Origin and Meaning of Forum User Names

Well, I'm a coaster guy. 

Interesting topic.

Now, it is you all's turn if you are willing and thank you for your sharing! :-)

Jeff: The real thing? Amusement park coasters? There are some really amazing coasters here and around the world. Some quite scary! Do you travel to ride them?

I was eating breakfast one morning and my Forum User Name just came to me out of the blue.

Steven J. Serenska

Think of that! LOL!

My name reflects my appreciation to my father who would take me too the ACL passenger station to watch trains when I was about 6 or 7. The purple reflects the purple  diesels I remember from those visits.

@Serenska posted:

I was eating breakfast one morning and my Forum User Name just came to me out of the blue.

Steven J. Serenska

Ha, ha, yeah, we are the boring ones. I used my real name, figuring it would keep me from posting something I might regret. Not sure that has always worked.

I certainly remember you as Beowulf, Art.

Purplepapa: My very first HO diesel had that attractive ACL purple livery! Truly, one of the iconic color schemes!

Craftech.   Business name that has been used for many years in different forms.

Latest iteration:  Craftech Productions (a videography business specializing in (temporarily suspended) stage productions.

John

My home layout is based upon the New Haven RR so I selected NH Joe.

Since I live in CA and have more western trains than NH trains, maybe I should change my name to Beach Boy Joe?  NH Joe

Triple O - The Odious Orange Octopus. Only name I have ever used on the internet. Title given to me by a 155 battery commander in Vietnam in 1969.

When I first joined in about 06, I had been quite active, but fell away for a while. When I came back, I couldn't remember my original name, so I started a new membership. I tried a few variations with rail included, but they were taken, so I just cut it down to rail, and that was available. My name on one of a few music forums I belong to is Imnidiot.

My Mum and Dad picked my Forum name way back in 1956.  It still works. 

THANKS, ALL, for your participation and sharing! :-)

Well, my real name is Artie, and I’m a fan of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western.

Being a Trekie, I got mine handle from a book about the Star Trek time line from the 1950 up to Star Trek the Motion Picture.  Book talks about the future of warp drive past the Enterprise and they called it Superwarp.  Still have the book, I'll get the name of the title when I get home.  They pop up on the Bay from time to time.

Found the book.  Star Trek Spaceflight Chronology.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...aceflight_Chronology

First initials of the family first names. (Original I know), the 18 is an important number.

It morphed into the name of my RR too- The RSJ&B.

Bob

My all-time favorite science-fiction horror movie is Frankenstein (1931).

I've always been fascinated by the different ways used to spell the same sounds in English.

ph = f

+rank

+en+

stign = sign with a "t" in it = stein

phrankenstign=ph+rank+en+stign

Not very original... my name and profession.... it also has a ring to it.... or so I am told!