 years.

This feels like the beginning of a help group.  I'm Keith and I'm addicted to trains!

[csmincemoyer]

Chris Mincemoyer from Bradford, PA.

Retired from the Army/Army National Guard ( 21 years)

Currently a Supply Chain Manager. 

 

[ns3010]

I'm Joe from Jersey

I'm a Sophomore in HS

[E-L man tom]

Hi, I'm Tom, (about the 4th or 5th "Tom" on this thread so far),

Grew up in the Catskill Mountains of NY state and live here in Boise, ID via Georgia (school, Go Dawgs!"), Dayton, Ohio and Denver/Ft. Collins, CO. A have my own business and I am an independent agronomist and crop adviser - - have been one (since Ohio) for the last 30 years. Yes, my dear friends, for those city dwellers who do not know, an agronomist is one who works with the science of soils and crops.

Been working with HO since 1993. This little switching layout is keeping me quite busy, though I plan on building a larger layout into which I can incorporate this one someday. Have fun!

[DigitalGriffin]

Don from York PA

I used to design satellites

Now I code control and analysis software for chromatography equipment.

As a side hobby I write computer control software for devices which have communication interfaces (like Lenz, and Digitrax, and NCE) and stereo components (DVD changers, CD changers, Receivers)

[Darth Santa Fe]

Bloomington/Normal, Illinois. Basically, it's where every highway in the state meets, so I have a feeling many of you have passed through at some point.

I put together PC board assemblies for mostly industrial use, with some medical and commercial stuff mixed in.

[chpthrls]

I live in Fort Gratiot, Mi. which is just Nord of Port Huron. I'm retired from a career in retailing (the hours are long, but the pay is low!).             Gerry S.

[dand200]

Dan from Bridgeport Pennsylvania (just west of Phildelphia).

USMC from 1992-1996, 03-11 Infantry

Have a dog and a cat, married a firefighter with 2 dogs and a cat, now we have a zoo. 

Police Officer for 11 years now, modeling HO.  It's big enough for me to handle but not too big to fit my layout in a spare bedroom.  I enjoy the histroical aspect of the hobby, especially the research and old pictures of places I have known all my life.  I grew up between Bridgeport and Reading so my interests are with the Pennsy RR and the Reading RR. 

I love this thread and as was pointed out earlier I am not a frequent poster but I do read the General Discussion and Layout Building forums several times a week.  So even though I may not appear to be a regular I feel that I am.  My avatar is a picture is of me climbing on a derailed CSX freight.  It jumped an abandoned switch on a local run through Norristown where I work.  I got some great pictures and BS'd with the crew while they waited for rescue. 

[wedudler]

 I'm Wolfgang. I live in Iserlohn, Germany. I'm member of FREMO, FREMO stands for "Freundeskreis Europäischer MOdellbahner", translated Friendship of European railway modellers. In the USA there is another club, the Free-Mo for Free form Modules. Both clubs, the European and the American, are absolutely independent, but joined by common goals.

I have a basement layout, the Westport Terminal RR. And quite a few FREMO modlules. My latest are H0n3 modules like Silver Creek.

Wolfgang

[footloose606]

Hi, I'm John from Texas. Disabled truck driver. Modeling the mid 50's.

[RedLeader]

 (the country I'm José. I'm an architect and work as chief designer at a goverment agency. I'm from Barranquilla, Colombia (the South American country...)

[DigitalGriffin]

footloose606

Hi, I'm John from Texas. Disabled truck driver. Modeling the mid 50's.

Wow, around since 2006, and this is your first post!  Welcome John!

 

[wm3798]

I'm Lee, I live on the Eastern Shore of Maryland, but model the Western Maryland...  Apparently I was holding the map upside down when we were house hunting...

I'm a small town gummint functionary, at least until the housing market comes back and I can get back to building things.

 

[NellsChoo]

I'm Jonelle (yes, a female).

I'm from eastern Massachusetts (no, I am NOT a liberal).

I'm unemployed thanks to someone buying the car dealership I worked at and firing half the staff.

 

[St Francis Consolidated RR]

    Nice darn website, Jonelle, real nice...I went to the Museum School in Boston and had no idea from that experience that there are non-liberal women in E.Mass!!!!

[St Francis Consolidated RR]

   Hey everybody, let me do one better than that last response.......if you need ideas for weathering your stock, check out Jonelle's website...great prototype pictures!!

[NellsChoo]

Thanks for the ego-boost St F.  Can't get into politics here, but I know EXACTLY what you are getting at!  ;-)

[wetidlerjr]

Indiana and a retired railroad signalman.

[peterjenkinson1956]

 

live in mackay  australia      perfect weather all year ( winter / summer  same temp)

i am an underground coalminer   been doing it for 29 years

i have a 20 x 30 foot train room  and run modern ho scale trains   mainly csx with some western roads to add variety

i also have some g scale ready to be layed next to the pool when i get the chance

[Marc_Magnus]

Hi,

I am a belgian from Brussels and I am a crafsman in wrought iron.

[Kiwigerd]

I am Gerd, about to retire from a 40+ year career in IT as a Project Manager and Systems Architect, born and raised in Vienna, Austria but have worked in a number of countries.

Half my family lives in New Zealand, hence Kiwigerd. I am into N scale trains since 1972 and thus own a large colletion, all North American models (a friend in my youth had a father working as an engineer with the B&O, and the GP9 he drove that days started my interest). Now I own 200+ locos and am dabbling on a layout that doesn't seem to be "finished" ever. 

[hdtvnut]

I'm a physicist/electrical engineer who worked for NASA ' 59-' 94, here at Cape Canaveral since ' 62.  I worked launch operations on Delta and Centaur, which together have put up almost all US satellites like weather sats, comsats, science stuff, GPS, and space probes like Viking, Voyager, etc.

Got to travel a lot in the early years of the job, as well as when I was a kid; my father was military.  Long time hobbies are amateur radio and astronomy; always wanted to do trains since having some as a kid, but didn't get into it until 2000.

Hal

 

  

[riogrande5761]

oh sorry but with the original post, I couldn't help but hear that old Glen Campbell song playing in my head:  I am a lineman for the county, and I drive the main road, searching for another over load."  Wichita Lineman.  Oldie but goodie.

 

I"m an environmental geologist and also do computer networking when I can't find work as a geologist.  Its been a very up and down job market for environmental.  I've been unemployed for the past year and looking for work - moved to Washington DC (Fairfax area) to look for work.  Where am I from?  Originally northern California (Davis/Sacramento) which is why I love the SP and later the D&RGW from trips to Colorado in the 80's.  Been in Texas, Indiana and central NY since then, most recently 15 years in Syracuse, NY.

[tomkat-13]

I am TOM an US NAVY veteran working as a Material & Parts Specialest in Millitary Aircraft at Boeing in St Louis ( I started at McDonnell Douglas in 1981 & Boeing bought us in 1999). 

 

I model a freelance bridge RR the Missouri & Arkansas Railway used by the CB&Q & MKT that takes place in Eastern Missouri. The line starts out at Old Monroe Mo on the Cuivre River at MO. State Highway 79, then west to Hawk Point then south along MO. State Highway 47 across the old Wabash / Norfolk & Western RR line near Warrenton Mo. thru Missouri Wine Country to connect with MKT near Marthasville Mo. on State Highway 94. Since this is "my" railroad most places will have the "flavor" of this area but may not be perfect to the prototype.  Time is pre Burlington Northern (1970). The location & time frame gives me a lot of room of equipment I can use plus freight cars from so many different Railroads from all over the country. As with many railroads built in the 1800’s they never reached all the way as planned. So they never made it all the way to Arkansas.  #1 This will be a point to point RR built on Hollow-core doors (about $24 ea) along two walls, so it will be in sections. #2 It's going to be less track, no yard, no switch machines, open staging, & simple engine service area.#3 Just a few small towns with one or two sidings.#4 More open scenery between towns.#5 Interchange with RR on each end.

Here is the link to some Billboards & Signs for your Model Railroad!

http://cs.trains.com/trccs/forums/t/162879.aspx

[Anonymous]

I´m from Southern Sweden and are working as Automation electricman.

[shay7]

Hi, I'm Brian.  I'm the General Manager and Chief Mechanical Officer of the Mt. Rainier Scenic Railroad in Mineral, WA.  Originally from the San Francisco Bay Area, but have also spent time (seven years) in western Kentucky where I briefly worked for NRE (aka VMV Paducahbilt) as an electrician.  We built new EMD's in the old IC tender shop (vs. the rebuild of EMD's in the old erecting shop).  I got back into model railroading about three years ago to have something at home to do with my son who's big into trains and electronics.  I built a small room in one corner of the garage where I have my library and a shelf layout (generic SP-ish).  I'm enjoying using a lot of new techniques that I've seen and read about in MR.

 Brian

[puddlejumperoz]

Hi I'm Ray from Sydney Australia. I'm a Royal Australian Navy vet and currently working as a CNC machinist and programmer. My interest is in HO and 60' 70's era Australian, though I an partila to the big UP EMD's