Name is Stacy. I have been into trains since birth. LOL Actually, my first train set was a Christmas present from my grandmother. I was only 7. I used my parents old dining room table and constructed my own railroad in HO. It was grand. I had one GE center cab engine and one Pullman passenger car and one tunnel. Yep, that’s it, but I played with that engine until she got fed up with me and put me out to pasture. I think I was 8 by then. LOL
Presently, I model in G gage with a modern European railroad. I am modeling a prototypical Austrian/German federal railroad. I have three modern Taurus engines done in four different railroads and a complete ICE train set as well. Basically my goal was to model this with a winter scene in the mountains. Really quite beautiful, but far from done. Actually, I am more into my American railroad now as far as getting all the goodies together. I need Dash9’s. Lots of Dash 9’s. LOL. I am modeling a desert scene from BNSF’s mainline running outside CA into Arizona. This will be an outside railroad as I am sure it will require huge amounts of land to replicate the desert scenery of cacti and sage as well as sand and canyons.
I have a deep love of railroading a great deal of respect for the men and women that work in the industry. Our country was built on the backs of those railroads and model railroading is just one way I show/demonstrate my respect for the industry. I know I am far from the expert up in here and I am sure I will learn much. From the little I have read thus far, I’d say I am in real good company and I look forward to meeting/talking with you fellow model railroad posters.
I absolutely love BNSF. I like CSX and NS. I really like modern freight and Inter M. However, I also have a love for UP’s Challengers. I mean they really were the epitome of what railroading was all about. Noisy, dirty, hard to work on, but totally beautiful as far as how they were engineered. Just massive power and it took a bevy of RS-3’s to try and out pull / perform a Challenger. So, for my fellow posters into steam, let it be known I admire and respect steam. Whether in miniature or real.
Favorite place in railroading: Anywhere trains run on this earth. I love train spotting and talking with fellow spotters. I rarely argue and most always get along with everyone. Easy going and above all else, loyal to our hobby.
Best wishes to all in here, Stacy
