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Just wanted to introduce myself, Gary B. I was born into a household with a Lionel set-up. It didn't take too many years before I made the switch to HO. I had a layout with TYCO and Varney trains and Plasticville, Kibre, Faller, Atlas and Hoffman (Any one remember Hoffman?) buildings. During High School it all came down. In the eighties I started over with my small sons. Now they are grown and the layout is pretty much my domain. I'm not so much a train guy as a building guy. I've been haunting your building of the week thread for several years now. I think you'll see me there regularly. I like the way you guys seem to keep the 'toy' aspect alive to this hobby. Everything doesn't have to be prototypical. That's good, because I don't aim to be prototypical either.
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Posted - March 17 2015 : 09:28:25 AM
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Gary,
Welcome aboard, glad you are here.
Regards, John
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Posted - March 17 2015 : 10:01:24 AM
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Welcome! Good to have you here!
Tim
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Posted - March 17 2015 : 10:15:00 AM
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Hi Gary, welcome to the forum. I think that there is just as much modeling talent required to rehab and operate our old "toy" trains as it takes to spend $50 and open a box on some new ready-to-run boxcar.
I am not much of a building guy but rather am just content to sit and tinker with old "junk"! Like you, I too enjoy each listing in the "of-the-week" series.
Glad to have another "old" guy here.
Randy
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Posted - March 17 2015 : 12:33:30 PM
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Hi Gary B,
Welcome aboard!
I hope you have as much fun as we do.
Mytyco
Edited by - mytyco on March 17 2015 12:37:26 PM
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Posted - March 17 2015 : 3:04:53 PM
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Welcome aboard. I like your avatar. I grew up a mile from the C&NW and consider it my home railroad in an odd sort of way.
And remember, when it comes to your modeling, we like pictures! 
Carpe Manana!
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Posted - March 17 2015 : 6:28:18 PM
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Welcome to the forum, man. I definitely look forward to seeing what you'll post.
-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 - March 17 2015 : 7:33:03 PM
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Welcome aboard, sounds like you'll fit right in!
~ Dave
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They're ALL toys
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Posted - March 17 2015 : 8:04:28 PM
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Hi , Gary, welcome out of the "lurking zone". So did you just join now that lurking seems to be forbidden by the new website owner? Just curious. Anyway, more than a few of us are NOT rivet counters, and enjoy the toy aspect of HO model trains. I have some far-out ideas on some HO scenery and building ideas, but nothing I've put on a layout yet. LIke someone else said, we LOVE pictures, show us your layout when you get a chance to post some pictures. We're all different,and it's that that helps us grow in this hobby, meeting new people and seeing new ideas.
Jerry in VA, USA
" When life throws you bananas...it's easy to slip up"
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Posted - March 17 2015 : 9:01:03 PM
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Welcome Gary.
I, too, was a lurker for many years before joining.
Now, I really don't kniow why I waited so long.
Lots of great interaction here.
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Posted - March 17 2015 : 9:14:58 PM
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Thanks for all the welcome wishes. Go to the current Building of the week and you'll see my first picture post.
Actually I did try to join before and it never let me in. Good to be here now.
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Posted - May 02 2015 : 8:17:02 PM
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Hello Gary! Welcome!
Sean
"If everything seems under control, you're not going fast enough!" - Mario Andretti!
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