Welcome to all who have joined the new Combined forums. I hope that everyone finds this to their likeing..
We all have seen names and screen names on the groups, but its always nice to know who everyone is. I invite you to introduce yourselves to everyone here and let us know what you think of the new system!
My name is Nick Hart and I'm from Joliet, IL. I really like the site. I see great things happening in the future for this site. Great job! Take care. Nick
I am Billy from Indianapolis. I joined this forum when EM gave the invite at RP.
I am originally from Somerset KY, so that is where my intrest in the 2nd district comes from.
Im Randy Thaggard From Byron , GA. Have worked for NS for 25 years.
M.J. Scanlon from Memphis, TN. Sr. Aircraft Maintenance Technician with FedEx Express. The NS Memphis District ends/begins here and is one of the oldest lines in town. Starting out as the Memphis & Charleston to the Southern and now NS, the line has basically kept the same ROW since the Civil War. In my spare time I've been known to take a photo or two of trains...... and sometimes planes.
(http://www.bluffcityphoto.com/images/239_3905_N407FE_MJS_MEM_29SEP04_Thumb.jpg)
Hi,
I'm Chuck , and I'm from Columbus, Ohio. I work in the International Flight Service department at Netjets.
I typically spot trains along the Sandusky district that runs from Columbus to Bellevue. I have gotten into photography in the last year or so, and also am interested in model RR'ing as well.
I heard about the new board through E.M. Bell on the RP.net forum, though I also belong to the Yahoo NS board.
Thanks for providing us NS fans with this forum!
Hello everyone. This is Dan Putz aka dputz aka brunswickrailfan reporting in from Shippensburg University, southwest of Harrisburg at MP40 of the NS Lurgan Branch. I've been a photographer for 8 years now, and I've transitioned from still to video then back to still (where I plan to stay for a loooooooooooooooooooooooong time).
The change to a message board is a wise one...I bet its a whole heck of a lot easier to moderate than at Yahoo. :wink:
Hi! Saw the post for this on RP.net and thought I'd swing by.
I am Andrew, I live just outside of Asheville, N.C., near the Hominy (T-9) at Milepost T-7 on the Murphy Branch.
Do most of my railfanning on the Murphy Branch, Clinchfield (sorry, but gotta respect that road! ;-)), and S-Line. A&S is a bit boring now, lol.
Was born the year of the merger, so got a lot exposure to Southern Railway equipment because Asheville's deep in the area now known as NS Country (OK, alot for someone my age). ;-) Three major lines, on major branch, and 0 other rail companies within 30 miles! I'm also partial to the Seaboard Air Line Railway.
Hi all,
I'm Jerry Butler and I am from the Lake Division's Detroit District at MP D58.9 Adrian Michigan. Some of you probably remember me from the NS Lake Division Railfans yahoogroup. My group's website is as follows:
http://nslakedivision.proboards31.com Hopefully you will visit us soon.
Jerry
Hi Everyone,
Im Ryan Parent aka SD70MAC on RP.NET forums. First off I'd like to say thanks for the invite to these forums. I feel these will be quiet active. I live along the CSX Boston Line in Springfield, MA, although I dont live close to a Norfolk Southern main line, I do like to get out to the Horseshoe Curve area as much as I can and I like to keep up on whats happening on the NS. I look forward to contributing to the forums and reading what others have contributed. Thanks.
QuoteI live along the CSX Boston Line in Springfield, MA
There should be therapy available for people who live along a CSX line.
I know it would help me :wink:
I'm a fish out of water of sorts. The only good thing about my railroading situation is that I'm about 1/4 mile from the CP line throught Lethbridge, AB. Modelling interests:
-NS, Conrail, Amtrak.
-CN/CP (around 1960's)
-Passenger (I.E. Modelling the Canadian (CP/Via), Crescent (Amtrak/Southern), Super Continental (CN/Via)...)
-Cold War Aviation
Prototype interests:
-NS
-CN/CP
-Amtrak/Via
-Calgary Transit
-Aviation
Can't wait until summer when I may finally be able to get out to NS territory. (East coast.)
Stirling
hahaha......Maybe I should have kept my mouth shut here. The NS guys may chew me up :lol:
Only thing I would like to say about me is that I live about a mile from the NS Central Division CNOTP line and that my two kids love "Daddy's Trains." :D
I guess it would be appropriate to make my first post on this board here. My name is Mike Curtis and I live on a CSX main... (many voices heard saying, Hi Mike) OOOPs wrong group... :D
Even though I live at J39.0 of CSX I want to model the 2nd District from Danville, KY to Harriman, TN in N scale. This will entail an addition onto my house since here in Middle TN we can't have basements due to the bedrock only being 3-4 feet below the surface in most places. :( The addition will allow a double deck layout of about 16 scale miles in length allowing my to do an approximate compression of 10:1 of the 2nd district. The addition will also have a large NS sign on the back outside wall that only the passing trains will be able to see. With the Derby train going by here twice a year that ought to be interesting for the CSX executives... :twisted:
My friends, Brandon Baxter and Chris Wayman, recommended I join this BBS. I was a member of the two Yahoo groups this grew from and must have missed the message about the creation of this BBS.
I do look forward to getting over to the 2nd district over the next couple of years and doing some documentation of not only the trains but the physical plant also. I look forward to everyone's help when that time comes! Thanks for what really seems to be a nice resource for my model RR efforts.
Mike Curtis
Wow I'm famous, Mike mentioned me in the last post, but I'll forgive him for spelling my last name wrong. My name is Chris Wehman, and I'm currently a junior at Lipscomb University in Nashville, TN, but I call Bryan, Ohio home. Bryan is located on the NS Chicago Line (Ex-LS&MS/NYC/PC/CR) around C.P. 342 so even though I don't get to see a whole lot of NS here in middle Tennessee I have spent a great deal of time photographing the railroad's operations. As with Dan Putz, I've switched (at least for now :lol: ) back to photography from video (and photography before that) but hope to remain in my current state for years to come (but with me, who knows). Anyway, I can already tell that this forum will be not only much easier to use, but will give us a nice change of pace from the traditional Yahoo Group. Last summer I had the opportunity to intern with Triple Crown Service in Ft. Wayne, IN and I hope to intern with NS proper during the summer of 2006. I've seen many familiar names on this forum despite it being my first time on here, and I look forward to getting to know everyone a little better.
Chris
K8CRQ
Greetings, Y'all.
I'm finally on the new list. Hope to share some good juicy foamer stuff with you guys in the future!
Hello folks...
Greetings from your SE neighboring KCS. Most of you know me but for those who do not, My name is Chris White and I'm a firefighter/paramedic from Brandon, MS. Hopefully the thoroughbred will take over KCS so maybe trains will run in an orderly fashion this way..Thanks for the invite EMB.
Greetings all,
I grew up watching the Southern (Lawrenceburg, KY) primarily due to my Grandfather?s influence. He was a Civil Engineer on the Kentucky Division. He always kept me and my brothers up to date on RR happenings. Being the youngest brother, I had the fortune of spending the most time with him and learning about the Southern. There wasn?t hardly a night that I didn?t fall asleep listing to the scanner (or waking up to some action in the middle of the night). I don?t listen much anymore due to other priorities, but I like being able to keep up with the news and sightings.
This is very nice forum. I enjoy the postings from everyone.
?Thank You? to those individuals who had the desire and motivation to put it together. Good job! I look forward to your future enhancements.
I?ll see you somewhere between MPs 323W and 338W,
Andrew
My name is Ron. While I grew up in Galesburg, IL watching the A.T.S.F. and Burlington Northern, a move to the Peoria, IL area introduced me to a new "breed" of railroad. I have been modeling the N.S. for about 9yrs now. I'm not sure what N.S. Division I am near, tho. An occasional freight goes through on the way to interchange with the B.N. and that is about it. I have made several trips to Decatur, IL to get my mainline fix, however, and my modeling interests are mostly with the coal hauling aspect of the railroad. I look forward to chewing the fat here!
Some of my old model RR photos can be found here:
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/gnikwr/my_photos
Hopefully, soon to be updated. :D
Howdy All---
I'm Chad....
My username is Southern6482; which was the prized PS4 that ran the CNO&TP and the favorite engine of one Flem Smith. While I'm way too young to ever have seen it, she was a beauty by all photographs I own of her.
My name is Mike , and i`m an NS locomotive nut !
Hi,my name is Doug Lambert and I live in Des Moines,Iowa where the only NS action is one switch job in town. The BNSF brings the road train up from St.Louis,MO.
My name is Josh Blevins. I'm currently living in Raleigh NC attending school at NC State but home for me is Charlotte NC on the NS Piedmont Division. I make at least one pilgrimage a year to central Kentucky to railfan the CNO&TP and CSX Corbin Division (mostly the CNO&TP in recent years).
I plan on eventually modeling the NS Charlote Disctrict between Charlotte Jct and Spencer yard in HO scale. I also dabble in Southern and L&N.
My name is Shawn Vermillion, I live in Springfield, Ohio. Home to NS's Dayton District and the Indiana & Ohio Railway. I've always liked trains and got seriously hooked in 1999 after a trip to Marion, Oh. Photography came to me about 2 years ago, now I'm hooked on it. I plan to get into amateur radio soon also.
Special Thanks to EM, Junior and Caleb for bring us this wonderful group forum!
Growing up in Harlan County, I watched the coal trains regularly as a kid, and have always enjoyed watching the railroads. My serious interest began this year when I decided to try to identify and visit all of the railroad tunnel sites in Kentucky.
Butch Adkins
Lexington KY
Brian Wiggins from Evansville IN, just a bit south of the NS St. Louis district that passes through Princeton IN.
Scott B aka Scooterb, Jackson Michigan just south of tha NS Michigan line former Michigan Central line. full history link http://www.michiganrailroads.com/RRHX/Stories/JacksonEvolution.htm
Jackson railroading is just a shadow of what it once was so few pics from here. Started fanning in 2000 took lots of videos from Bryan Ohio. Started photography 2003. Most fanning is in Northern Ohio Northern Indiana. South Bend Indiana to Toledo Ohio. Fostoria Ohio are my main hang outs. Found this site by an invite from Mr. Bell so far a great site.
Also lots of names of people whose pictures I admire. Glad to be onboard
Most pictures can be found here.
http://gp30.rrpicturearchives.net/
Or here
http://www.railpictures.net/showphotos.php?userid=2935
Hey everybody, I'm Mike Huhn from Pittsburgh, PA - home to NS's Conway Yard, which is 22 miles northwest of the city.
My username is Miketherailfan on many forums, including this one. I came in from the invite over at RailPictures and I'm a huge NS fan. NS has a few lines that run through Pittsburgh, including the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne, and Conemaugh mains.
This thread had dropped off the bottom of ther page since we started it, and We thought it would be great to have the large numbers of new members that have joined over the past few months to Intorduce themselves as well, So feel free! Its always nice to know a little more about each other.
For the new folks that might be wondering who in the heck runs this place, you can check it out at http://jreb.org/meetthecrew
Hello. :D
Greetings everybody,
My name is Don Ayres and I'm from South Bend, IN. Home of the Fightin Irish. Not sure of the Division name but I sit right between Chicago and Norfolk Southern's very busy Elkhart Yard. Formerly Robert Young Yard of NYC fame. I'm an aspiring chef working some short term gigs right now and an armchair photographer. The camera I want doesn't fit my budget right now.
I came across the link to this site at RP.net and so far I love it! Wish there was more NS info on my local though as I am still a newbie when learning the railroad 'language' and common terminalogy.
Hello to everyone.
My name is Scott and I live north of New Albany, IN. I started photographing trains for modeling purposes, but now I'm addicted to it too.
I moved here from Southern Pacific country (Tucson,AZ) but have adopted NS now and hope to learn more about them from you all on this board.
Thanks
Hello all -
My name is Rob Kitchen and I'm in Harrisburg, PA. Y'all may not think that a redneck would be in Pennsylvania, but I have fuzzy dice and a gun rack in my buggy, and I'm getting Brownie and Pete stoked up to take me to Pocono this weekend for Nascar!
Seriously, I was an Engineering Department gopher for the Rock Island from 1979-80, and a Roadmaster for the C&O in West Virginia from 1980-87. Today, I am a CAD and Network Administrator for a medium sized environmental engineering company in Hershey, Pennsylvania, as well as a licensed land surveyor. I took a gadzillion pictures of trains from 1975-88, and then had a "cold turkey" break until last year. I'm just now getting back into railfanning (foaming?!?) I'm looking forward to rejoining the network and creating new rail-friends.
P.S. That photo of Port Royal on the home page is "da bomb" (I don't know if that's the right term, but my daughters always said that when they meant "Cool!")
Rob,
Welcome to the forum, we wont hold the fact that you worked for that other Railroad aganst you! Feel free to use and post as much as you want. We would like to also welcome the other new members that have joined us in the past few months!
Well, I've been here for quite awhile now, but never actually introduced myself. Tom Warshaw here. I grew up in NJ till was 14 as a big Conrail and NJT fan. Family moved us to southern VA in '94 where I came to have a fascination with NS living not to far from the Blue Ridge and Altavista district mainlines. My username comes from the shortline that runs through my hometown of Keysville. Look forward to sharing info on NS as a whole and learning anything I can. Especially ways to improve my photography.
Currently I am stationed down in SC where the Air Force has me exiled in CSX country.
I will warn everyone in advance though that I'm a straight talker and rarely mince words. That's my disclaimer. :D
Cheers!
I'm Jason, and I'm on the NS Peidmont close to the L line running from Winston to Charlotte from the Asheville Division's starting point in Barber. If I'm not chasing steam around I'll more than likely be on the Peidmont main line. I've been intersted in photography for most of my life. I have just become a pretty serious about it as a "full time hobby" for about 2 years now.
Quote from: "ru1056"QuoteI live along the CSX Boston Line in Springfield, MA
There should be therapy available for people who live along a CSX line.
I know it would help me :wink:
Wouldn't hard hats and safety shoes be a more needed offering?
My name is Robert Shook and I live in Western PA. Work for the Union Railroad and live a stones throw from the NS Pittsburgh Line.
Take care,
RAS
Hi
My name is Johnathon Mercer A.K.A NS2557 im from Toronto Ontario Canada I am a locomotive engineer for the Canadian National and I have been for the past 20 and my favorite railway as you can see is NS, I live about 20 mintues from the CN Halton Sub. So that's a bit about me