Hooray! Bob has found his way here out of the darkness. Red Hook Wharf, eh? Looking forward to seeing that come together with your skills.

Jeff

Welcome aboard, Bob. I'm looking forward to seeing the pictures.

George

Greetings from sunny Lake Mary, Florida (just North of Orlando) and thanks for allowing me to join the crew. I've been living here for the past 23 years and work for a large banking software firm as a Business Analyst.

I've been an active modeler ever since my teen years which were way too long ago (hint in the Spring of 2024 I'm planning on retiring). I've cleared out a 2' by 8' space in my garage for a point-to-point shelf layout that will be in HO Scale. It'll be a freelance built around the Red Hook Wharf kit which I've started building (two structures down, six to go). I'll use DCC to power it and have a couple Atlas Jersey Central switchers ready to go for motive power.

I grew up in Schuylkill Haven, PA and the Reading and Pennsylvania Railroad were the predominate railroads in the area, but I have a soft spot for the Lehigh Valley, Jersey Central and Lehigh and New England as well.

My favorite part of the hobby is building structures. I'm really lucky in that I have friends that don't mind having me build structures for them. I really do want to become more proficient at weathering rolling stock and engines at some point.

More to come once I have time to post some pictures.

Bernd,

Good to see you again. I'll have some new photos up in a few days. And, thanks for the welcome.

Tom

Mark, Cheers,

Happy to be here and join the fun. I'll start a new A&S RR thread in a few days.

Tom

Pete,

Thanks for the warm welcome. I'm still learning the site navigations.

Tom

George,

Thank you, much appreciated. I forgot to mention the train shed is 20X50 in an "L" shape. The structure interior is actually 12 ft. wide and 50 long with a 12 X 20 kick out. Below is a test picture.

Tom

Good to see you here Tom. Welcome aboard. Can't wait for the pictures.

Bernd

Great to have you here, Tom. Looking forward to seeing some nice big pictures of the Atlantic and Southern Railroad.

Cheers, Mark.

Welcome aboard, Tom! Enjoy the ride! Looking forward to the pictures....

Pete
in Michigan

Welcome aboard, Tom and thank you for your service. Your train shed sounds like something many of us would l like to have. I'm looking forward to seeing pictures of your layout.

George

Hello all,

My name is Tom Langford and I live in Orlando, Fl. I'm retired from the Orlando Police Department. I retired as a Police Lieutenant, Special Operations Commander. My last five years were spent at the Orlando International Airport where I worked closely with many Federal Agencies including the Secret Service. I was an active participant when POTUS or any dignitary came to Orlando. After retirement from OPD, I spent 7 years with the State Attorney's Office. I'm now fully retired and actively building my Atlantic and Southern RR empire.

I've been an active HO scale modeler for the past 65+ years. At one time I professionally painted brass for customers around the world. I only paint my own brass now as painting for others drastically cuts into my own modeling time.

My layout, (photos to follow later when I learn how to post photos) is the Atlantic and Southern Railroad. I built a separate out structure to house the layout. It is roughly in a 20 X 50 building behind the pool. I refer to the building as the train shed. The A&S RR is a tri-level layout with a bottom level, The Bottoms, a second level, The Midlands, and the third level, The Summit. The levels are accessed by way of an 8 X 12 Ovalix.

My main focus is building structures, both kits and scratch builds, as well as scenery. I can run trains but scenery and structures are my interest.

I'm very much looking forward to my participation here albeit limited, as I'm still an active member of another forum.

Tom

Welcome Eric ! It will be great to see your models here. Keep posting pictures ! We love pictures..

Rich

Glad to have you with us, Eric.

I look forward to following along on your incredible scratchbuilds!

Cheers, Mark.

Good to have you on board Eric.