Introductions

[3rdrail]

VARRy funny, indeed. You're well remembered here on the Railwire. If you recall, I remarked you had to be a professional railroader to have such a realistic color scheme. I also recall that there is 1:1 equipment running around in schemes you designed, Bet you're the only one on here that can say that.

[Virginia Atlantic]

VARRy funny, indeed. You're well remembered here on the Railwire. If you recall, I remarked you had to be a professional railroader to have such a realistic color scheme. I also recall that there is 1:1 equipment running around in schemes you designed, Bet you're the only one on here that can say that.

He he, perhaps so.  Then again, you never know with the large community the Railwire has built.  There could always be another 1:1 designer out there, maybe one not as fame hungry as I was. 

[CNWlivesinme]

So, I guess this is my re-introduction to model railroading.

I basically sold every piece of my collection under the guise of an 'era-change', but in reality i was supporting a pretty healthy poker habit. It damn near bankrupted me. A few Gamblers Anonymous meetings later, and I need a hobby besides working at the Oakland Zoo 6 days a week.

Anyway....I will begin on the path of N-scale redemption with Chuck packs full of late 90's SP and D&RGW goodness, and re-join my local club here in Richmond. Still rocking out to metal the entire time.

My new focus will be on constructing an entire detailed, weathered 50+ car realistic mixed freight.

I think Tom's new book might be a solid start.

[Hiroe]

Greetings, Programs!

It's been awhile since i participated over here; a lot of stuff in my life has been on hold the last few years. One of those things was N scale modeling; i didn't have access to a decent space at home, so i had been working on the 2-rail O scale Cherry Valley layout over in Merchantville NJ. I had been looking forward to getting back into N when i had the space.

Unfortunately, a little over a year ago, the 12-year-old kid across the street from my parents' place broke in specifically to steal most of my N scale stuff (where it was being stored). He did get caught, and i got about 80% of it back, but there was still some $10k worth of stuff that had been destroyed/damaged/not recovered. We pressed charges, he pled guilty, and the homeowner's policy did eventually cough up a check for the restitution costs.

I haven't had the energy to even look at my N stuff since then. However, i'll be moving into a new house on my own this month (NO MORE ROOMMATES), and maybe i'll finally be able to start addressing some of the damage.

I model PRR/PC/CR in N and O, and freelance in HOn3.

--Drew McCann

[John]

Welcome back .. we can help you design that new layout ..

[Bruce Bird]

At Lee's request, a test shot from the WM here in Illinois:

A WM 'Hammerhead' RS3 pushes a flatcar through the rather empty Hagerstown yard.  The shell is a kitbashed Atlas shell that I've had for about 15 years.  I recently purchased a Life Like RS2 from Kleins at a great price and a plug & play DCC decoder for the unit.  I didn't like the way the LL motor was performing in relation to the Kato motor in the original Atlas unit, so I swapped them.  The RS3 shell fits nicely over the RS2 mechanism and the finished product runs great!

Bruce

[Hutch]

Hey guys, Hutch here.

I live in Florence SC with my wife and 3 year old black lab who is like a child to us. I am 37 years old.

I am not really a new to N scale, just new here to this forum. I am an N scale modeler and have many uncompleted layouts under my belt like most. My current version of Appalachian Southern is  an 15 x 25 N scale layout that is currently in the bench work stage. It is a two level design and the entire first level is constructed. I am getting ready to begin laying some atlas code 55 this week maybe. The layout is in a spare room in my office, so it has been known to pull me away from boring paperwork on occasion.

I maintain a website for my layout: www.appalachiansouthern.com

Here is a shot from some of my bench work progress today:

[davefoxx]

Hutch,

On behalf of the Railwire Collective, welcome!  That's very professional looking benchwork that you've accomplished so far.  Great job.  Keep those pictures and any updates to progress coming.  The Weekend Updates are a great way to do that.  Thanks for sharing.

Dave Foxx

P.S. Say "Hi" to Starsky for us.  ;D

[jandtjunction]

Hello,
My name is Jennifer and my background is in N-scale.  My father had a layout of the PRR from Huntingdon (my hometown) thru the Horseshoe Curve.  When I was young, I used to help him...it took up the entire basement!!

Now, I just buy and sell trains for a living!! It's great to be able to see so many different pieces (even if it is just only for a little while  )

Right now I'm looking for basically anything N or HO..including accessories.

Maybe you're thinking about switching scales..or looking to free up some space in the house?

Let me know what you are interested in selling or maybe even possibly trading.

Thanks for reading this!

Jennifer
J & T Junction

[NorfolkSouthern9708]

Hi everyone. My username is NorfolkSouthern9708 (duh) I model N and Ho scale. (woo-hoo) I like Norfolk Southern. I have a freelanced railroad. Central Pennsylvainia Lines. It's okay. I have a youtube account http://www.youtube.com/user/NorfolkSouthern9708 hope you guys like. So hi.

[Caleb Austin]

Hi everyone. My username is NorfolkSouthern9708 (duh) I model N and Ho scale. (woo-hoo) I like Norfolk Southern. I have a freelanced railroad. Central Pennsylvainia Lines. It's okay. I have a youtube account http://www.youtube.com/user/NorfolkSouthern9708 hope you guys like. So hi.

Ah, good to see you here!

[NorfolkSouthern9708]

Yeah dude, I know you from your layout over at youtube. How is it coming?

[Caleb Austin]

It's coming along nicely, I'm sure you will be seeing plenty of updates on this forum!

[eric220]

Greetings all!  My name is Eric, and I'm an SPF from the San Francisco Bay Area.  If my LHS owner is any indication, I may be the only SPF in this area.  Oh well, someone's gotta carry the torch! 

I came over to Railwire from the Atlas Forums after getting a chance to meet SeussCaboose.

I model an alternate version of the PRR's history, in which the PRR constructed a transcontinental line with connections in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Denver, Dallas, and New Orleans.  Details are on my website, and I invite visits and comments.  Right now, I model the early 1950's, but I have been giving some thought to picking up some modern equipment and doing a dual-era layout.  (Like I need to find a new way to spend money.)

Looking forward to being part of the community!

[Biased turkey]

Hello everyone,
My name is Jacques, born in Belgium ( a long time ago ) and living in Canada.
I came back to model railroading 3 years ago after a ... 50 years break.
As most Belgian kids I used to have a Marklin HO small oval layout without any scenery.
3 years ago, my mom went to visit our family in Belgium and brought me back a small Marklin HO BR 81 tank engine. So I decided to give a "home" to that engine and built a Woodland Scenics  HO diorama for it. I think it was a good experience to get my feet wet at scenery building.
The next step of course was to build a real layout. Living in an apartment N scale became the obvious choice ( read:" my wifwe strongly suggested I go the N scale way " ).
So for the 1st time I completed a layout. It is a 23" X 11" switching layout.

I'm impressed by the amount of threads ( and their quality ) posted on therailwire.net  forums. That's the main reason why I joined.

Jacques