Happy New Year from Frankfurt/Main
 

Hi everyone,

My name is Alan Lathan and I live in Frankfurt, the one on the Main River, not the Oder! I've been here since 1965 and have been trainspotting over the past 3-4 years. Previous to that I was involved in aviation. As a schoolboy my train world revolved around Fleet, Basingstoke, Reading and London.

I'm still a layman as far as photography is concerned, but with my new Nikon D5000 I hope it will improve. I usually find myself in Drehscheibe-online where I am known as Suedschau.

I'd like to take this opportunity to wish you all a Happy New Year and hope that all your endeavours meet with success.

Best wishes,
Alan

Hello Alan welcome to the forum and a Happy New tear to you.

Hi Alan Im coming to Germany in the new year have friends who live in Cologne.They are going to take me to a museum cant remember where at present they said, its about an 1.I/2 hours from Cologne .Im really looking forwards to it going by Eurotunnel too .
All the best for the new year.
Paul

Hi Alan, welcome & Happy New Year. Oddly enough, when I was just a kid, I discovered trains when the family lived in Tilehurst (Reading); we moved around 1957/58 to a small village called Hartley Wintney, which is quite near Fleet. Sadly, it wasn't near the railway, and the closest I got to seeing trains when I lived there was a boy in my class who's father was the stationmaster at Winchfield! Klein Weld! ;)

Hello Alan and welcome to the Railway Forum. I to was mad on trains from an early age. Spent many a happy hour down at the sheds in Bulawayo in Rhodesia. I was only 4 at the time.

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

Welcome to the Forum Alan and thanks for the photo.

Look forward to your posts.

Happy New Year.

John H-T.

Hi Alan
I hope you enjoy the forum and all the best for 2010.

ccmmick.

Hello Alan, a warm welcome to the forum and a good new year to you.

Regards, 62440.

Good morning Alan, a very big welcome to the forum, a nice place to be, with a great friendly crowd. Look forward to your posts.

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