Modeling to your passion
What got you into trains?
A
real defining moment for me came after I had been
in the hobby for quite a while. It hit me like a ton of
bricks and it has defined my direction in the hobby
ever since: modeling to my passion.
I grew up in southern Oregon, next to the SP Siskiyou Line. I
loved to watch the big lumber trains roar by. Railfanning this
line as a kid delighted me, and that fun continued right up into
the 1980s as a young adult.
I started into trains with a trainset I got for Christmas. After
playing with the 3-rail trainset for a few months, I eventually
discovered
Model Railroader
magazine and HO scale. The real-
ism of HO (as compared to 3-rail trains) just blew me away.
Through the pages of
Model Railroader
– and later,
Railroad
Model Craftsman
– I discovered John Allen and his amazing
Gorre & Daphetid. I was totally enthralled.
This put me on a steam-era freelancing kick for many years
with my Morale Falls & Sadgino (pronounced “sad-jya-no”)
switching layout. This long-term flirtation with freelance kept
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