I know there are a lot of men in this hobby.But I think there are wemen out there who have their own trains and layouts.So is your wife in the hobby or your sister?
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If memory serves me correctly there are at least two women on this forum. One owns/runs a hobby shop and is a forum sponsor.
My wife and sisters are not in the hobby but I know several women who are active in the hobby, several of which are fellow forum members.
-Greg
We’ve had a woman member of our club (North Atlanta O Gauge Railroad Club) for years now. She has a beautiful layout and opens it for the Atlanta area Piedmont Pilgrimage each fall.
Curt
seaboardm2 posted:I know there are a lot of men in this hobby.But I think there are wemen out there who have their own trains and layouts.So is your wife in the hobby or your sister?
Looking for a date ?
There is a woman in here, but she is more active in another forum, and she does incredible work on her layouts. I believe her name is Becky, but don’t quote me on that.
My wife fully supports my activity in the hobby, loves the layout in the basement, giving the OK to consume a large portion of it with the layout, fully enjoys our sharing it with guests, is proud of my efforts at FAO Schwarz, and she has gifted me with the majority of my scale-locomotives ( dozens.)
She likes to party and to play - what can I tell ya' .
FrankM
Beyond her and the few women who have added their voices to this forum, I only know of a few in this hobby because they have stopped by my booth in the Orange Hall at the TCA Meet @York, PA, to accompany their husbands or to make purchases themselves for their husbands who had layouts.
I know of two in our NMRA MCR div 7 in Cincinnati with a total div 7 membership of 252.
My Wife is the President of the Narrow Gauge feeder line on our family layout. The On30 is all hers. She has plans to indulge in relettering the rolling stock and aiding in the scenery and buildings, but time is at too much a premium right now.
Jim Berger posted:seaboardm2 posted:I know there are a lot of men in this hobby.But I think there are wemen out there who have their own trains and layouts.So is your wife in the hobby or your sister?
Looking for a date ?
Maybe you never know.
Moonson posted:My wife fully supports my activity in the hobby, loves the layout in the basement, giving the OK to consume a large portion of it with the layout, fully enjoys our sharing it with guests, is proud of my efforts at FAO Schwarz, and she has gifted me with the majority of my scale-locomotives ( dozens.)
She likes to party and to play - what can I tell ya' .
FrankM
Beyond her and the few women who have added their voices to this forum, I only know of a few in this hobby because they have stopped by my booth in the Orange Hall at the TCA Meet @York, PA, to accompany their husbands or to make purchases themselves for their husbands who had layouts.
All I can say is your blessed.
palallin posted:My Wife is the President of the Narrow Gauge feeder line on our family layout. The On30 is all hers. She has plans to indulge in relettering the rolling stock and aiding in the scenery and buildings, but time is at too much a premium right now.
Narrow gauge is pretty cool.Here in n.c. we have tweetsie railroad.I bet she would love it.
seaboardm2 posted:Moonson posted:My wife fully supports my activity in the hobby, loves the layout in the basement, giving the OK to consume a large portion of it with the layout, fully enjoys our sharing it with guests, is proud of my efforts at FAO Schwarz, and she has gifted me with the majority of my scale-locomotives ( dozens.)
She likes to party and to play - what can I tell ya' .
FrankM
All I can say is your blessed.
True that! Thanks for noticing!
And that blessing of her extends far beyond this hobby in our life together. I can't think of anything to which she does not bring wisdom and joy.
FrankM
Nearly every female that sees my layout is interested in it. Maybe half the men.
Hal
HMS2035 posted:Nearly every female that sees my layout is interested in it. Maybe half the men.
Hal
Do you have a Big Boy?
I’m not the one who has the great layout, but I’ll gladly sit and fiddle with rusty side rods or old wheels and the like.
The Carnegie Science Center layout is mostly a woman’s work and she scratch-built Fallingwater and Forbes Field.
Jan Altizer was as active in the NMRA as her husband was.
I notice a lot of women are more into buildings and landscaping than operations. That doesn’t apply to 1:1 scale—a lot of us older women grew up wanting to work on big trains, towboats or planes.
My wife is not involved with the trains or layout, but is accommodating, and I'm grateful for that.
seaboardm2 posted:I know there are a lot of men in this hobby.But I think there are wemen out there who have their own trains and layouts.So is your wife in the hobby or your sister?
Why? Lookin fer one to hitch up with?
I can see your personal ad now:
"NICE male looking for a woman that loves model railroading, layouts, attending train meets, and has her own layout. Please send pictures of layout."
Andre
My wife is pretty involved with my trains since she's been the CFO going on 55 years.
You could say that my wife is in the hobby as when I was going to York she always accompanied me. She likes seeing my layout run and enjoys going to Trainstock. If you do a search you will find several women on this forum. The last remaining train store in this area was run by a woman by the name of Jan. Then there is Angela Trotta Thomas, and also a girl who does restoration work on trains but I can't recall her name . Lets also not forget the women that run model train businesses with their husband.
