Where from? Where i'm at now, Milwaukee, WI, USA. Being a military brat and former service member myself, i have in fact moved around a lot though. I've seen a fair share of our planet.
Modeling preferences? HO scale. You could say, 'born and raised'. My dad got me the Tyco Chattanooga Choo Choo for my 8th Christmas,
View attachment 59390put it 'round the tree, and i was hooked. The famous r#638 0-8-0 with light and steam. Curiously, now that i've researched, i got an oddball one with the GP caboose instead of its' namesake. Now and forever it will be HO. 'Less i add S scale later. And i don't care what era, or how real or all that nonsense. What got me interested was a train pulling cars. So i get locos that pull cars. Whatever i like, i get. Although i do age them and the tracks.
Pix? Hmmm.... We shall see. I've got a small 'yard'. No layout as of yet, but have designed four using AnyRail's software. When it gets constructed it will be all industrial - none of that civilian living jazz. No houses, no businesses. Just fix em up, load em up, and roll em out!
put it 'round the tree, and i was hooked. The famous r#638 0-8-0 with light and steam. Curiously, now that i've researched, i got an oddball one with the GP caboose instead of its' namesake. Now and forever it will be HO. 'Less i add S scale later. And i don't care what era, or how real or all that nonsense. What got me interested was a train pulling cars. So i get locos that pull cars. Whatever i like, i get. Although i do age them and the tracks.
These guys on the forum were invaluable in every facet of this project. I had an expert carpenter helping me, between him, the advice and design features I picked up from layouts on here, I got EXACTLY what I wanted and then some! Really outstanding, though the word can be overused, it applies! This is an old shot but it gives you an idea of the YOOGE thing I'm dealing with. I'm still playing with the trains and mucking with the track pattern, not anywhere near ready for scenery.
