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Greetings everyone:
Guess before I post anymore picture's I should tell ya a little bout myself.
I have been modeling HO for the past 25 years or so,what started out as a gift and 1 sheet of plywood and a couple of 2x4"s has now amassed into a 6' x 30' layout.
4 tear down's and 1 flood later{tropical storm Lee} I do believe that everything is set.
As my avatar says I'm a Pennsy guy.
I am modeling from the late 60's,I have both modem's of power,steam and diesel,I tend to model more of an urban setting.I just started after 25 years to try my hand at kit bashing and find it rather rewarding,as you all saw from my first post on BOTW thread.
As for my other life,I'm a miner,underground...Heavy Equipment Operator,and no it's not coal,God bless those guys who do it for a living,I'm in a limestone mine been there for 15 years have 3 1/2 more to go till I get my Micky D's card for burger discount's
I am married to my best friend we have 4 great kid's all married,thank God and out of the house...lol and 4 grandchildren,also in a former life I was a volunteer fireman here in the city for 28 years,had to give it up,the old knee's just wouldn't take it anymore.
My other hobbies include brewing beer,and BBQ'ing the real deal though not on a grill,but either my pit or the smoker,and I like to tinker around with building furniture when time permit's.Well that about wraps it up for a quick look on who you just let in the site.
Hope this intro finds everyone well and in good spirits.
Mike
I don't always model,but when I do it's in HO,
Stay enthused my friend's...
Edited by - yellowiron on October 13 2013 2:59:21 PM
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Posted - October 13 2013 : 2:28:41 PM
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| Welcome, Mike!
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Posted - October 13 2013 : 2:51:22 PM
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Welcome to the forum, Mike.  I saw the pictures of your firehouse, and it looks great! Hopefully there are more pictures like that to come. 
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Posted - October 13 2013 : 2:57:21 PM
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quote:Welcome to the forum, Mike. I saw the pictures of your firehouse, and it looks great! Hopefully there are more pictures like that to come.
Originally posted by DaCheez - October 13 2013 : 2:51:22 PM
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Oh I'm sure there will be...thanks again...
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Posted - October 13 2013 : 7:33:44 PM
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Same here, Mike - Welcome! In the late'60's, I was a brakeman on Santa Fe, staying at the old Motor World in Chicago, watching Jo Ann Castle beat the ivories on Lawrence Welk, and dreaming of model railroad layouts that were mostly dreams. None of them ever got built. In late 1969, I was promoted to conductor and force assigned to a 16-hour a day local in Joliet, IL, with no chance of escape. No need to tell you what that did to any model railroad activity. I guess I'm on this list to try to make up my lost, not necessarily misspent, youth. Anyway, Welcome. If they'll let me on this board, anybody can make it
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Posted - October 13 2013 : 8:43:59 PM
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Hi yellowiron,
Welcome aboard!
Mytyco
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Posted - October 17 2013 : 1:14:16 PM
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Welcome aboard Mike. We are almost always in good spirits here, especially when we are talking about trains. I like urban settings too and look forward to seeing more of your work.
-Thomas
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Posted - October 23 2014 : 09:19:24 AM
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Welcome Mike! Where in PA are you? I'm south of Pittsburgh by a few miles.
Tim
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Posted - October 23 2014 : 11:07:28 AM
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quote:Welcome Mike! Where in PA are you? I'm south of Pittsburgh by a few miles.
Tim
Originally posted by wildecoupe - October 23 2014 : 09:19:24 AM
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Hey Tim,
I'm just north-east of Pittsburgh along SR 0028... by a few miles!
Sean
"If everything seems under control, you're not going fast enough!" - Mario Andretti!
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Posted - October 23 2014 : 11:18:10 AM
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| Hey Sean, not too far! :)
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Posted - October 23 2014 : 11:20:39 AM
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Tim,
Welcome aboard. Lot of great people on this forum. Just remember to work on your models before you drink your home brew, as it may improve the results.
Regards, John
Each friend represents a world in us, a world not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born. <> Anais Nin
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 Posted - October 23 2014 : 11:59:30 AM
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Welcome & send some of us some of your homebrews too 
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Posted - October 23 2014 : 7:34:29 PM
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Welcome to forum, man.Those kitbashes definitely sound like they'll be rather interesting.
-Steve
"A lot of modellers out there who go to these train shows see broken HO stuff and go, 'This is useless' when, in reality, they can still be used for modeling whether it's as a prop on your layout or a cool project to make something old new again."
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Posted - October 25 2014 : 1:46:50 PM
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Welcome to the forum, man! Always nice to have another fellow Pennsy fan on board
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Posted - October 25 2014 : 2:04:50 PM
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Welcome aboard! The beer brewing sounds interesting! Always wanted to try it myself. Lots of fellow bashers here to.
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