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New member 3 posts bbhf New member 3 posts
bbhf

Just signed on to this great site and would like to say hello from CT. i have been away from model trains for some time: i am getting back back into it and look forward to the information that this site has to offer: i have always been interested in HO scale trains so that is what i will be modeling: i hope that this is in the right forum: skip
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Rick Sutton Prolific poster 4,359 posts
Rick Sutton

Hello to you!

A big welcome from CA. Also a recent returnee to model railroading I find this site to be informative and populated by wonderful, helpful people. You found the right place!
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ctxmf74 Super User 15,970 posts
ctxmf74

" i have always been

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" i have always been interested in HO scale trains so that is what i will be modeling: i hope that this is in the right forum: skip"

  Hi Skip, Yeah this is the place . HO scale is very popular so you'll get lots of input for any topics you might bring up. Do you have any favorite railroad scenes or railroad memories you'd like to model?..DaveB 

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doc-in-ct Regular poster 268 posts
doc-in-ct

Welcome Skip

Hi Skip

I'm also from CT and modeling in HO (according to the MRH Members Map [ link] there are at least 7 other HO scale modelers.
Are you modeling any specific era? prototype? or freelancing?

Alan

Alan T.
Co-Owner of the CT River Valley RR - a contemporary HO scale layout of Western & Northern CT, and Western Mass.  In the design stage; Waterbury CT.
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jlrc47 Regular poster 401 posts
jlrc47

  Welcome Skip. Great you are

Welcome Skip.

Great you are getting back into the hobby. Any question just ask away.

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casenundra Regular poster 367 posts
casenundra

Hey Skip

A great big hello from little RHODY.

Rich S.

Home of the Here N There RR (N) (under construction)

One of these days I'll be able to run some trains!

Now on Facebook for whatever that's worth.
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dkaustin Prolific poster 1,515 posts
dkaustin

Welcome Skip!

You are one of many recently returning to model railroading.  This is the place to ask questions.  By the way, there are no dumb questions.  This forum is wide open.  Don't be surprised if we ask you questions.  We should be able to save you a lot of frustration and money.

So, what are your interests besides HO scale?  Do you want to model a prototype that you remember as a youth or do you just want to run some trains?

Den

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UPWilly Prolific poster 1,965 posts
UPWilly

Welcome Skip

Be sure to check out the back issues (all 58 are available on line). Also, one of our frequent forum members, Bill Brillinger, voluntarily compiles an article table-of-contents, adding to it for each issue:

http://model-railroad-hobbyist.com/mrh_toc_index

 

Bill D.

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N Scale (1:160), not N Gauge. DC (analog), Stapleton PWM Throttle.

Proto-freelance Southwest U.S. 2nd half 20th Century.

Keep on trackin'
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bbhf New member 3 posts
bbhf

Thanks for the replies: i am

Thanks for the replies: i am down here in norwalk: my father and i built the Great Eastern Trunk by Atlas when i was a kid: i may do that one again: i do like switching yards though, so i may do something new: i look forward to looking through the forums and how to's: skip
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Ray Dunakin Frequent poster 808 posts
Ray Dunakin

Welcome aboard!

Welcome aboard!

Visit http://www.raydunakin.com to see pics of the rugged and rocky In-ko-pah Railroad!
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casenundra Regular poster 367 posts
casenundra

A great big hello from little

A great big hello from little RHODY.

Rich S.

Home of the Here N There RR (N) (under construction)

One of these days I'll be able to run some trains!

Now on Facebook for whatever that's worth.
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Neil Erickson NeilEr Moderator 5,792 posts
Neil Erickson NeilEr

E'komo mai!

Welcome aboard. Help yourself to a beer in the frig and the coffee is always hot. 

Aloha!

Neil on the Big Island of Hawaii

Neil Erickson, Hawai’i 

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bbhf New member 3 posts
bbhf

just got back from the show

just got back from the show in Branford ct: nice show with a good amount of stuff: bought a couple of engines and a few box cars so now i have to build a layout: sk
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joef MRH Founder 17,521 posts
joef

Go to Springfield show end of Jan

If you're in CT, then you owe it to yourself to attend the West Springfield show the last weekend in Jan. This show is quite possibly the largest in the US, and you're almost in it's backyard! Get ready to spend several hours going through all the buildings - it's simply massive, with 5 buildings at the Big E Fairgrounds.

Joe Fugate​
Publisher, Model Railroad Hobbyist magazine

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monsterrailroad Regular poster 257 posts
monsterrailroad

I am in CT too.

What's up dawg.?!   I am also from Connecticut. Southeastern CT. to be exact.  I model the Modern day Union Pacific on the former Southern Pacific line in Southern california in HO scale here!   


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Virginian and Lake Erie Super User 9,244 posts
Virginian and Lake Erie

Welcome to the forums skip.

Welcome to the forums skip. There is also a nice depository of track plans on site courtesy of Bill. And many posts covering most things you would want to know about building a layout. If you don't know ask and someone on here that does know will tell you. Just wait a bit and you will have all the ways to do it and some of the ones that you should not use as well. It is likely that all of them will be discussed and you will be able to decide what is right for you.

Rob in Texas

MRH Blog / Prep for an Operating Session / Delving Into the Past / The Club Blog / Youtube / etmrc.org
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