Saturn5tony
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Well hi guys and gals,
Yes as you can see, Im from Mass and in the Springfield area as well. I always loved trains, had an HO Santa Fe style loco ( My memory is a bit vague, but it looked very similar to an EMD F7 or had that style.) with just a few pieces of rolling stock with a classic caboose from my childhood growing up in southern Connecticut. Moved to Springfield a long time ago to go to college. In my early 60's now with a renewed interest in building a layout soon or at least buying an engine, some track, doing a bit of building structures (never had any sets on my old one, short of a pre-built foam mountain) and hoping to just get starting again, step by step soon. I want to get back into it slow.. so I can not only take all this new information in, but also to afford what looks like a very expensive hobby and slowly get started. Why now at this age with trains?
I went to the Amherst Railway Hobbyshow last month. Went for 1 day (yea like that was enuff!! haha) with 4 large buildings packed with Train stuff! I barely finished only one and so wished I could have went the second day. If there is one thing that can start or restart this Hobby, that show was it!! Now, looking to get back into it for some fun.
Being from New England, I always liked Connecticut Southern Railroad, especially being that CSO, CSX, NECR, New Haven and most all these trains went by my house(s) and was a big part of where I lived, especially in Conn. Im just looking at everything now, both real and in the hobby and just cant get enough of them. Both history and an old model builder from my past is all coming together saying... do something with it.
I have a very heavy interest in the HO - FL9 loco, especially the model train from Rapido. Not only because its an awesome DCC train model by Rapido, but very similar (looking wise) to my old locomotive engine, but it has the NH logo (not Santa Fe) and may have been one that was part of the real train route where I lived in Southern CT and was setup for New York electric rails. Wow, what a versatile train/prototype. Well there I go again, this is all so much fun and yea, again.....Hello from Mass and CT!!
Well thats it, why Im here and checking out this website. Hope to talk with you all soon.
-Tony
Yes as you can see, Im from Mass and in the Springfield area as well. I always loved trains, had an HO Santa Fe style loco ( My memory is a bit vague, but it looked very similar to an EMD F7 or had that style.) with just a few pieces of rolling stock with a classic caboose from my childhood growing up in southern Connecticut. Moved to Springfield a long time ago to go to college. In my early 60's now with a renewed interest in building a layout soon or at least buying an engine, some track, doing a bit of building structures (never had any sets on my old one, short of a pre-built foam mountain) and hoping to just get starting again, step by step soon. I want to get back into it slow.. so I can not only take all this new information in, but also to afford what looks like a very expensive hobby and slowly get started. Why now at this age with trains?
I went to the Amherst Railway Hobbyshow last month. Went for 1 day (yea like that was enuff!! haha) with 4 large buildings packed with Train stuff! I barely finished only one and so wished I could have went the second day. If there is one thing that can start or restart this Hobby, that show was it!! Now, looking to get back into it for some fun.
Being from New England, I always liked Connecticut Southern Railroad, especially being that CSO, CSX, NECR, New Haven and most all these trains went by my house(s) and was a big part of where I lived, especially in Conn. Im just looking at everything now, both real and in the hobby and just cant get enough of them. Both history and an old model builder from my past is all coming together saying... do something with it.
I have a very heavy interest in the HO - FL9 loco, especially the model train from Rapido. Not only because its an awesome DCC train model by Rapido, but very similar (looking wise) to my old locomotive engine, but it has the NH logo (not Santa Fe) and may have been one that was part of the real train route where I lived in Southern CT and was setup for New York electric rails. Wow, what a versatile train/prototype. Well there I go again, this is all so much fun and yea, again.....Hello from Mass and CT!!
Well thats it, why Im here and checking out this website. Hope to talk with you all soon.
-Tony
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