I have been thinking if there are any one.Who lives next door to a fellow o gauge train guy?Any one lets hear from you.
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No, but I wish I did.
Yes; the guy in back of me.
Lou N
I wish!
Lou N posted:Yes; the guy in back of me.
Lou N
Cool.
Yes, 1/2 block over
Yes..... and I did not know it until he got very ill. Steve Bales was my neighbor and he was a former Lionel employee who worked for Lionel in the early 50s. Steve was a lifetime railroad man working for the Southern Pacific and Union Pacific railroads. In my opinion he was with out a doubt one of the best model railroad hobbyist ever. The talent of this man was mind blowing. If you want to hear more go to Notch 6 and listen to the podcast titled the "The Lionel Employee in the Neighborhood"
No but I also wish I did. There are few that are into HO though. The only o gauge around me are those who put up a Christmas garden every year.
I live near somebody that owns a 7 1/2 gauge railroad. Nobody near me has o gauge.
The house I lived in from 1964 to 1975 was next door to a HO brass Train and track importer's house and home-based business.
He had a large HO & HOn3 layout in his lowest floor.
I worked part time for them in the 1960's & 70's.
His wife got the business, he keep the house and layout when they split.
His house is still there, but the layout was removed for new owner.
But I still own my house - next door without a layout (or me).
No. But i have a friend about 7 miles away he just collects trains .And I have another friend about 20 miles away and has really nice layout and he invites me and my wife over to run trains on his layout. My wife and her dad had a collection no layout either just on shelves, The both of them is what got me into O from HO.
My train doctor and friend lives 30 miles away. He has beautiful Postwar trains but no layout because he has 5 kids and no space for a layout now. He comes to my house to run his trains, and like a doctor making a house call, fixes one of my trains or solves a problem on my layout.
Having a train buddy nearby greatly enhances the hobby, but don't despair if you don't have one. We are different from most people (I think that's a good thing). You might say we march to a different drummer.
You are not a lone wolf anymore because of this Forum.
There are also opportunities for getting together in person at various places. For instance, there is a Forum luncheon taking place at 12:30 PM on December 9th at City Limits Diner in White Plains, NY, there are now regular Forum get togethers in Northeast, Ohio, and you always have the O Gauge Mecca at York Pennsylvania twice per year.
Whenever there is a train show nearby, you can initiate a post on this Forum to schedule a Forum get-together.
Arnold
my buddy is an hr and a half a way. but any trip to a friends house is never long.
He has a 30 inch gauge train running around the property (old amusment park train)
AND is in the process of laying track for a 7 and 1/2" gauge train. We take the 7 1/2" gauge train across
the border into Canada in July and run in parking lot of the Long Sault Arena train show.
I take the track sections in the back of my truck and Kenny takes the train in his truck and trailer.
last July we gave over 2000 kids rides over the weekend.
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My BRO a 1/2 mile away and friends 8 miles away. We get together after train/gun shows drink beers run trains. Win Win!!!!
seaboardm2 posted:I have been thinking if there are any one.Who lives next door to a fellow o gauge train guy?Any one lets hear from you.
Not next door, but I had one a few houses away, an older gentleman. Because of health issues, they had to move away and buy a single-floor condo. Many fun evenings my small sons and I spent there.
On this forum, I met a guy that lives in the next town over …. a couple of miles away. He's 31, has two very young sons, and we get together sometimes for some family fun train time. He's no longer here at OGR.
Arnold D. Cribari posted:There are also opportunities for getting together in person at various places. For instance, there is a Forum luncheon taking place at 12:30 PM on December 9th at City Limits Diner in White Plains, NY, there are now regular Forum get togethers in Northeast, Ohio, and you always have the O Gauge Mecca at York Pennsylvania twice per year.
Arnold, have you considered coming down to Paterson NJ, for the NJ HiRailers' "Trainstock" OGR get-together in January?
Jim
Our club, the Smoky Mountain Model Railroaders is 12 miles away and due to the roads (many quick curves) about a 25 minute drive. That's the only 3 rail layout anywhere near here. One member lives down in Greenville SC but has a cabin a few miles from me here in Maggie Valley. His wife has had a lot of health problems this past year so I've hardly seen him recently.
Otherwise, there are scant few 3 rail guys locally...
EBT Jim posted:seaboardm2 posted:I have been thinking if there are any one.Who lives next door to a fellow o gauge train guy?Any one lets hear from you.
Not next door, but I had one a few houses away, an older gentleman. Because of health issues, they had to move away and buy a single-floor condo. Many fun evenings my small sons and I spent there.
On this forum, I met a guy that lives in the next town over …. a couple of miles away. He's 31, has two very young sons, and we get together sometimes for some family fun train time. He's no longer here at OGR.
Arnold D. Cribari posted:There are also opportunities for getting together in person at various places. For instance, there is a Forum luncheon taking place at 12:30 PM on December 9th at City Limits Diner in White Plains, NY, there are now regular Forum get togethers in Northeast, Ohio, and you always have the O Gauge Mecca at York Pennsylvania twice per year.
Arnold, have you considered coming down to Paterson NJ, for the NJ HiRailers' "Trainstock" OGR get-together in January?
Jim
Thanks Jim! I'm in. I just did a search, and found the post for Trainstock 11. Love the idea of being able to run trains on different layouts, and it looks like there will be great commraderie. Arnold
c.sam posted:Our club, the Smoky Mountain Model Railroaders is 12 miles away and due to the roads (many quick curves) about a 25 minute drive.
Those "quick curves" are the sort of thing that can make getting there half the fun. I may be 70, but I still enjoy putting a car through its paces. One day the police are going to catch me seeing how fast I can get around the local traffic circles.
(Admittedly, I don't put a car through paces nearly as demanding as I used to.)
Next door or even in the same neighborhood would be great. I do know a guy about 1 mile from me. There is another guy about 10 miles from me. However, the group of people that come over here are all within about a 30-minute drive on average. Not too terribly bad. There are about 15 of us in the group. And on every other Sunday night probably at least half that many people are here. That's pretty good. I feel very fortunate because having other people operate the layout with you makes things a lot more fun.
