skyliner
Well-Known Member
Greetings everyone,
Thought I'd take a moment to say hello and introduce myself. I've been watching these forums for some time, but finally decided to register recently.
I'm in the south suburbs of the Minneapolis-St. Paul area, although I've only lived here for a few years. I grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area, not too far from the NWP tracks, where I don't think I remember ever seeing a train. My interest in railroads goes quite a ways back to grade school, and I remember my parents taking me to places like the California State Railroad Museum, the Skunk Train in Fort Bragg, and the Castro Point Railway (anyone remember that one?). I was also an occasional visitor to the North Coast Model Railroad Society in Marin County years ago, although I understand that club isn't around anymore. (?)
I went to college in Illinois, and have been in the Midwest ever since. For several years, I lived within eye- and ear-shot of the Illinois Central main in Champaign.
Growing up, I had a small collection of HO trains, running on the typical plywood board setup and atlas snap-track. One of my prize locomotives I remember was an Athearn BB FP7 in phase I. However, my equipment budget was rather limited, so it ran the rare and mostly unknown consist of train #96B, a sole RPO. It was even stranger when I broke the rear coupler box one day, and unable to repair it, was forced to run in reverse with the RPO coupled to the nose.
Anyway, now that I've got a house with room for a layout, I'm trying to get back into things. I've been collecting HO equipment for some years now, with the intention of someday putting it to use. I'll be seeking advice on the Layout Planning board soon, once I do a little more tweaking on Xtrak, and figure out how to post some good images from it.
In the meantime, enjoy some of my (very amateur) photos from RP:
http://www.railpictures.net/showphotos.php?userid=4212
Thanks for having me here,
-Eric
Thought I'd take a moment to say hello and introduce myself. I've been watching these forums for some time, but finally decided to register recently.
I'm in the south suburbs of the Minneapolis-St. Paul area, although I've only lived here for a few years. I grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area, not too far from the NWP tracks, where I don't think I remember ever seeing a train. My interest in railroads goes quite a ways back to grade school, and I remember my parents taking me to places like the California State Railroad Museum, the Skunk Train in Fort Bragg, and the Castro Point Railway (anyone remember that one?). I was also an occasional visitor to the North Coast Model Railroad Society in Marin County years ago, although I understand that club isn't around anymore. (?)
I went to college in Illinois, and have been in the Midwest ever since. For several years, I lived within eye- and ear-shot of the Illinois Central main in Champaign.
Growing up, I had a small collection of HO trains, running on the typical plywood board setup and atlas snap-track. One of my prize locomotives I remember was an Athearn BB FP7 in phase I. However, my equipment budget was rather limited, so it ran the rare and mostly unknown consist of train #96B, a sole RPO. It was even stranger when I broke the rear coupler box one day, and unable to repair it, was forced to run in reverse with the RPO coupled to the nose.
Anyway, now that I've got a house with room for a layout, I'm trying to get back into things. I've been collecting HO equipment for some years now, with the intention of someday putting it to use. I'll be seeking advice on the Layout Planning board soon, once I do a little more tweaking on Xtrak, and figure out how to post some good images from it.
In the meantime, enjoy some of my (very amateur) photos from RP:
http://www.railpictures.net/showphotos.php?userid=4212
Thanks for having me here,
-Eric