siberianmo
Service Attendant
I suppose in the jargon of forum lingo, I am a "newbie." For whatever the reason, that term along with "foamer" has always wrankled me a bit. Anyway, so be it - I am a "newbie" at nearly 76 years of age. Wow.
The point of all of this is to introduce myself with the hope that my appearances on these various forums will be more frequent than not and of worth to all who appreciate accounts of rail travel and from time to time, some model railroading thrown in.
My background includes a 32 year career in the U.S. Coast Guard holding the paygrades of E7, W2 and 05. One may wonder how trains fits into such a background.
I grew up in NYCity and was inculcated into the love and lore of trains by my maternal Grandfather. We prowled the depths of Penn Station and Grand Central back in the 1940's. Yeah, those indeed were the days for passenger train watching - drooling may be a better term.
Rather than fill up my alloted space with more of "me," let me simply say that once I retired from my life as a seagoing and landlubber sailor, I devoted my free time to model railroading and traveling by train. Within the past 3 years, I have traveled all of Amtrak's long distance routes (in bedrooms) and am now engaged in repeating many of those trips. I love the westbound California Zephyr! My travel times permit me to head off to Sacramento from Chicago on a twice a year basis for visits to the California State RR Museum, where I hold membership.
With relatives in Canada, VIA Rail was and has been a favorite of mine as well. I am indeed thankful that all of those long distance rotues have been covered as well, especially in light of the Draconian cuts being proposed by Ottawa. My wife and I have logged 4 cross-Canada trips aboard the Canadian along with numerous Montreal to Halifax round trip journeys aboard the Ocean - now a nameless train about to be discontinued. Anyway . . .
So, that is it for me as I look forward to future participation with y'all.
Tom W . . .
The point of all of this is to introduce myself with the hope that my appearances on these various forums will be more frequent than not and of worth to all who appreciate accounts of rail travel and from time to time, some model railroading thrown in.
My background includes a 32 year career in the U.S. Coast Guard holding the paygrades of E7, W2 and 05. One may wonder how trains fits into such a background.
I grew up in NYCity and was inculcated into the love and lore of trains by my maternal Grandfather. We prowled the depths of Penn Station and Grand Central back in the 1940's. Yeah, those indeed were the days for passenger train watching - drooling may be a better term.
Rather than fill up my alloted space with more of "me," let me simply say that once I retired from my life as a seagoing and landlubber sailor, I devoted my free time to model railroading and traveling by train. Within the past 3 years, I have traveled all of Amtrak's long distance routes (in bedrooms) and am now engaged in repeating many of those trips. I love the westbound California Zephyr! My travel times permit me to head off to Sacramento from Chicago on a twice a year basis for visits to the California State RR Museum, where I hold membership.
With relatives in Canada, VIA Rail was and has been a favorite of mine as well. I am indeed thankful that all of those long distance rotues have been covered as well, especially in light of the Draconian cuts being proposed by Ottawa. My wife and I have logged 4 cross-Canada trips aboard the Canadian along with numerous Montreal to Halifax round trip journeys aboard the Ocean - now a nameless train about to be discontinued. Anyway . . .
So, that is it for me as I look forward to future participation with y'all.
Tom W . . .