How did you pick your name?

[Anonymous]

First initial, last name. A lot of thought went into it. [swg]

[zgardner18]

It was my original email address, now I just use it for a lot of things. It's my first initial, last name, and baseball number for when I used to play.

[wgnrr]

wgnrr = The Wisconsin Great Northern Railroad, which is in scenic Spooner, WI.

Phil

[Anonymous]

It is also my e-mail address. When I would type something good in it would say it had already been taken so I thought of a name and typed in a bunch of letters and ...now you know the story

[DrummingTrainfan]

In theory mine should be self explanatoy...
<P> im a drummer...im a trainfan

[Anonymous]

Mine is the name of an AC/dc album JAILBREAKER '74

[Walter Clot]

Drumming Trainfan, What kind of music do you like? Do you have a day job, or does the drum feed you?

[DrummingTrainfan]

QUOTE: Originally posted by Walter Clot

Drumming Trainfan, What kind of music do you like? Do you have a day job, or does the drum feed you?

A day job? Does 8th grade count?[:o)] I like almost anything except country, rap, and most modern pop music [xx(].

[beegle55]

Drummer Im in 9th. I chose my name b/c its the basis for my email adress and I like it!

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by JAILBREAKER74

Mine is the name of an AC/dc album JAILBREAKER '74

|,,|, TO THAT!jailbreak '74....i love the live version. (currently listening to burnin' alive
Burnin' alive, set my soul on fire
Runnin' with a gun, this place is gonna burn
No firewater, or novacaine
No thunderstorm, no John Wayne
No kids to rock, nowhere to run
So watch out 'cause this place is gonna burn

Burnin' alive, Burnin' alive
Burnin' alive, Burnin' alive)
my name comes from my self proclamed title, GEARHEAD, and the size of the baddest motor to rumble out of the seventies--426 Street Hemi.
GEARHEAD426
[8]

[NZRMac]

I live in New Zealand, I like Rail, my last name in Mackay.

NZR Mac.

Ken.

[Anonymous]

Iv'e got NoSpace(room)Ore(mining)Cash($)RR(Railroad) thus NoSpaceOreCashRR

[twcenterprises]

QUOTE: Originally posted by GEARHEAD426
GEARHEAD, and the size of the baddest motor to rumble out of the seventies--426 Street Hemi.
GEARHEAD426
[8]

Surely you jest, the 426 being the baddest, you've GOT to be kidding. The 440 King Kong (Police Interceptor) motor could spank one any day of the week. Granted, it may take it nearly a mile to get up to speed, but they were built for high speed pursuit. Given the 2 of them in a pursuit, the 426 would give out first, thus the 440 would end up with the advantage. Now if you're talking about a heavily built 426 vs. a stock 440 KK, then you're comparing apples to oranges.

Oh, BTW, my user name is also my business name.

Brad

[ARTHILL]

Just my name, I didn't know any better.

[Medina1128]

Last name, date of birth.. eh.. And by the way, twcenterprises, I'll take the HEMI, too. Granted, the 440 had more low end torque, but the high end breathing advantage that the HEMI had, more than made up for it.

[wetidlerjr]

My parents picked it.

[pcarrell]

QUOTE: Originally posted by gsetter

First initial, last name. A lot of thought went into it.

You and I were very original, huh?

[tomikawaTT]

Foreshortened the name of my semifreelance coal-hauling connection, the Tomikawa Tani Tetsudo - Richstream Valley Railroad. Iron road, if translated literally, but let's not quibble.

I'd show you the five characters used to write it, but this keyboard isn't set up to reproduce Japanese kanji.

Chuck

[Virginian]

I don't remember.

[Adelie]

I've been using adelie for years as email addresses, user names and even my company when I worked for myself. Adelie is a common breed of penguin. I don't remember how I started using it.

[FThunder11]

FThunder= F for my last name and Thunder for the hockey team i was on at the time and 11 was my number, then on like every other site im on its acelaexpress2000...a little buit more train oriented with those ones!

[Benjamin Maggi]

I had a vision where a man came down on a flaming pie and said "You shall be Scoobster28!"

[Anonymous]

I do animal rescue volunteer work. Well one day I helped this really ferel cat that was gray and black striped , and he was mean as hell! Well for 3 weeks he was at The Vet hospital and no one could feed him. I went there every day and fed him ,talked to him, etc...... Well after time and my hands healing (from all the bites) he accepted me. No one would ever adopt him, so guess what ! Stripes was my cat. He died from FIV (feline aids) a few years latter but he has always been in my heart.[:I]

[larak]

My first name spelled backwards with an added vowel. It was the name of one of my D&D characters and it sort of stuck for web use.

[mononguy63]

monon = my favorite railroad native to my home state
guy = well, because I am one
63 = the year I was born
That was a real toughy to figure out, wasn't it?

[mtrails]

mtrails - Montana Rails

[SOU Fan]

QUOTE: Originally posted by pcarrell

QUOTE: Originally posted by gsetter

First initial, last name. A lot of thought went into it.

You and I were very original, huh?

I got close. it's just my last name.[:)]

[Anonymous]

Easy, i'm a CNW fan, and this is the confusing part. 5525 is the DCC address to my Canadian Pacfic SD40

[SOU Fan]

QUOTE: Originally posted by FThunder11

FThunder= F for my last name and Thunder for the hockey team i was on at the time and 11 was my number, then on like every other site im on its acelaexpress2000...a little buit more train oriented with those ones!

Do you still play hockey??

[IRONROOSTER]

From the book "Ride the Ironrooster". It's all caps because when I was keying it in I didn't realize the caps lock key was on. Oh well[:D]
Enjoy
Paul

[GAPPLEG]

Another real origional Gerald APPLEGate , my first initial and first 5 letters of my last. Easy to type.

[METRO]

Mine is pretty self explanitory. I like commuter railroads, and what do commuter railroads serve? The greater metro area of larger cities, ergo METRO.

haha, sorry if that's a little boring compaired to men riding pies or whatnot

Cheers!
~METRO

[spidge]

Southern Pacific In Dads GaragE.[:D]

[RedGrey62]

Red and Grey for the color of the Bulington's motors (diesels), 62 for the year I entered the world.

Rick

[Walter Clot]

Thanks guys! That was interesting to read. I feel like I know you all a little better. I also enjoy reading profiles when I see an interesting name, location or comment. I hope a few more of you guys ( and gals, I'm sure must be out there too) will add to the fun.

[amtrakjackson]

I've had the same one for years; 1998 or so. Easy. Amtrak 'cause I work for Amtrak, and Jackson 'cause I live near there. Plus it's my e-mail address so I don't get confused. LOL.

Way back it was "amtkjxn" and "amtk2846" ... that was many a moon ago. On some sites I go by "conrail767596"- that was my employee number when I worked for Big Blue. (Which is now Baby Blue.)

Ian

[Walter Clot]

Ian, I used to work for "Big Blue" too. But that was what IBM was called on the stock market.
That was when their stock for $300-$400 a share. It hasn't been the same since I left in 1964. (ha - ha)

[dragonriversteel]

Hello all,

My forum name is hmmm , well Dragon River Steel , pretty easy huh. It all started two years ago, my wife love's collecting dragons.

So I figured ...if I name something after a fire breathing beast it will be sure to get her into my hobby....wrong!!! Anyway, dragon river steel corp , sounds cool for a name of a model steel mill complex.

Patrick
Beaufort,SC
DRSC

[wraitheau]

huh....wraithe is from stargate atlantis but thats not why i chose it...
my surname starts with W and the wraithe is a shadow person...
I like to hide in the shadows and my past is very much a secret so to hide from an interesting past i use my nickname and not my real name...
mind you my email addy is my real name, so kind of defeats the purpose but hey i'm totally mad and dont mind saying so...
i run my pc's 24/7 for processing..(boinc network)...
and have my models sittin above me on shelves...at the moment i have not got my new home organised but will build another layout soon...
making a new quilt is more important at the moment...

kathy aka wraithe..

[Anonymous]

ifunny stories here. mine's an old nick already, used it on ebay, on a backgammon website, on all kinds of websites... it's about actually putting your thoughts into action, a lifelong challenge to me!

[MisterBeasley]

Back when I was a Boy Scout in the Eisenhower administration, our Scoutmaster had name tags made up for us, first initial and last name. Mine came out B. Leslie, which my train buddy at the time perverted to L. Beasley. "Beasley" has stuck with me ever since. It's still my hockey name. When I joined here, it was taken already, so I put "Mister" in front of it.

"Mrs. Beasley" was the name of the little girl's doll on a TV show (Family Ties?) and "Beasley" was Mrs. Drysdale's chauffer on "The Beverly Hillbillies."

[Anonymous]

mine is state i live in then my last name

[Anonymous]

Well, Live in NY most of my life
C - First initial
56 - the year I was born

Or NYC for one of the Roadnames I model
and 56 for the year I was born.

LOL

[91rioja]

Rioja is a region in Spain that produces a great wine.
1991, in my opinion, was the best year so far.

Thus 91rioja. Not train related, but I like to have some wine while working on my railroad.

[icmr]

icmr = Illinois Central Model Railroader.



Victor

Happy Railroading.[swg][swg]

[Anonymous]

kb (my initials) fcsme (Four County Society of Model Engineers) the club I'm in.[:D]

[icmr]

One of my email addresses is [e-mail]
nsicmr = Norfolk Southern Illinois Central Model Railroader.



Victor

Happy Railroading.[swg][swg]

[prospekt mira]

I took the name of the train I used to ride quite often, the "Krasny Strela" or "Red Arrow".

[HoosierDaddy]

QUOTE: Originally posted by MisterBeasley
"Mrs. Beasley" was the name of the little girl's doll on a TV show (Family Ties?) and "Beasley" was Mrs. Drysdale's chauffer on "The Beverly Hillbillies."

Family Affair was the name of the show. (Buffy, Jody, Sissy, Mr. French and Uncle Bill) I'm sad that I have apparently used some of my memory capacity to store those little nuggets.

I've been using my name for awhile now. Hoosier(born and raised in Indiana)Daddy(father of 3 boys). Put together it's a fun play on words.

HD

[johncolley]

I'm slightly bent (the radius of a one degree railroad curve) Any railroad curve's radius for a chord of 100 ft. can be found by dividing 5729' by the degrees of curvature. The 10 degree curve is used a lot on prototype, with a radius of 527.9 ft. which scales out to an 88 inch radius in HO. The jc is my initials. jc5729

[Pdragon]

It's short for the name of our studio, Pen Dragon Productions. We specialize in video and animation. This is a frame from an animation job we did. The H-8 is composited unto a live background getting ready to leave to the yard.

[Anonymous]

Mines been my e-mail name in some form or other since I got my 1st PC about 20 years ago. I'm a model builder and my 1st name is Bob

[Anonymous]

Mine came from being a long time Star Wars fan (saw Ep 6 in theaters when I was about 5 - I actually liked the ewoks back then). Anyway, Chewie was always my favorite because he's a badass. I always thought it would be funny if Han pissed off Chewie, and Chewie just ate him. Kinda morbid, but kinda funny too.

Kevin
(chewie8han)

[Bill54]

My nick name is Bill and I was born in 1954 so I went with Bill54. Although mine is not one of the catchier, interesting ones I'll live with it.

Bill

[Milwhiawatha]

I went with Milhiawatha cause I am a fan of the Milwaukee Road Hiawatha's. Always been A Milwaukee Road Fan when I was a kid but never go into Model railroading till I was 18. Righ tnow all I got is one Hiawatha for the layout since I do model modern era with fallen flags still in place. But I have tons of train artowrk of the Hiawatha along with shirts.

[Isambard]

Isambard, after Isambard Kingdom Brunel, 1806 to 1859, a great British railway, bridge, ship and other things designer and builder.

[CMSTPP]

CMSTPP is in my sig. In big bold letters.

James

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by twcenterprises

QUOTE: Originally posted by GEARHEAD426
GEARHEAD, and the size of the baddest motor to rumble out of the seventies--426 Street Hemi.
GEARHEAD426
[8]

Surely you jest, the 426 being the baddest, you've GOT to be kidding. The 440 King Kong (Police Interceptor) motor could spank one any day of the week. Granted, it may take it nearly a mile to get up to speed, but they were built for high speed pursuit. Given the 2 of them in a pursuit, the 426 would give out first, thus the 440 would end up with the advantage. Now if you're talking about a heavily built 426 vs. a stock 440 KK, then you're comparing apples to oranges.

Oh, BTW, my user name is also my business name.

Brad

[:-,][}:)]
http://www.performanceclinic.net/images/Hemi.jpg
572 HEMI crate motor. i nearly crapped myself when i saw this.
and i quote,
A nice, mild-mannered 572-inch Elephant with a huffer. 800+ with the wrong pulleys! (We'll let you imagine the numbers with the right ones!)
an S1 made 1200 ponies on a good day. this will make more than 800.
im sorry i had to do it.
is the KK basically a bulletproofed 440 magnum?

[Anonymous]

Since is like the BNSF and also a Railfan I go by BNSFrailfan.
Allan.

[Anonymous]

uspscsx: usps=United States Postal Service; csx=CSX(favorite railroad)

[Train 284]

Train 284, not really sure why I picked it.........

[bnnrailroad]

bnnrailroad

Ok here we go:

B= Boeville - which is a play on my last name (Boebel). It will be one of the towns on my railroad

N= and

N= Newtown - a play on my mothers maiden name (Newton). This is the other town on the railroad

Railroad= (self explanitory)

So, what we have is:

Boeville and Newtown Railroad, a fictious railroad in Maryland somewhat following the Famous Maryland and Pennsylvainia.

Some other intresting facts on the (hopefully) soon to be BNN:

Roland Park - named for my dad and granddad (both of whom have passed on) and is actually a place in Baltimore, MD

Whickert Hill - Named for my great granddad. It will be near Newtons Farm which is in Newtown

I will also have to whistle stops, Heere (here) and Theere (there). If you are in the middle of them, you are between here and there, if you aren't near them, you niether here nor there!

Sorry for rant! Keep'em rollin' partner!

[Anonymous]

I spent 10 years in the U.S.Air Force,as an Munitions systems specialist.Otherwise known as an AMMO troop.Hence Ammo,Guy is easy to figure out and the #5 just because Ammoguy 1 thru 4 were taken.leaving me with Ammoguy5,I guess I should have just went with ammoguy10 but at the time I wasn't thinking about it.

[Anonymous]

Mine stands for N scale. My favorite of all model railroad scales.

[jawnt]

Jawn Henry was a steel drivin' man.
Being down South, I have a friend who calls me John T. --- when I first went online I decided to use jawnt and if you say it fast it's kind of fun.
Have a friend in Scotland that accuses me of living in 'The Little House in the Cow Pasture' --- am about 80 miles from nearest hobby shop.
And Walter, before I moved back to the 'Cow Pasture' I put in my 30 with Itty Bitty Machine Co.
John T.

[Anonymous]

Aquadan was a nickname I earned in my teens, back when I knew everything. One day during a drug induced mind altering moment, I made a bet to some friends that I could swim from the Penna. side of the Delaware river to the New York side in Port Jarvis. (Without stopping or treading water.)
When I woke up in the hospital three days later, the name on my hospital chart said
" Marine Boy " apparently after a near drowning when they pulled my from the river, my buddies that were with me told the hospital my name was "Marine Boy".
After a few weeks of that it got old so they decided to start calling me Aquadan.
My real name obviously being Dan it just kinda stuck and has been that way for the last 20 + years.
The 005 is a take on the James Bond 007 thing. So thats the story and I'm stickin' to it.

[Walter Clot]

Jawnt, I wanted to ask you what you did at the Itty BM, but checked your profile. Did you service, computers, typewriters or other. What city were you in? I was with them when they came out with the selectric typewriter and when they sold the time clock division to Simplex.
I spent 8 years on the office staff in Miami, Fl.

[Poppa_Zit]

QUOTE: I've been using my name for awhile now. Hoosier(born and raised in Indiana)Daddy(father of 3 boys). Put together it's a fun play on words.

Same here. "Poppa" is self-explanatory (see above), and the rest are my initials. I once was gifted a black carry bag with my initials embroidered on it in large white letters, and thereafter it stuck as my nickname.

Now my friends yell out: "What does a teenager do before he goes on a date?"

"Pop a zit."

[Walter Clot]

Jawnt, I wanted to ask you what you did at the Itty BM, but checked your profile. Did you service, computers, typewriters or other. What city were you in? I was with them when they came out with the selectric typewriter and when they sold the time clock division to Simplex.
I spent 8 years on the office staff in Miami, Fl.

[river_eagle]

The Original Missouri Pacific Streamliner was called "THE EAGLE",, in honor of the Bald Eagles that wintered along the Missouri River at St. Louis. "The Eagle" ran from St. Louis to Omaha. When the second trainset came online, it was decided to call all the streamliners Eagles so the name was changed to "MISSOURI RIVER EAGLE".
The tracks on which the RIver Eagle ran were and still are only about 50 yards North from my house, but about 100 yards "South" (below), as I live on the bluff overlooking the river

[R. T. POTEET]

R.T.Poteet (I saw it referenced one time as R.J.Poteet but I've always prefered R.T.) is a character out of (early) Texas history. No one, however, really knows if R.T.Poteet was a real or imaginary/mythical character - probably the latter since, if you really didn't know who said it - or who did it - it was probably R.T.Poteet. His name cropped up in James A. Michener's Centennial and also Larry McMurtry used the name in a least one of his novels. I first encountered the name many, many years ago in an obscure novel about The Republic of Texas, the title of which I can't even remember anymore - that's okay, I can't remember the author's name either;there is linkage there - I can't remember the title of the book because I can't remember the author; I can't remember the author because I can't remember the title of the book - I do remember, however, recommending this book to several of my enemies. If they had not been enemies before my recommendation they definitly were after they had finished reading it. I did, however, remember R.T.Poteet; his name always seemed to have just a lttle bit of an alliterative ring to it, and when it came time for a membername that's the one I picked.
I feel fair to point out that I am not from Texas; I lived in Texas as a kid (WWII era) and, of course, I went to Basic Training at Lackland AF Patch in the late-50s; I did give some thought to the Austin area when I was getting ready to retire from the military in 1978 - I thought about it - I laughed about it - and I forgot about it. I just never forgot R.T.Poteet. I do wish I had run the name together in lower-case letters as rtpoteet but it's too late to do anything about that now - I guess!!!

[olequa]

Olequa creek ran through the town I grew up in. I thought it would be a unique name, recognized only by people from the area (SW Wa state). The dual track main carrying GN, NP, Milwaukee Road, UP and maybe SP&S trains ran alongside that creek for 20 miles.

[selector]

My work was in personnel selection for the Canadian Military. Earlier in my career, I was in tanks, British Centurions, and the main armament and ranging 50 cal. were armed using a selector lever.

In fact, in the battle drill, when the tank was to be made ready for a firefight, the crew commander would yell his order, and the first thing the gunner did was reach for the Selector Lever to turn it to the middle "Off" position so that the would not inadvertently fire either weapon. His drill, which although I was a tank troop leader, I had to know as well has he, was to yell out the following as he performed the actions:

"Selector lever off."
"All lights on" (in the gun control mechanisms)
"RG on." (ranging gun)
"Sight coolant pump on."
"Traverse indicator engaged."
"MG & RG foot-pedals down."
"Hands on my controls, observing to my front."

I remember it clearly 30 years later, yet have not crew commanded a tank in 26. Some of this terminology would seem antiquated to a modern tank gunner, but the Centurions were already old, about 25 years, when I finally got to train in them.

Hence, selector for both types of work in my professional life.

[talon104]

Well, talon is the name of the type of plane i work on ( t-38 Talon ) it was the call sign I had to use when i was a expediter...um , 104 .. um 10...4 just came into mind years and years back when i had to start all this name and password stuff on computers so, just about every name i use is either talon or talon 104. [:p] basic and easy to remember since everything these days needs names and passwords i can at least get half of it right always LMAO[:D]
C.C.

[Anonymous]

Hard Add : rail jargon for a very rough coupling when adding up motive/ rolling stock.

[bogp40]

QUOTE: Originally posted by Medina1128

Last name, date of birth.. eh.. And by the way, twcenterprises, I'll take the HEMI, too. Granted, the 440 had more low end torque, but the high end breathing advantage that the HEMI had, more than made up for it.

Same as you, Walter, asked a name and that's it.
Even though I graduated to Mopar (340), there was never a 440 that did in my ' 70 LS6.
The 426 still holds the all time nastalgia/ mean brute power record for me.
Bob K.

[Anonymous]

Easy, 4884bigboy, because the Big Boy was the greatest steamer ever, regardless of what all you non-believers think![:D]

[bogp40]

QUOTE: Originally posted by twcenterprises

QUOTE: Originally posted by GEARHEAD426
GEARHEAD, and the size of the baddest motor to rumble out of the seventies--426 Street Hemi.
GEARHEAD426
[8]

Surely you jest, the 426 being the baddest, you've GOT to be kidding. The 440 King Kong (Police Interceptor) motor could spank one any day of the week. Granted, it may take it nearly a mile to get up to speed, but they were built for high speed pursuit. Given the 2 of them in a pursuit, the 426 would give out first, thus the 440 would end up with the advantage. Now if you're talking about a heavily built 426 vs. a stock 440 KK, then you're comparing apples to oranges.

Oh, BTW, my user name is also my business name.

Brad

270 gears on any big block is going to send it sailing for top speed. I don't believe you could ever find a Hemi with gears any taller than 3.55:1, most came with 3.70 or 4.11--Gee I wonder why they would top out, but do it while the 440 you talk about is still trying to find it's final shift. 440s with 3.55 gears were being eaten alive by even the 375HP 396s also (had one of those too).
Bob K.

[sarahd]

sarahd baby girls name, chico baby is what she calls her santa fe trains
99sarahd

[BRJN]

When I was a kid, the best video games were to be found in six-foot high stands with names on the side like "Pac-Man" or "Space Invaders". They let the 10 people with the highest scores put in three letters. Most folks used their initials.

After a while, the machines were upgraded: they could hold 15 or even 20 high scores, and had room for four letters per name. Having been caught by surprise after playing a very good game, I had to come up with something on the fly. Somehow, this extra letter just looked more right.

[AggroJones]

My name picked me....

[aloco]

My member name was inspired by the Creedence Clearwater Revival song 'Porterville'. In the chorus John Fogerty sings the phrase 'I don't care! I don't care!', and when I first heard the song I thought he was singing 'a-loco! a-loco!' And being the train fanatic that I was, well, it seemed like a natural assumption.

[jxtrrx]

jxtrrx= Jacks Tracks. My two passions are model trains and 50s & 60s rock & roll oldies. Both my trains and my CDs have Tracks. [:D] Two Rs in trrx for "RailRoad" or "Rock & Roll." I know. I have too much time on my hands.

[Walter Clot]

Thanks, everyone. That was very interesting. I guess some day we need a poll of which name is the most unique. Or we could do it by phone and have a telephone pole.
ha ha.

[GN-Rick]

My first name-preceded by the railway I model. Kind of a no-brainer, but it works for me.

[ChessieFan13]

well Im a fan of the Chessie System and one of my favorite numbers is 13

J.W.

[Anonymous]

My nic is an obscure reference to Jeremiah 18:6. (This is appropriate since musicians tend to be obscure by nature.[;)][:p]) Gumby being a clay figure and "clay in the Potter's hand". The nic was giving to me by the guitar player in my first band because of the speed that I was learning the bass and the music.

Since most BBS's have a "gumby" registered, I used the fact that I'm the 4th and tagged it to the end.

[Anonymous]

Actually my Guru picked my name for me. I use Tuakram on all the chat boards I'm on. As well as for my domain (tukaram.net). Quite a few of my real life friends don't even know my legal name. It's not secret, I just don't use it anymore. (It is really Tim)

[canazar]

My real last name is Kanicsar. "Canazar" was off the hip shot at a simple way to spell my name for a qick handle on AOL screename. All though, for the record, you dont use the Z in the real one, more like a S sound .... [;)]

[ngartshore350]

First inital and surname, plus the cubic inches of my Pick-up/ Utility. No brainer really!

Some of the others are great!

NG (N for Nigel)

[SSW9389]

I am patriotic, was born on the Fourth of July, and am a member of the Cotton Belt Rail Historical Society. The choice was a natural.

[jbloch]

Initial first name, followed by last name. Looks like a lot of other more original nicknames than that!!

Jim

[Walter Clot]

Anyone else want to add their story.

[SilverSpike]

I first tried to get the name "GoldenSpike" like the National Park where the completion of the world's first transcontinental railroad was celebrated here where the Central Pacific and Union Pacific Railroads met on May 10, 1869. Golden Spike was designated as a national historic site in nonfederal ownership on April 2, 1957, and authorized for federal ownership and administration by an act of Congress on July 30, 1965.

So.... then I tried SilverSpike and it took!

Cheers,

Ryan

[hdbob]

hd= home depot (used to work for them part time)
bob = first name guess its not to original but it works

[Anonymous]

My first name (But feel free to call me Albatross, Alexander, Alex, Supreme Overlord, King Alex
Did i say that or just think it? Oh well.)

My age at the time of joining, and still is is 13.

Alexander

[outdoorsfellar]

Well.... a picture can tell my story.....

[Anonymous]

I didn't. My parents named me.

[Anonymous]

surf as in net surfing not ocean surfing. stud - well that should be self explanatory LOL! 31 was my age when I created the name.

[Vampire]

Vampire - because I mostly come at night... mostly...

[sledgehammer]

Mine is a nick name I got working for a bodyshop many years ago. I was staightening out a bumper on one of the ryder international strait trucks with a sledgehammer. I had the bumper lying on the ground and was driving the dent out of it. Well one of the swings I took the head came off. bounced of the edge of the hood of a brand new Kenwort and then went througt the windsheild. and thats how I got my nick name.

[PennsyHoosier]

I like the Pennsy and I'm a Hoosier

[warhammerdriver]

Back in the late '80s I played a game called BattleTech a lot. My favorite machine to use was called the "Warhammer". So I became "the warhammer driver". Dropped "the" and the space, and that's how it came to be.

Some people on other boards shorten it to WHD when replying to posts of mine. I don't mind, 'cause warhammerdriver can be a LOT to type in a hurry.

[Anonymous]

My wife picked this nick. She's a furriner from the Yew Wes and I was mocking her Tennessee accent when she asked me to pass the tayder's at dinner.

She tawks funny, what can I say?

[twcenterprises]

QUOTE: Originally posted by Robert Knapp

QUOTE: Originally posted by twcenterprises

QUOTE: Originally posted by GEARHEAD426
GEARHEAD, and the size of the baddest motor to rumble out of the seventies--426 Street Hemi.
GEARHEAD426
[8]

Surely you jest, the 426 being the baddest, you've GOT to be kidding. The 440 King Kong (Police Interceptor) motor could spank one any day of the week. Granted, it may take it nearly a mile to get up to speed, but they were built for high speed pursuit. Given the 2 of them in a pursuit, the 426 would give out first, thus the 440 would end up with the advantage. Now if you're talking about a heavily built 426 vs. a stock 440 KK, then you're comparing apples to oranges.

Oh, BTW, my user name is also my business name.

Brad

270 gears on any big block is going to send it sailing for top speed. I don't believe you could ever find a Hemi with gears any taller than 3.55:1, most came with 3.70 or 4.11--Gee I wonder why they would top out, but do it while the 440 you talk about is still trying to find it's final shift. 440s with 3.55 gears were being eaten alive by even the 375HP 396s also (had one of those too).
Bob K.

Well, the 440 KK was NOT built for 1/4 mile runs, but for sustained high speed pursuits. Sure they had high gearing, as high as 2.55 or so, mine had the aforementioned 2.70's, would top out at 212 on the mile drag, and could get nearly 20 MPG at "normal" highway speeds. Impressive for a 6600 pound car. Mine was one of the only 4 during the entire production run of the Monaco's that had a 4 speed from the factory, equipped with an electric Hurst shifter, no less. And, the 440 KK was not only a "bulletproofed", but also a "souped-up", normally aspirated version of the regular 440. The 0-100 acceleration left something to be desired at the 1/4 mile strip, these cars were still picking up speed at the 3/4 mile mark, ultimately passing nearly everything in the last 1/4 mile. The 426 was primarily a dragstrip engine, not really designed for a daily driver.

BTW, the top speed was clocked at the finish line, not an average speed.

In my 2 years of racing, I ran mile drags, remained unbeaten in 1 class, and beaten by only 3 other cars in the other class. I must tip my hat to a Pinto with a 460 in it, a 67 Camaro with a blown 327, and hang my head in shame about the battered 67-68 Dodge crew cab 3/4 ton longbed pickup riding on bias ply tires running who-knows-what under the hood.

Brad

[dredgeboater]

I have been in the dredging business all of my 32 years of working life, with , in, around and on dredges, worldwide and mostly on sites.
Last few years working in the head office as senior cost estimator, taking swags at dredging project costs in the America's, as well as the Spanish and Portuguese language areas...hence dredgeboater......

Dredging sucks......

[3railguy]

I got started with Lionel in 1980 hence the tagline "3railguy". I branched off to modeling in N scale in Dec 2004 but keep the same tagline I use on the toy train forums.

[Anonymous]

man o war. The passenger train ran by the Central of Georgia between Atlanta and Columbus Ga. I remember the rides but did not have a camera nor the funds to pay for film back then. Phil

[mustanggt]

My favorite car inspired my name, but that was about four years ago and my new favorite is the Mustang LX. I have used similiar names on other forums too, like MustangSVO, Mustangsvt2000, and so on.......

[Anonymous]

I just pulled it out of a hat I guess

[Anonymous]

I think my name says it all.

[SD45LONGHOODFORWARD]

Mr Applegate iam amazed at your prime mover models could you please contact me thank you for sharing excellent modeling skills

[Edited by admin. It's not a good idea to put your personal contact info, like e-mail addresses, on a public forum.]

[floridaflyer]

Live in Florida, graduated from University of Dayton, used our nickname, Flyers  

[ricktrains4824]

Rick, my first name,

trains, no explanation neccisary,

4824 because I'm also a NASCAR fan. (Guess you now know who I like...)

[russ_q4b]

Any B&O fan will be able to figure out my name.   For the rest of you guys a Q4B is a mikado on the B&O.  I also thought about using russ_p1d (P1D is a pacific used for passenger service).   For some reason I like russ_q4b much better. 

[crhostler61]

The 'cr' represents Conrail, 'hostler' is just what it is, and 61 is the last digits of the year I entered the world kicking and screaming. 

I was a locomotive electrician/hostler for Conrail 1988 to 1994. Hostler was far more fun as a job function.

Mark H

[narrow gauge nuclear]

Pretty much self-explanitory....I am into HOn3 narrow gauge and Its role in hauling uranium ore during WWII as part of the Manhattan project source material.  A sudden and drastic effort on the part of the government to get a lot of something that before 1939 was not used for much of anything beyond carnival glass and pottery glaze colorant.

 

[carknocker1]

I am and have been A carman for a long time and I have always liked the slang term carknocker so carknocker1 it became my id

[rambo1]

I saw a fender bender anbd tried to get the number of the car. That car hit mine the driver was impared and the passenger of that car tried to assalt my wife so I had to take care of him then the police arrived he had many warrants out out there  so I got a good one. A suppervisor  at work heard the story and rambo became the name.

[hardcoalcase]

I'm really "into" the anthracite (hard coal) region of PA for a number of different reasons, not the least of which is MRR-ing, so one could say I'm a "hard case for hard coal"... "hardcoalcase" for short.

Jim

[IRONROOSTER]

Anonymous

I think my name says it all.

 

It certainly does!!!

Paul

[gn.2-6-8-0]

Just fell in love with this odd wheel arrangment! so thats my handle....

 

[OT Dean]

I'm 75yo, been a model railroader since I was 13, so "Old- timer Dean."

Deano

[Rdrr]

I've always been known for my droll, sarcastic sense of humor. Get it?

[richhotrain]

Anonymous

First initial, last name. A lot of thought went into it.

 

How Valentine's Day appropriate.   

Nothing says I Love You like resurrecting a 9-year old thread.  

Why not just start a new one?   

Anyway, love the reply by Anonymous.  First initial is A, last name is Nonymous.

My screen name is Rich Hot Rain  

Rich  

["JaBear"]

richhotrain

My screen name is Rich Hot Rain

Aaawwwwwh, and here I thought it was Rich O’Train.

Cheers, the wrong again Bear.

[richhotrain]

 

 

richhotrain

My screen name is Rich Hot Rain

 

 

Aaawwwwwh, and here I thought it was Rich O’Train.

Cheers, the wrong again Bear.

 

C'mon, Bear, gotta account for two Hs.

Rich

[up831]

When I lived in LA I went out one day with my trusty camera to shoot some trains.  I photographed a GP-30 in the yard where the Pasadena Fwy crosses the LA River and the Golden State Fwy.  The number of the locomotive was 831.  Since I grew up near UP tracks and GP-30s are my favorite diesels, it just seemed logical. 

[yougottawanta]

Mine orginally was borrowed from a sign I saw - Yougottawanna short for "You got to want to change" some of the posters her have shortened it to YGW. I liked that so I sign off with that.

TTYL

YGW

[yankee flyer]

Hi

When I was sigining up for the forum I drew a blank, so I fell back on my old CB handle (older guys will remember CBs)  from the 70s and 80s.

Yes I agree, it's a little off topic for a MRR forum but it's too much trouble to change now. It does bring back memorys of a fun little sports car with wings.

Have fun

Lee

 

[leighant]

My surname "Anthony" is fairly common and so is my first "given" name.  But the spelling of my middle name, "Leigh" is less common.  I think I was born and named when Vivian Leigh (Gone with the Wind) was popular.  To avoid having a use a name like anthony123445678, I used "leigh" + an abbreviation of "anthony."

Now for my password.  No, wait, I'm not going to tell that one.