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    February 2002
  • From: Reading, PA
  • 30,002 posts
Posted by rrinker on Wednesday, September 13, 2017 12:26 PM

 I know the person with the most posts, by a HUGE margin, was Jeffrey. Back in the days when there was a post count on the right side. I think I was second, but WAY behind Jeffrey. Then I was away for a few years. I doubt anyone has ever caught up to him.

 I actually HAVE managed to meet a couple of people from here, at train shows. Once I get building again, anyone is welcome to come over and help. Just call me Tom, as in Sawyer... Big Smile

 

                            --Randy

 

 


Modeling the Reading Railroad in the 1950's

 

Visit my web site at www.readingeastpenn.com for construction updates, DCC Info, and more.

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  • Member since
    May 2009
  • From: Waukesha, WI
  • 1,764 posts
Posted by Steven Otte on Wednesday, September 13, 2017 12:07 PM

Looking back at the oldest posts on the MR Forum, you see a lot of "Anonymous," which means those members have left the Forums and their accounts deactivated. Most of the posts with names still attached are people who haven't been active on the Forums for a long time. The oldest name I could find that I recognized is Gerry Leone, who has been a Forum member since January 2001. Since the oldest posts on the Forum are from February 2001, that's going to be a hard record to beat.

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Steven Otte, Model Railroader senior associate editor
sotte@kalmbach.com

  • Member since
    July 2003
  • From: Sliver City,Mich.
  • 708 posts
Posted by Catt on Wednesday, September 13, 2017 11:56 AM

I've been here since 2,003.I usuaslly don't post very much but this looks to be a interesting thread.

Johnathan(Catt) Edwards 100 % Michigan Made
  • Member since
    July 2006
  • From: 4610 Metre's North of the Fortyninth on the left coast of Canada
  • 9,352 posts
Posted by BATMAN on Wednesday, September 13, 2017 11:47 AM

Top five by # of post?

Top 5 by # of years they have been members?

Top 5 by how good their layouts and/or modeling skills are?

Top 5 by who is the most obnoxious?Whistling

I know we have not heard from V8-Vega for a while or TomikawaTT or a couple of others whose names escape me right now. 

The trouble with a forum that has so many geezers on it is when one of them suddenly goes to the roundhouse in the sky, how would we know. While I enjoy the interaction with others that have the same interest, I often think of this cartoon as I have never met in person anyone from the forum.

 

 I do know that I really appreciate all the help I have received over the years from many, not just the top five.

Brent

"All of the world's problems are the result of the difference between how we think and how the world works."

  • Member since
    January 2009
  • From: Bakersfield, CA 93308
  • 6,526 posts
Posted by RR_Mel on Wednesday, September 13, 2017 11:45 AM

I started reading the forum back in the early 2000s but didn’t join until 2009.  I had dropped from working on my layout in the mid 90s because of a very heavy work load.  I retired in 2007 and took a year off doing nothing, I felt like after working 49 years and 10 months I needed some rest.
 
I got back into model railroading full swing in the spring of 2009, I liked what I saw on the forum so I did my thing and joined.
 
The forum is loaded with great members and great information.  This is by far the best forum on the Internet.
I agree with Mark, theres a bunch more than 5 top members.
 
I want to thank everyone for their help over the years!
 
 
 
Mel
 
Modeling the early to mid 1950s SP in HO scale since 1951
 
My Model Railroad   
 
Bakersfield, California
 
I'm beginning to realize that aging is not for wimps.
 
 
  • Member since
    October 2003
  • From: Northern California
  • 163 posts
Posted by softail86mark on Wednesday, September 13, 2017 11:07 AM

Top 5????

More like top 500!!!

I've been around a couple weeks now, mostly lurking. Nobody knows me but I feel as if I know ALL the top guys 'cause I read the forums religiously.

A lot of the top people have also passed on. Read the forums from as far back as you can and you'll get a sense of some of the fantastic modeling from the past. A few names that come to mind are Wolfgang Dudler, Jeffrey Wimberly, good heavens... I could go on for hours.

Mark C., Oroville, CA

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    January 2003
  • From: Ridgeville,South Carolina
  • 1,294 posts
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Posted by willy6 on Wednesday, September 13, 2017 10:19 AM

I was just wondering who are the top 5 people who have been members of this forum the longest. I've been here 14 years and seen many come and go.

Being old is when you didn't loose it, it's that you just can't remember where you put it.

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