Thought I'd start a thread on demographic, so we all know who is where/why/who etc. Country? Town? Nearest City? Age (approx) Usual supplier? Closest supplier? Layout(s)? Name of Layout? Layout theme or era? Layout Gauge? Layout Age? Preferred brand for Rolling Stock? Club Membership? Which Club? How did I find "The Guage"? Into trains since? Most annoying hinderance that prevents you working 24 hours a day on you layout or railfanning? Additional info? TOOT! [This message has been edited by Woodie (edited 05-10-2001).]
Country - USA Town - Orleans Ma. Nearest City - Boston Age - 63yrs young Usual Supplier - random mail order Closest Supplier - Snow's Retail Store Layout Size - 34' x 26' Name of Layout - no name (yet) Layout Theme or Era: Steam 1930 - 1960 Layout Gauge: HO Layout Age: 18 mo. Preferred Brand of rolling stock:immature Club Membership: Yes Which Clubs: Nauset RR Club; Palm Beach RR How did I find The Gauge: friend Into trains since 1999 Most annoying hinderance that prevents me from working 24/7 - limited knowledge
Country? USA Town? Anderson Nearest City? Indianapolis Age (approx) 61 Usual supplier? Train Central - Indianapolis Closest supplier? Train Central - Indianapolis Layout(s)? Yes - One Name of Layout? East Central Indiana Layout theme or era? 1970s-80s Short Line Layout Gauge? HO Layout Age? 19 years Preferred brand for Rolling Stock? Athearn - MDC Club Membership? No Which Club? N/A How did I find "The Guage"? Don't Remember Into trains since? 1949 Most annoying hinderance that prevents you working 24 hours a day on you layout or railfanning? Looking for Work Additional info? Active in the NMRA on local and national level Roger Roger Hensley - rhensley@anderson.cioe.com == http://cid.railfan.net/eci_new.html == == East Central Indiana HO Scale Railroad ==
Country - USA Town - Concord NH Nearest City - Boston Age - 31 Usual Supplier - eBay or IHC Closest Supplier - Home Depot! (I get more there than at hobby shops...) Layout Size - 4x8 Name of Layout - River City Road Layout Theme or Era: Steam, very early 20th century Layout Gauge: HO Layout Age: 3 mo. Preferred Brand of rolling stock: cheap, intact Club Membership: Not as yet Which Clubs: How did I find The Gauge: a posting on thathomesite.com directed me here. Shamus, Woodie (and of course Susan ) made me want to stay Into trains since 2001 Most annoying hinderance that prevents me from working 24/7 - limited funding Pet peeve- I've yet to find a book that makes DCC comprehensible favorite moment of railroading- the first time an engine pulls a decently-long consist over new track and doesn't leave anything derailed.
Ok ,heres my turn Country? USA City? Grand Rapids, Mich. Age? 56 Usuall Supplier? Rider's Hobbies,Ebay Closest Supplier? Rider's Layout(s)? Yes Name of Layout? Grande Valley RR Layout theme or era? Modern shortline Layout Guage N scale Layout age 2 years and newborn Preferred brand of rolling stock? None Club membership? Yes Which club? Riverbend Model Railroad Club How did I find The Gauge(Big Blue) Posting on Trainboard Into trains since? The beginning Most annoying hinderance that prevents you working 24/7 on layout or railfanning? Family,Food,and sleep Addional info. I am founding member of IronRailz the only West Michigan NTRAK group. I am also the Nscale Forum mod here on Big Blue ------------------ Catt! NARA#1 & A freelancer for life [This message has been edited by Catt! (edited 05-10-2001).]
Country? USA Town? Salem, Ohio Nearest City? Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Age (approx) 50 Usual supplier? Anyplace cheap! Closest supplier? 5 Hobby shops within 12 miles. Layout(s)? 2...one O Gauge, one HO Name of Layout? HO Rush Run River Logging Co. Layout theme or era? 1865-1920 Layout Gauge? Layout Age? almost 1 yr, each Preferred brand for Rolling Stock? humph! Club Membership? N/A Which Club? N/A How did I find "The Gauge"? Catt sent me... Into trains since? age 7 Most annoying hinderance that prevents you working 24 hours a day on you layout or railfanning? ...Banks Additional info? I started in O Gauge and ended up with these cute lil HO things...I now have about 45 pieces of rolling stock and 12 engines, mostly Logging type. The detail got me hooked and I'm in HO to stay. I still maintain my O Gauge layout, but haven't done much to finish it for the last 7 months. I buy and sell on Ebay a lot as well as Hobby Shops locally and I am fortunate to live in an area that has several "Train Estate Auctions" every year. Rich ------------------ Rush Run River Logging Co.
Country? - Australia Town? - Sydney Nearest City? - Sydney Age (approx) 45 Usual supplier? TOm's Discount Hobby Store (Nth Ryde) 45 mins drive. Closest supplier? - As above Layout(s)? - Yes Name of Layout? - Garahbara Railway Layout theme or era? - Australian/Victorian/New South Wales of 60's * 70's. Layout Gauge? - HO Layout Age? - 3 months Preferred brand for Rolling Stock? Steam Era models, Austrains, Lima. Club Membership? - No Which Club? - How did I find "The Guage"? - Internet Search for "train chat" Into trains since? - day dot. Most annoying hinderance that prevents you working 24 hours a day on you layout or railfanning? - Need for sleep. Additional info? WIll be combining electronics with modelling for as much automation as I can. TOOT!
Country? USA Town? Port Charlotte, FL Nearest City? Tampa, St. Petersburg(100mi N), Fort Myers (40 S) & Sarasota (40 N) Age? 31 Usual supplier? Who ever has what I want. Closest supplier? Gulf Coast Model Railroad Layout(s)? 1 Name of Layout? Ohio & Florida (overview) Layout theme or era? Present, but freelance (Bring it, Run it, Enjoy it) Layout Gauge? N Layout Age? 5 months(in brain), 1 month into building it. Preferred brand for Rolling Stock? Whatever rolls good, and interests me. Club Membership? Just joined. Which Club? Sunshine Model Railroad Club (Largo, FL) How did I find "The Guage"? Trainweb Search Into trains since? Since knee high (After seeing a Steamer and a derail in the same place; not same time; in Lodi, OH). Most annoying hinderance that prevents you working 24 hours a day on you layout or railfanning? Working to support it. Additional info? In it for the detailing , craftsmenship and keeps my mind off being single. Also, good for keeping me busy after Spinal Surgery(Now Cleveland, OH has a piece of my heart and back, literally).
Country? US Town? Ernest (really) Nearest City? Indiana (Pa) Pittsburgh Age (approx)30something Usual supplier? E-bay, Greenburg Vendors, Sulphur Springs Closest supplier? Catfish Hollow Toys Layout(s)?yes Name of Layout? Allegheny Valley Layout theme or era? steam shortline in the early '70s Layout Gauge? N G and 15" Layout Age? Preferred brand for Rolling Stock? Bachmann Club Membership? Sorta Which Club? Northwest Pa Steam Engine and old Equipment assn (wher the 15" ga is) How did I find "The Guage"? Stumbled over it by accident Into trains since? a little tyke Most annoying hinderance that prevents you working 24 hours a day on youR layout or railfanning? M-O-N-E-Y OTHER: I got a rather fun "job", I sell live steam lokeys in gauges from 32mm to 7-1/2"
Country?USA Town? Santa Rosa, Ca. Nearest City?San Francisco, about 50 miles south of here Age?51 Usual supplier?Fulton Station Closest supplier? about 20 minutes drive, during light trafic times. Layout? yep..but just gettin' started layin' track at present Name of Layout? Bill Kesling Memorial Railroad VGN and N&W, 195O-1967...Virginia and West Virginia Layout gauge? N Layout age? jes a baby!! ..Rolling stock? Micro Trains, so far..(.all micro trains couplers, whatever the manufacturer). Club membership? Yep Which club? Sonoma County Model Railroad Society (HO)..for photos and info., see web site : http://www.scmrrs.org ...find "The Gauge"? surfing the web for train and model train info....a link, but I don't remember where...but what a lucky find it was Into trains since? As long as I can remember. Most annoying hinderance...? the gauge I think 'History', for me, is one of the best parts of this hobby...I love researching the locos, rolling stock, lines, operating history, etc. of "my" rairoads. And of course,looking at old photos of my home town and state, and learning about railroads in other parts of the US and the world. Thanks Woodie VGN [This message has been edited by Virginian (edited 05-14-2001).]
Country? USA Town? Santa Ana Nearest City? Los Angeles Age? 33 Usual supplier? Train Crossing Closest supplier? Train Crossing Layout(s)? Yes Name of Layout? Parker's Train Layout theme or era? Thomas the Tank Engine Layout Gauge? Brio Layout Age? 6 mos Preferred brand for Rolling Stock? Kato Club Membership? No Which Club? How did I find "The Guage"? internet search Into trains since? age 8 Most annoying hinderance? Hunny-dew list Additional info? Parker is my 3 yo son and his train is somehow more important than mine. :0
Okay, here my two penny worth Country? England Town? Near Wellington Nearest City? Litchfield Age (approx) 65 Usual supplier? Walthers Closest supplier? Local Model Shop Layout(s)? YES Name of Layout? Badger Creek Lumber Company Layout theme or era? Logging Layout Gauge? HO standard Gauge Layout Age? 2+ years Preferred brand for Rolling Stock? Scratchbuilt Club Membership? Was NMRA (Not now) Which Club? How did I find "The Guage"? Can't remember Into trains since? Aged 7 Most annoying hinderance that prevents you working 24 hours a day on you layout or railfanning? Don't have that problem, now retired, sleep between the tracks. Additional info? Built too many I think. http://www.index.mrmag.com/tm.exe?opt=S&sort=D&output=5&cmdtext=%22TEMPLAR%2C+PAUL%22 Just started to tear down part of it to re-build for the better [This message has been edited by shamus (edited 05-15-2001).]
Country? USA Town? Eddystone, PA Nearest City? Philadelphia Age (approx)42 Usual supplier? Nicholas Smith Trains (I should just forward my Paycheck) Closest supplier? Same Layout(s)? 1 N (Coffee Table) 1 HO (5" below Dining Room Ceiling) 1 12' X 9' G (in Basement)2 other Shelf units 1 in Office at work (N) 1 in Living Room (HO) Name of Layout? JGBSMF&W RR (Janine, George, Bart, Steve, Mike (Me), Fred, Wayne, Rhonda (My very understanding Wife) -- Also stands for: Just a Great Big Super Mother F'n Waste RR - My Mother actually helped name it!! Layout theme or era? - G is steam - N are Diesel - HO has the Acela on it now - but I have a SP Steam I run around the Ceiling also. Layout Gauge? See above Layout Age? all are approx 12 Yrs Preferred brand for Rolling Stock? Aristo Club Membership? Just our "Club" Which Club? See Above How did I find "The Guage"? Link from another page Into trains since? A kid watching "Dad's" O gauge going around the tree Most annoying hinderance that prevents you working 24 hours a day on you layout or railfanning? Sleep - Work (but I need to work, so I can buy MORE TRAINS!!!!) LOL Additional info? I have had 8 layouts from 1984 to Present, The biggest & Best was an N Gauge (Hence my moniker) based on the DM & IR with 140 Ft of track, 3 levels, and 3 yards. We had to dismantle it in 1988 when I decided to get married & move out of my Mother's house.... I also am an Assistant Teacher at the Railroad Museum of PA During the Winter - During the Summer I show my 72 Catalina at car shows. ------------------ ------------------ My wife says if I buy One more Train, she'll leave me... Gee I'll miss HER!!!! -- N Gauger [This message has been edited by N Gauger (edited 05-13-2001).] [This message has been edited by N Gauger (edited 05-13-2001).]
