This topic has gathered about 11 pages of replies on the Atlas forum. Lessee if we can get as many! I'm from Minot, ND, and model BNSF modern day in the midwest prairies of MN, MT, SD, and ND.
I live in southern Maine and model (loosely) the '50's, B&M, MEC, BAR, and NH (with a hint of NYC) plus my own Danville and Rigby Jct. RR (which ties them all together).
I'm from Sayville Long Island, NY and I am about 1/2 mile from the LIRR. On most days you can hear the horn blowing as the train approaches the crossings before and after the station.
I'm a Dane living in Simi Valley, CA, 1 hour north/west of LA. My layout will be a totally freelance layout. Jesper
Glad to see more new members on trainboard. Welcome aboard guys! Bobcat - we are neighbors sharing the same line. I am from Queens NY, 4 blocks from NYAR's Fresh Pond Yard. I freelance with my Hoffman Valley RR (N scale) <img src=http://www.trainboard.com/sigbreak.gif> Russ
I'm from Grand Rapids MI. I've freelanced a modern day railroad known as the Grande Valley railroad for the last 20 years in both N and HO scales now totally N scale.
Let me be the first in this thread from England Welcome to Trainboard to the new members above, pleased to have you aboard
I and Dane (another forum member here) are from North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. We model a free lance line (EBC Rail Link - Eastern British Columbia Rail Link) and CP and CN. Our favourite area to railfan is the Fraser and Thompson Canyon. My favourite engine is the SD90's. My favourite visual is a long, long grain train snaking its way through the Fraser Canyon over the Cisco bridge. My favouritie American RR is BNSF, and "yes" I like it's latest paint schemes. My favourite passenger train is the Via followed by the American Orient Express.
My railroad (Sandy River & West Forrest) is a N scale very freelanced layout that cover the last 50 years The fictive location is in Southern Virginia near Roanoke. My own real location is in Southern Sweden ---------- Helge SR&WF NARA member #5
I live in Belgium.I try to model CSX and Conrail including C&O, B&O, WM, Chessie, Seaboard, CNJ, all freelanced. Paul.
I'm a Jay Hawker, born and raised in Wichita, Kansas U.S.A. now surviving in Texas. My interest has narrowed down to running steam engines, so the layout I am now building is centered around a huge 33 stall roundhouse that services any railroad's steam engine that needs repair. We restore antique and tourist engines, and are equipped to repair diesels, and doodle bugs, snow plows, and cranes. That way I can run any engine I choose. The roundhouse Manager is old, set in his ways, cranky, beligerent, short tempered, opiniated, and generally a real sweetheart! (After I have my morning coffee and a twinky!) [ 11 March 2002, 04:50: Message edited by: watash ]
Southeastern Virginia, about 15 miles north of the Carolina border. Bill [ 11 March 2002, 01:35: Message edited by: Chesapeakenscaler ]
I'm a former long time resident of western Washington, (Pronounced "Taxington.") Now living in NW Montana. Grew up in a Milwaukee Road family , plus some other RR's as well. Modeling a freelance company on the Olympic Pensinsula of western WA during the late 1960's. It's jointly owned by the Northern Pacific and the Milwaukee Road. So has cars and locos from those two RR's, plus the freelance company. BoxcabE50
Lexington, North Carolina! (About 20 miles S of Winston Salem) and I model primarily the C&O as it was during the transition era in the New River Gorge. (Also dabble in Nn3, and modern day NS)
Kitchener, Ontario,Canada.I model Union Pacific equipment.I say equipment because my layout is not based on any real local,though it is recognizeable as the south western desert.
Well I guess I have been too busy modelling to spend much time here but I live in Georgetown Ontario, about 60kms NW of Toronto. I am a free lancer and scrathbuilder and love it. NARA member#2
