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KoiDe9

22nd February 2009 12:23

Greetings from across the pond!

Hi there, I'm Jim. 28 year-old guy living right outside Philadelphia, not far from Amtrak's famous Northeast Corridor, and I thought I'd join the forums. I've been looking for a decent forum-site, and it looks like I found it.
Trains have been in my family for years, having a grandfather who worked for the Pennsylvania Railroad as a brakeman many years ago.
I, of course, have always been a fan of HO scale trains, and, naturally, my interests have shifted to European and Asian models. It figures I'd be the one in the family to have expensive tastes!

locojoe

22nd February 2009 12:40

Hello Jim Welcome to the forum.

G6 UXU

22nd February 2009 14:31

Hello Jim and welcome to the forum, enjoy and all the best.

John H-T

22nd February 2009 20:33

Welcome to the Forum Jim. Look forward to your posts.

Best wishes,

John H-T.

DSY011

22nd February 2009 20:45

Hello Jim and welcome to the Railway Forum.

6678bjm

22nd February 2009 21:01

Hi Jim, welcome to the forum hope you enjoy it.
Regards

John Hunt

22nd February 2009 21:17

Welcome aboard Jim !

Look forward to seeing some American railroad photographs. Do you have a preserved railway near you ?

KingtonTramBasher

22nd February 2009 23:03

Hello and welcome to the forum!

I too look forward to seeing some American photos!

YORKYDELTIC

23rd February 2009 18:00

Hi And Wellcome

Hi and wellcome i have been over to your side of the pond lol and think you are a great load of people in a great country and have never been made so wellcome as your fellow people made us , we were lucky to get on the n corridor from edison to pen station wow what a journey only 50 minutes but certainly some sights to see as well as when we got ito the big apple
oh the joys of your flight been late from st louis to newark meant we got to see the big apple as we were 24 hrs late for our flight from newark new jersey due to weather ,and i think i saw the longest train ever in my life when we were in st louis lost count after about 50 + boxcars took nearly 6 minutes to pass crossings ,
i was in wasHington dc last july and got photos in union staion but was told under no circumstances was i allowed to photo the tracks or locomotives there so was well anoyed but security comes first i suppose :)

15A	23rd February 2009 20:40

Welcome to the Forum. :)

Max

KoiDe9

24th February 2009 12:51

Greetings, John. Yes, we do have a preserved railway near us, by name, Strasburg Railroad. It's about an hour's drive from where we live, and the live steam is still going strong! let me see if I can find a quick link to send you. Since i'm new to forums, i' not entirely sure I'm allowed to post a link, but I'll try it anyway: http://www.strasburgrailroad.com

KoiDe9

24th February 2009 12:53

morning, Yorky.
Security is one thing, but I have yet to understand the ridiculous treatment we spotters sometimes get. What harm can there possibly be in taking photos of trains at a station? in fact, when I was in London a few years ago, I snapped many photos at Paddington Station, and no one said a word to me.

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