virginiacaver
Train Recovery Mechanic
hello all,
i am yet another nameless faceless new guy.
i had a small n scale set up about 15 years ago that was a disaster. i dumped everything and gave up. well i am much older now,(52), and have the internet for info and help. i have purchased most of my track and am getting back all my train stuff i sold to a coworker. i am going to scrap the board and layout and just keep the trains,controller and what ever i can salvage from the switches.
and like my other hobby,(firearms), I see it is a hard time to get certain items. i am using altas n scale code 80 track. i got everything i think i need other than flex track, good luck there i am finding out. and small sections and bumpers.
i am in the northern shenandoah valley in Virginia and i work for the DC metro subway system as an emergency train recovery mechanic.
over the years and especially when i started there in 1983 i was fortunate to have worked with a lot of actual old time railroad guys. i had the privilege to ride homemade rail inspection cars from winchester Va up to hagerstown, md and around the area.
so i am going to be asking a lot of dumb questions which i did not have the chance to ask the first time around. so please go easy on the new guy. i promise to read as much as possible here before asking some questions so i do not get the ,"why don't you read this" responses everytime!
thanks in advance,
gary
i am yet another nameless faceless new guy.
i had a small n scale set up about 15 years ago that was a disaster. i dumped everything and gave up. well i am much older now,(52), and have the internet for info and help. i have purchased most of my track and am getting back all my train stuff i sold to a coworker. i am going to scrap the board and layout and just keep the trains,controller and what ever i can salvage from the switches.
and like my other hobby,(firearms), I see it is a hard time to get certain items. i am using altas n scale code 80 track. i got everything i think i need other than flex track, good luck there i am finding out. and small sections and bumpers.
i am in the northern shenandoah valley in Virginia and i work for the DC metro subway system as an emergency train recovery mechanic.
over the years and especially when i started there in 1983 i was fortunate to have worked with a lot of actual old time railroad guys. i had the privilege to ride homemade rail inspection cars from winchester Va up to hagerstown, md and around the area.
so i am going to be asking a lot of dumb questions which i did not have the chance to ask the first time around. so please go easy on the new guy. i promise to read as much as possible here before asking some questions so i do not get the ,"why don't you read this" responses everytime!
thanks in advance,
gary
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