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Hello,
I am really happy to join this group and I'm really impressed by what I saw/read so far.
While I'm not new to model railroading, my activity on this subject was "suspended" a number of years due to a very demanding job. Finding enough time for your hobby is always challenging ;-)
Anyway, while I'm mostly interested by narrow gauges (I have a small metric gauge layout at home), I'm also fan of two North American railroads: the Chesapeake & Ohio and the Canadian National.
For the C&O, my era is late 40's, early 50's and the subject is the coal branchlines. I have a project to make a shelf layout in HO scale inspired by Tony Koster's 'Coal Fork' extension...
For the Canadian National, my era is early/mid-50's, because of the still high mix of steam and diesel power. Area is south Ontario, Windsor area. Why there? First, because my father lived there a few years in the 50's before coming back to France. Secondly because of the high mix of companies sharing the track rights CNR, CPR, CASO/NYC, PM/C&O... (I'm still trying to understand how all this worked...)
Another project in HO scale, but still nothing started due to lack of time and space.
Space is often an issue in Europe where few people have a basement or attic to dedicate to our favorite hobby. That's why I have been looking into the Z scale, because I could do something interesting on an only one meter long module. This is especially true since I have seen the release of CN GP-7 by MTL. So maybe...
I'm sure I will find here people sharing the same passion and subjects and help me to make my projects real!
Bruno "Spike"
I am really happy to join this group and I'm really impressed by what I saw/read so far.
While I'm not new to model railroading, my activity on this subject was "suspended" a number of years due to a very demanding job. Finding enough time for your hobby is always challenging ;-)
Anyway, while I'm mostly interested by narrow gauges (I have a small metric gauge layout at home), I'm also fan of two North American railroads: the Chesapeake & Ohio and the Canadian National.
For the C&O, my era is late 40's, early 50's and the subject is the coal branchlines. I have a project to make a shelf layout in HO scale inspired by Tony Koster's 'Coal Fork' extension...
For the Canadian National, my era is early/mid-50's, because of the still high mix of steam and diesel power. Area is south Ontario, Windsor area. Why there? First, because my father lived there a few years in the 50's before coming back to France. Secondly because of the high mix of companies sharing the track rights CNR, CPR, CASO/NYC, PM/C&O... (I'm still trying to understand how all this worked...)
Another project in HO scale, but still nothing started due to lack of time and space.
Space is often an issue in Europe where few people have a basement or attic to dedicate to our favorite hobby. That's why I have been looking into the Z scale, because I could do something interesting on an only one meter long module. This is especially true since I have seen the release of CN GP-7 by MTL. So maybe...
I'm sure I will find here people sharing the same passion and subjects and help me to make my projects real!
Bruno "Spike"
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