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 Posted - August 24 2008 : 3:35:59 PM
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Hello everyone.
I guess the first thing you should know is that I am by no means an expert in model trains.
Basically, I'm a teenager who built a 4x8 table, and sticks this and that onto it in the hopes it will one day be a neat little layout.
Yeah, I'm a teenager alright. 16 to be exact. But don't expect me to shove an Ipod in my ears and wear my pants at my knees.  That's just not me.
I suppose the biggest help in getting my railroad where it is was my local library. I went in not knowing a thing about how to build a layout, and by the time I took the books back I had a good sense of what to do for nearly every aspect of the hobby.
So why did I get into model trains? Well I guess it's mostly because of my grandfather, who at one time had a 4x8 layout himself, but with those old Marx trains running on it. Sadly, it was dismantled long before I was born. When he passed away a few years back, I got the old defunct train set. It was then that I decided I wanted to get my own set and follow his example.
As for these forums, I've peered over them for about a year now. I usually pick up some sort of Tyco equipment at local train shows, and this site is great for learning it's history.
And it seems like a great bunch of people who love the dinky little cheap trains as much as I do. I don't see the point in spending several hundred dollars on a piece of plastic with a motor in it. 
Anywho, I just realised how much I've typed, so maybe I'll stop here.
Lookin' forward to posting some more stuff later on!
    
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Posted - August 24 2008 : 3:49:06 PM
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MM:
You'll have to look up DaCheez on here, he's your age and also in Canada. What part of Canada are you in, I'm in East Toronto.
-Gareth
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Posted - August 24 2008 : 4:07:23 PM
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| Welcome to the forum!! It is exciting to see someone your age take interest in this hobby--let alone any other hobby. Feel free to ask any questions as someone here will have an answer plus.
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Posted - August 24 2008 : 4:10:31 PM
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Welcome aboard MM,
I lKe your woody made from srape... You and Da Cheez seem to share the same sense of humor... I think the "Whiz" as I call him is on vacation but you should look him up this fall.
Loopy
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Posted - August 24 2008 : 6:09:15 PM
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Thanks for the great comments. They made my day.
I'll be sure to look up DaCheez too.
Oh, and romcat, I live in Nova Scotia, Pictou County more specifically.
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Posted - August 24 2008 : 6:13:49 PM
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| hi mm i am uk based but was in halifax in 60s,on tour with my regiment,always glad to get a young un aboard,think you and cheez will hit it off,regards ken
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Posted - August 24 2008 : 10:29:55 PM
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Welcome aboard...
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Posted - August 25 2008 : 01:22:45 AM
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Welcome to the forums, glad to see you join. Keep working on the layout, that is the best thing about trains the layout is never finished. Even when it is done you will probly change it somehow again sometime down the road.
Adam
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 Posted - August 25 2008 : 03:17:47 AM
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Hi MM,
Welcome to the forum.
Enjoy
Mike
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Posted - August 25 2008 : 11:58:56 PM
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Eh dude. Welcome to the forum. Post some pics of your layout and trains when you get a chance...I'd love to see what you've got. I'm 15 btw (almost 16)
-cheez
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Posted - August 26 2008 : 12:00:18 AM
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Can do. By the way, I'm nearly 17 now. 
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Posted - August 26 2008 : 12:16:41 AM
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Hey "UBER-KId!!!!"
Nice to see ya back, BRAT!!!!
-Gareth
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Posted - August 26 2008 : 12:32:53 AM
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AWWWWWW GARETH. ITS GOOD TO HEAR YOUR VOICE AGAIN. Lots of catching up to do...97 new topics O_o....a few new members. You didn't used to be a moderator did you? Maybe tomorrow I shall share with you my many hilarious stories from the past 2 weeks.
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