Mixed Freight
Well-Known Member
Hello Folks,
New member here. I just recently learned of this forum by simply doing a search for model railroad forums (maybe about a month or two ago), and after lurking for a little bit, I kinda' like what I see and have decided to join.
I've been interested in model railroading most of my life, and except for about a 12 year stint building and flying R/C model airplanes, have pretty much been involved in model railroading to various degrees the rest of the time. In my younger days, I dabbled mainly in HO scale. However, in the mid/late 90's, I started getting involved in N-scale, and by the mid 2000's, got involved with N-Trak for about a decade. The last 7 or 8 years however, my interest has been changing over to 3-rail O-gauge. O-gauge seems to run the gamut all the way from pretty darned scale to very toy train-like. I find my tastes run more towards the scale side, but I still can appreciate the toy train side of it also.
As I have a fair amount of experience under my belt, I hope to help folks out a bit where I can. And, since it's never too late to teach an old dog new tricks, I know for a fact I can still have questions on certain items myself from time to time.
Well, like I say, I like the looks of this place. Unfortunately, with summer here, my postings may be a little light for awhile, got way too much to get done outside while the weather permits. But I'm sure when it starts chilling down later this fall, I'll be like a lot of other folks and able to spend more time on model railroading.
Here's a teaser for ya'.......................
One end of my 6' x 23' modular N-scale home layout (not N-Trak compliant, however). This module was inspired by a picture in one of my Rock Island books. Although the picture in the book looks nothing like this scene! But hey, that's what inspiration's all about, isn't it?
New member here. I just recently learned of this forum by simply doing a search for model railroad forums (maybe about a month or two ago), and after lurking for a little bit, I kinda' like what I see and have decided to join.
I've been interested in model railroading most of my life, and except for about a 12 year stint building and flying R/C model airplanes, have pretty much been involved in model railroading to various degrees the rest of the time. In my younger days, I dabbled mainly in HO scale. However, in the mid/late 90's, I started getting involved in N-scale, and by the mid 2000's, got involved with N-Trak for about a decade. The last 7 or 8 years however, my interest has been changing over to 3-rail O-gauge. O-gauge seems to run the gamut all the way from pretty darned scale to very toy train-like. I find my tastes run more towards the scale side, but I still can appreciate the toy train side of it also.
As I have a fair amount of experience under my belt, I hope to help folks out a bit where I can. And, since it's never too late to teach an old dog new tricks, I know for a fact I can still have questions on certain items myself from time to time.
Well, like I say, I like the looks of this place. Unfortunately, with summer here, my postings may be a little light for awhile, got way too much to get done outside while the weather permits. But I'm sure when it starts chilling down later this fall, I'll be like a lot of other folks and able to spend more time on model railroading.
Here's a teaser for ya'.......................
One end of my 6' x 23' modular N-scale home layout (not N-Trak compliant, however). This module was inspired by a picture in one of my Rock Island books. Although the picture in the book looks nothing like this scene! But hey, that's what inspiration's all about, isn't it?
