How did you pick your name?

[Anonymous]

mine is state i live in then my last name

[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]

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!

[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..

[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

[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)

[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]

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.

[RedGrey62]

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

Rick

[spidge]

Southern Pacific In Dads GaragE.[:D]

[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

[GAPPLEG]

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

[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

[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??

[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 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.[:)]

[mtrails]

mtrails - Montana Rails

[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?

[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.

[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]

[Benjamin Maggi]

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

[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!

[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.

[Virginian]

I don't remember.

[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

[pcarrell]

QUOTE: Originally posted by gsetter

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

You and I were very original, huh?

[wetidlerjr]

My parents picked it.

[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.

[ARTHILL]

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

[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