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Authors
Steve Amitrano
Indian Summer is upon the high country, the mountains are starting to show their colors and the grasses in the valleys are starting to turn golden brown. The Chili Line is my Sn3 piece of heaven.
Jan 1, 2000 - 1:26:00 AM
Stan Ames
Stan is the coordinator of the NMRA's Large Scale standards efforts.
Jan 1, 2000 - 1:26:00 AM
Paul Arvidson
Paul is from the Midwestern state of Iowa. His first home as a youngster was in a small town near Des Moines where the dining room window faced the railroad tracks. He never tired of watching the seemingly endless cars roll by.
Jan 1, 2000 - 1:26:00 AM
Nick Ariemma
A life long model railroader, Nick enjoys the hobby from a range of perspectives.
Jan 1, 2000 - 1:26:00 AM
Todd Brody
"How about we give the gophers something else to tear up for a change?"
Jan 1, 2000 - 1:25:00 AM
Tim Blagg
As with most people my interest in trains goes back to my childhood. I used to ride the train every summer going to Chicago to visit relatives. I can still remember the steam locomotive coming into the station huffing and puffing.
Jan 1, 2000 - 1:25:00 AM
Scotty Beaton
The large scale is only a year old but the plans for expansion are well under way.
Jan 1, 2000 - 1:25:00 AM
Rick Brown
Featured Author: I retired and I am part owner and operator of the Pine Needle and Stump Pile Railroad.
Jan 1, 2000 - 1:25:00 AM
Phil Benedict
Finally! I have an area that NEEDS a garden railroad. This is my first attempt at 'G' scale. What a difference from 'N' scale!!!
Jan 1, 2000 - 1:25:00 AM
Paul J. Bottino
First of all, growing up, we lived in the heart of coal country, which meant lots of coal trains.
Jan 1, 2000 - 1:25:00 AM
Gilbert Buras
Jan 1, 2000 - 1:25:00 AM
Dave Bodnar
Featured Author: Dave finds garden railroading to be an ideal outlet for his other hobbies and interests.
Jan 1, 2000 - 1:25:00 AM
Larry Cooper
Starting in HO guage in Sumter, South Carolina while in the U.S. Air Force in 1970, Larry quickly discovered that he wanted to modify or "kitbash" some of the standard plastic offerings then available in HO.
Jan 1, 2000 - 1:24:00 AM
Gary Condry
The Wooster, Worthington, & Delaware Railroad (WWD) has been very slow to develop but it has been a joy to watch an engine run, even without cars behind it. The design and construction of its first engine, Hybrid U25B # 1975, has taken my enthusiasm to another level.
Jan 1, 2000 - 1:24:00 AM
Dennis Cherry
I have always been mechanically and electronically inclined and love investigating how something works.
Jan 1, 2000 - 1:24:00 AM
Andy Chester
I have always had a fascination with trains. Like so many others, I was introduced to model trains as a youngster with a small Lionel set.
Jan 1, 2000 - 1:24:00 AM
Wil Davis
I received my first train for Christmas 1946. It was a Lionel, of course, and I still have it in spite of my efforts to destroy it in my youth.
Jan 1, 2000 - 1:23:00 AM
Wesley Drummond
Wes has been a model RR for four decades starting with Lionel and moving to HO until landing in the G large scale camp just over a year now.
Jan 1, 2000 - 1:23:00 AM
Ted Doskaris
When I became aware of the Aristo-Craft "G" scale Napa Valley Wine Train a few years ago.
Jan 1, 2000 - 1:23:00 AM
Peter De Keles
My train life began over 50 years ago when my grandpa bought me a Lionel train set for my first Christmas. Since then it has been a complete fascination with these wheeled devices. From laying on my stomach watching them go around the Christmas tree to full blown layouts.
Jan 1, 2000 - 1:23:00 AM
Jon C.A. DeKeles
In 1993 Jon got his first Large Scale Train. It was a Lionel engine with a built in wireless camera. Gadgets are king!
Jan 1, 2000 - 1:23:00 AM
John Dale
Family Doctor, partly retired, and active pilot as well as author of two books.
Jan 1, 2000 - 1:23:00 AM
Jo Anne L. DeKeles
The mortar that holds together the virtual bricks that make up LargeScaleOnline.com and GardenRailwayGear.com
Jan 1, 2000 - 1:23:00 AM
Jeanne DeVoto
But Portland was always home to me, and I'm back here now.
Jan 1, 2000 - 1:23:00 AM
David DeMersseman
My first electric train was given to me at Christmas in 1945, and I have had trains ever since.
Jan 1, 2000 - 1:23:00 AM
Bryan DeKeles
He is a CSX fan and a Packers fan, so blue and green are all over the B.I.G.D railroad.
Jan 1, 2000 - 1:23:00 AM
Bob DeForge
Bob DeForge has been involved with Large Scale Trains and Garden Railroads since 1996 when he and his wife Beth became members of the Vermont Garden Railway Society (VGRS) following attendance at a flower show.
Jan 1, 2000 - 1:23:00 AM
Bill Dressler
Sixteen tons of wall block and 40 yards of fill later, there were trains on more than 500 ft of track in the garden, but no facile way to run them without lugging them from inside
Jan 1, 2000 - 1:23:00 AM
Mike Evans
I've been involved in model railroading ever since my older brother got a used Marx 027 train set when I was 4 yrs old.
Jan 1, 2000 - 1:22:00 AM
Joe Fotschky
Like most garden railroaders I started out at a young age in a different scale. I had N and HO trains while I was a kid growing up in Illinois.
Jan 1, 2000 - 1:21:00 AM
Bob Freeman
Jan 1, 2000 - 1:21:00 AM
Wayne Gravelle
"Big" Wayne Gravelle is an author, graphics artist, and microchip designer in Silicon Valley, California.
Jan 1, 2000 - 1:20:00 AM
Mike Gray
I've had an interest in trains most of my 59 years.
Jan 1, 2000 - 1:20:00 AM
Guest Author
A special guest to write at Large Scale Online.
Jan 1, 2000 - 1:20:00 AM
Glenn Habrial
I'm a licensed aircraft technician since 1975 now working for an international business jet manufacturer in the quality assurance department. I have been playing with model trains off and on since 1962.
Jan 1, 2000 - 1:20:00 AM
Dave Gerancher
I have been into trains since I was 3 yrs. old. My Dad got me started.
Jan 1, 2000 - 1:20:00 AM
Bob Guy
Bob's railroading interests date back to 1947 when he and his younger brother received Lionel trains for Christmas. His father built an HO layout in the basement shortly afterward.
Jan 1, 2000 - 1:20:00 AM
Bob Gentile
Featured Author: I started model railroading at the age of 6 years old and it has been an interesting and educational experience for me.
Jan 1, 2000 - 1:20:00 AM
Ron Hill
I grew up watching trains and later riding in the locomotive when a train was in town.
Jan 1, 2000 - 1:19:00 AM
Rick Henderson / Noel Widdifield
Rick: Railroad modeling has been a part of Rick's life since 1954. Noel: I worked for a week on the Cumbries and Toltec Railroad in 1998.
Jan 1, 2000 - 1:19:00 AM
Rick Henderson
Featured Author: Railroading has been a part of Rick's life for over 53 years now.
Jan 1, 2000 - 1:19:00 AM
Harvey Heyser
I have been involved with miniature trains for 40 years or so starting with toy trains, then with several scales of model railroading, and since the mid 1980's with Large Scale. I especially enjoy kit bashing.
Jan 1, 2000 - 1:19:00 AM
Geoff Horne
I have been involved with trains most of my life but only with railway modeling since being given a train set at the age of 10.
Jan 1, 2000 - 1:19:00 AM
Fred Hughes
I started in Garden Railroading in 1984 and starting installing DCC in 1994.
Jan 1, 2000 - 1:19:00 AM
Elaine Haggenbottom
Elaine Haggenbottom owns and operates a "seasonal (Christmas only) railroad and village for the past eight years, with the wonderful help of her partner and husband, Warren.
Jan 1, 2000 - 1:19:00 AM
David Howarth
My name is David "Dave" Howarth; I'm 65 years of age and live in Sale, Cheshire, England.
Jan 1, 2000 - 1:19:00 AM
Dan Hoag
Dan's love for trains began when he was a child growing up in a railroad town Montpelier, OH. This love of trains was rekindled when he obtained an old HO train set he and his brother had as kids.
Jan 1, 2000 - 1:19:00 AM
Bob Homer
I had a train set as a child and later built an HO gauge (4' X 8') layout that included a slot car track for my oldest son when he was about 10 or 11. Eventually I became fascinated with the Large Scale train models and ended up modeling 1:20.3 logging and associated era cars.
Jan 1, 2000 - 1:19:00 AM
Richard Jones
I started model railroading in the late 1940's with an American Flyer train set that I bought with $25 that I got for Christmas. Little did I know at that time, what it would all lead to.
Jan 1, 2000 - 1:17:00 AM
Rich Johnson
I am a native Californian born in Stockton and raised in Pacific Grove. My railroad world was in the background because I fell in love with Woodturning and Michelle. In '84 I married Michelle. We got to do craft fairs together for many years.
Jan 1, 2000 - 1:17:00 AM
Ken Johnson
I have always been into hobbies on some sort or another. Trains have been in there in one form or another. It all started with N scale. Did not take long before I realized that, although the massive layout took up so little space, I could barely model in this scale.
Jan 1, 2000 - 1:17:00 AM
Bruce Jahn
Growing up travelling the circus circuit and living in a "mobile" home, I didn't have the type of life one associates with being able to have a hobby.
Jan 1, 2000 - 1:17:00 AM
Tom Knight
Since 2005 have been building my retirement dream house in the hills of east Tennessee including my dream outdoor large scale train layout. Both probably lifetime projects.
Jan 1, 2000 - 1:16:00 AM
Kirke Fay
hen I became interested in building an outdoor railroad around an existing small pond and garden, I had already been through a number of years of scratch-building in both HO and O gauge.
Jan 1, 2000 - 1:16:00 AM
Jim Kottkamp
My first HO Athern F unit arrived on Christmas at age 5 and I have never stopped modeling.
Jan 1, 2000 - 1:16:00 AM
LittleMachineShop.com
Since launching in 2001, LittleMachineShop.com has established itself as "the premier source of tooling, parts, and accessories for bench top machinists."
Jan 1, 2000 - 1:15:00 AM
Joe Mower
Father of Randy Mower
Jan 1, 2000 - 1:15:00 AM
Randy Mower
Featured Author: He has been involved in model railroading and railroad photography for over 25 years.
Jan 1, 2000 - 1:14:00 AM
Mike Moran
I started about 6 years ago in this scale. Built my first layout indoors the first year and a outdoor layout the next year.
Jan 1, 2000 - 1:14:00 AM
Michael Mott
A long time armchair model railroader, who is finally getting going with the garden renovations.
Jan 1, 2000 - 1:14:00 AM
KC Marshall
K.C. lives in Oakdale California and has a railroad called the Kitbashed Corrupt and Decrepid Rail Way (KC&D RW). He grew up in the town of Yelm, Washington just south of Fort Lewis. While growing up, K.C. became fascinated with railroads and logging railroads in particular.
Jan 1, 2000 - 1:14:00 AM
Jon D. Miller
Featured Author: Scratch building is a way of life.
Jan 1, 2000 - 1:14:00 AM
James Matchett
Jim Matchett was introduced to large scale model railroading in 1995 after a lifetime of enjoying trains and model railroads but with no active layout.
Jan 1, 2000 - 1:14:00 AM
Gerald (Jerry) Madsen
Ever since I was a kid I could not get enough of model trains. I'm surprised I never worked in the railroad industry. As a child I would spend what little money I could get on Tyco and Life Like HO trains.
Jan 1, 2000 - 1:14:00 AM
Dwight Morgan
My wife is the one who reintroduced me to this fun hobby by giving me a Z gauge starter set for a wedding present 28.5 years ago. I had not had trains since my Lionel 0-27 when I was about twelve years old.
Jan 1, 2000 - 1:14:00 AM
David Maynard
I started "playing with trains" when I was about four or five, my first set was a Lionel set but even at that age it looked too toylike for me.
Jan 1, 2000 - 1:14:00 AM
Dave Marecek
Dave has been involved in Model Railroading starting at the age of 5 with a Lionel O set . My dad built a foldout layout in the rec room wall which became my first railroad empire.
Jan 1, 2000 - 1:14:00 AM
Bill Manby
My eyesight would not allow me to continue with the small HO engines and cars so I switched to something I could see...Large Scale trains!
Jan 1, 2000 - 1:14:00 AM
Andy Morrison
Jan 1, 2000 - 1:14:00 AM
Ron Loudermilk
My interest in Model Railroading did not start until I retired. After visiting a botanically gardens in Indianapolis Indiana, a small layout in the gardens appealed to my curiosity to find out more about the hobby.
Jan 1, 2000 - 1:13:00 AM
Paul Norton
As a teenager, I used to ride with my dad in the caboose to go trout fishing with him in Algonquin Park. The interior of the van smelled of coal oil and kerosene.
Jan 1, 2000 - 1:13:00 AM
National Garden Bureau
The National Garden Bureau was founded in 1920 to disseminate accurate information on gardening from seed.
Jan 1, 2000 - 1:13:00 AM
Jeff Nettleton
I have been involved with model trains in a lot of different scales all of my life, but have been active in G-Scale Modeling since 1992 and a member of the Gateway Garden Railroad Club
Jan 1, 2000 - 1:13:00 AM
Bill Ness
I was born in 1940 and grew up in a suburb of Atlanta, Georgia. On summer nights, when the wind was right, I could hear the Central of Georgia switching cars in a small railyard about a mile from our house.
Jan 1, 2000 - 1:13:00 AM
Barbara Nichols
Chipmunk Falls Rairoad -- Where Chipmunks Ride for free.
Jan 1, 2000 - 1:13:00 AM
Scot Osterweil
Scot Osterweil is a long-time model railroader, working in HO scale for over 20 years, and large scale for the last 10.
Jan 1, 2000 - 1:12:00 AM
Jim O'Conor
A life long railroad fan having been born and raised on the Colorado & Southern Ry.
Jan 1, 2000 - 1:12:00 AM
Pam's Puddle
Pam's a water gardener.
Jan 1, 2000 - 1:11:00 AM
Marc Gast
My planned large scale layout will be the Georgetown Loop (to scale in 1:20.3)
Jan 1, 2000 - 1:11:00 AM
Lewis Polk
President of Aristo-Craft
Jan 1, 2000 - 1:11:00 AM
John B. Pedersen
I learn here is great, and I like to share my knowledge with others.
Jan 1, 2000 - 1:11:00 AM
Dr. Lenoard Perry
University of Vermont Extension Professor
Jan 1, 2000 - 1:11:00 AM
Dennis Packer
Dennis Packer is one of LSOL'S early members and has a wide array of experience in garden and indoor modular railroading.
Jan 1, 2000 - 1:11:00 AM
Chuck Priputin
Jan 1, 2000 - 1:11:00 AM
Bob Polomski & Debbie Shaughnessy
Extension Consumer Horticulturist, Clemson University.
Jan 1, 2000 - 1:11:00 AM
Russ Rose
Jan 1, 2000 - 1:09:00 AM
Llyn Rice
I've always loved trains. In Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts, where I grew up, there was a four track rail line through my back yard. Heaven!
Jan 1, 2000 - 1:09:00 AM
Bill Rohm
Bill Rohm had a 30 year career as a submarine officer followed by 17 years at Penn State University. He and his wife retired last year and manage a modest organic farm. His interest in modeling and railroading is lifelong.
Jan 1, 2000 - 1:09:00 AM
Tom Smith
Tom owns a CAD/CAM/CAE consulting business and it ties in nicely with his love of trains.
Jan 1, 2000 - 1:08:00 AM
Steve Seidensticker
In the last few years I have been slowly moving from the world of working stiff to the world of retirement.
Jan 1, 2000 - 1:08:00 AM
Scott Suleski
Scott Suleski is President and Chief Operating Officer of Suleski Transportation.
Jan 1, 2000 - 1:08:00 AM
Ronald N Simpson
Ron Simpson, owner of the Copper Rail Depot in the south central community of Copper Center, is also the author of the historic novel "Legacy of the Chief."
Jan 1, 2000 - 1:08:00 AM
Roland "DOC" Smith
I remember occasionally accompanying my Mom when she would go to pickup my Dad from work in Chester, PA. Diesels and the occasional Steam switcher would shunt cars through the sidings either delivering raw materials of shipping out finished products from the Scott Paper Company.
Jan 1, 2000 - 1:08:00 AM
David Snow
I started in G scale back in 1987 when I bought an LGB western starter set for my son Ryan for Christmas.
Jan 1, 2000 - 1:08:00 AM
Dave Sawyer
He discovered large-scale model trains in 1997.
Jan 1, 2000 - 1:08:00 AM
Brent Stuvland
Most all Great Northern, others local road names
Jan 1, 2000 - 1:08:00 AM
BJ Seaton
BJ Seaton is a 30 year veteran employee at the University of Tennessee Center for the Health Sciences in Memphis, Tn.
Jan 1, 2000 - 1:08:00 AM
Terry Shultz
Jan 1, 2000 - 1:07:00 AM
Rick Taylor
I was going to build an HO layout in my garage until I saw a Tucson Garden Railroad Society display at our county fair. I was hooked after that.
Jan 1, 2000 - 1:07:00 AM
Ray Turner
Like many of us, I started in model railroading with Lionel when I was seven.
Jan 1, 2000 - 1:07:00 AM
Pete Smith
She said: "Wouldn't it be nice to have a little train in the back yard."; I smiled and said "OK"
Jan 1, 2000 - 1:07:00 AM
Pat Turner
I have been involved with trains since I was 4 years old and some would say even before that.
Jan 1, 2000 - 1:07:00 AM
Lee Thomas
I remember my first train set vividly. It was an oval HO set. All set up (by Santa) and ready to run when I came downstairs. I don't recall my age but it was around 6 or 7.
Jan 1, 2000 - 1:07:00 AM
Russell T (Rusty) Wrails
Russ believes in the 10 foot rule of scale, but has every rivet on his railroad categorized and named.
Jan 1, 2000 - 1:04:00 AM
Ron Wenger
I guess my love affair with trains started when I was three or four, steam was king then.
Jan 1, 2000 - 1:04:00 AM
Ralph Walker
Ralph Walker retired from the Smithsonian Institution as a computer programmer.
Jan 1, 2000 - 1:04:00 AM
Peter Wine
Most recently, he has been building garden railroads with Paul Busse's Applied Imagination.
Jan 1, 2000 - 1:04:00 AM
Noel Widdifield
Featured Author: I love to build and modify and I love to run trains.
Jan 1, 2000 - 1:04:00 AM
Noel and Ann Widdifield
Ann and Noel are indoor and outdoor garden railroaders.
Jan 1, 2000 - 1:04:00 AM
Dennis Winger
With millions of adoring fans the world over, Dennis often seeks solace from autograph seekers by immersing himself in garden railroading.
Jan 1, 2000 - 1:04:00 AM
Chris Wolcott
I've been around model trains all my life.
Jan 1, 2000 - 1:04:00 AM
Ann Widdifield
I currently spend my time giving tours of Annapolis in 18th century costume, teaching elementary students in the Carrie Weedon Science Center and directed a summer series for children at the local Captain Salem Avery House Museum.
Jan 1, 2000 - 1:04:00 AM
Ted Yarbrough
My name is Ted Yarbrough. I first developed an interest in trains when I was about 5 and lived about a mile from a railroad track and a family friend would walk me down to the track and we would watch trains pass by from a wooden bridge over the tracks.
Jan 1, 2000 - 1:02:00 AM
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