Alan, I imagine most of us are a little of both. I however have always considered myself more of a modeler. Scott Whitfield Engineer Sachse Central and Purple Mountain Railroad G Guage, Texas
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Posted by millcstl (Member # 60) on :
Alan, HO and the D&RGW is what my shangrila is. I'm definatly both railfan and modeler! Scott
Posted by ajy6b (Member # 77) on :
I am both railfan and model railroader. My wife probably thinks I take both the excess I wish I had the time to do more of both, but where I spend the time depends on the season. In the spring and fall I love to be trackside. Winter and summer I prefer to work more on my layout. Nothing better to do on a cold raw wintry day then to work on the layout. Likewise on a miserable hot summer day, I will spend it in the cool basement, working on layout.
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http://www.nvrra.org (my club's page)
Posted by therailnut (Member # 171) on :
I do alot of railfanning. Since I do not have a layout yet. I want to start a layout that has to do with the Illinois Division. I want have Galesburg to Chicago on the former BN line. Since I live in Galesburg and that particular line runs through my back yard. Why not. So until I start my model railroad I will be railfan.
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Posted by Alan (Member # 151) on :
At least you can gather a lot of information during your railfanning, which will help your modelling when you get started
I trying to learn alot about this division as far as signals and speed restrictions and other litle details about it. I have traveled part of the distance in a car to get details for this particular area. Most of the trains are connecting trains to CSX and NS(former conrail lines). Any other is usually coal trains that are to heavy for the chillecothe sub. Oh I forgot detour stacks from the UP and the BNSF when chillecothe Sub gets full. And I plan to use some of that when the layout gets going.
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Posted by Rod Tonkin (Member # 200) on :
while I model north American trains, I find observing how Austailan railways(railroads) operate helps me build a more realistic model railway
Posted by jameskrapf (Member # 201) on :
quote:Originally posted by Alan: I just wondered what propertion of the members here are modellers, or railfans, or both?
I am both fan and modeler but it is hard to railfan since the CNJ/LV are both gone but I do go trackside in the summer and fall. I visit the CSX in my local area of Kentucky.
Posted by Alan (Member # 151) on :
Living in England, it is even harder for me to railfan But there are always videotapes, magazines and the internet
And the times when I can get over to the states for some serious railfanning fun
I'm in 1/24 scale outdoor railroading, and I get to watch a 1:1 local train from my back yard railroad. I deal with real things like Snow, Rain, Winds, -10º to 118º temps, rail-gaps caused by heat, animals [lizards, snakes, squirrls, and birds]. I'm next to the old Carson & Colorado RR. right-O-way. The SP now owns it, and ships Logs, wood fence post, and other lumber to a preasure treatment plant behind my place. They also do the shipping of ammo to and from the US Army depot just south of me.
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Posted by Alan (Member # 151) on :
I used to have an O scale (British) railway in the garden some years ago. (Before I saw the light and went over to American Railroading!)
We had a lot of fun with it, but the maintenance became a chore, (although we don't have snakes, lizards, etc ) so I went indoors with HO, but have now settled on N Scale, and here I will stay
But there are always videotapes, magazines and the internet