How did you pick your name?

[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.