Arnold, The biggest club of train people in my estimation is the Forum. Let me give you several examples. Two years ago CSam who is on this thread posted some pictures of a layout in his area. Since my wife and I were traveling through that area on our way to Florida, I contacted Sam and he arranged for us to see the layout. We kept in touch with him and last year on our way to South Carolina, we met Sam for dinner one evening. Sam is now talking about making a trip up here in the summer and staying with us. All this was made possible by the Forum.
From there we visited Pat Norcross and his wife Tammy (Harmon Shops) and dropped some engines off to be repaired. Again, all Forum driven.
Stu Gralnik of Model Building Services in Salem Mass suggested Rocky Rockewicz invite me to join the Albany train group. We had become associated because of some models Stu built for me. Again, I got Stu's information from the Forum.
Our Albany group has an loose affiliation with the downstate Railboys and that is how I met you Arnold and developed a friendship with you. So my vote for the best train club is the Forum where all of the above contacts and friendships started. These are but a few of the friends I have made here. Bill
