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Form member Phillip sent us the following link from another Forum that announces the passing of Mike Goad who we know as Tyson Rayles.
https://bigbluetrains.com/showthread.php?tid=9947
Although we have not been able to verify this from any other source, we do know that Mike has been very ill, and he did not respond to a PM I sent him a few weeks ago.
Mike joined the RR-L forum way back in June, 2002, and he was one of the first Forum members to welcome me when I joined a year later. His was the longest serving of our Forum's Moderators.
Mike lived in the mountains of western North Carolina, about 45 minutes from Asheville. Back in the early days of the Forum, posting photos was a chore for Mike whose only access was via a dial-up modem. One of his first 'photo rich' threads was one of the first 'layout visit' threads that I ever saw, and I thought "Wow, I would never have been able to see that layout if I was not a member of this forum". That layout was the Coon Creek logging empire created by Louis Ullian in O/On3. Here is the link:
https://railroad-line.com/node/847548
Mike modeled in N-Scale and his layout build thread was titled "Nantahala Midland V 3.0" which he started on January 20, 2007. It eventually contained 113 pages of his modeling efforts. His layout represented railroading in the "hollers of Appalachia" and his scenery work absolutely nailed it! One of my favorite photos that Mike posted in this thread is this one which Mike graciously allowed me to use in a clinic on blending foregrounds and backgrounds.
Here is a link to Mike's layout thread:
https://railroad-line.com/node/4744
Mike's last post was in a "Moderators Only" area of the Forum to let us know that he was fine after the hurricane. That post was on October 10, 2024.
Mike had a great sense of humor, was a terrific modeler, and a good friend.
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https://bigbluetrains.com/showthread.php?tid=9947
Although we have not been able to verify this from any other source, we do know that Mike has been very ill, and he did not respond to a PM I sent him a few weeks ago.
Mike joined the RR-L forum way back in June, 2002, and he was one of the first Forum members to welcome me when I joined a year later. His was the longest serving of our Forum's Moderators.
Mike lived in the mountains of western North Carolina, about 45 minutes from Asheville. Back in the early days of the Forum, posting photos was a chore for Mike whose only access was via a dial-up modem. One of his first 'photo rich' threads was one of the first 'layout visit' threads that I ever saw, and I thought "Wow, I would never have been able to see that layout if I was not a member of this forum". That layout was the Coon Creek logging empire created by Louis Ullian in O/On3. Here is the link:
https://railroad-line.com/node/847548
Mike modeled in N-Scale and his layout build thread was titled "Nantahala Midland V 3.0" which he started on January 20, 2007. It eventually contained 113 pages of his modeling efforts. His layout represented railroading in the "hollers of Appalachia" and his scenery work absolutely nailed it! One of my favorite photos that Mike posted in this thread is this one which Mike graciously allowed me to use in a clinic on blending foregrounds and backgrounds.
Here is a link to Mike's layout thread:
https://railroad-line.com/node/4744
Mike's last post was in a "Moderators Only" area of the Forum to let us know that he was fine after the hurricane. That post was on October 10, 2024.
Mike had a great sense of humor, was a terrific modeler, and a good friend.
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