Introduce yourself!

[E.M. Bell]

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!

[Anonymous]

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

[Anonymous]

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.

[Railroad80]

Im Randy Thaggard From Byron , GA.  Have worked for NS for 25 years.

[Mojo]

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.

[ccaranna]

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!

[dputz]

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:

[eXw81]

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.

[nsrailfan6130]

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

[SD70MAC]

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.

[ru1056]

I 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:

[lethbridgeNSFan]

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

[SD70MAC]

hahaha......Maybe I should have kept my mouth shut here. The NS guys may  chew me up  :lol:

[Anonymous]

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."  

[nashvillen]

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...

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

[Chris7092]

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

[The Idiot Railfan]

Greetings, Y'all.

I'm finally on the new list.  Hope to share some good juicy foamer stuff with you guys in the future!

[trainshooter]

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.

[amzopff]

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

[Crazytrain]

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.  

[Southern6482]

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.

[Batman]

My name is Mike , and i`m an NS locomotive nut !

[nssd70]

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.

[stillbre]

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.

[S.C. Vermillion]

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!