Sad, very sad.
My condolences to his family.
Paul
What?!?
Just got a PM from him a couple days ago!
I’m shocked & speechless.
What a loss.
My heart goes out to his family.
Here’s the link to his layout designs if anyone wants to see just a small part of Stein’s enormous contribution to the hobby.
His daily presence on the forums will be missed.
OMG! What sad sad news. I’m so sorry for his this, and his family. Way way too young to pass.
He will be truely missed here on this fourm, he helped me a lot, with my trackplan when I was first a newbie and knew nothing about track planning.
Sad day for everybody here…
I will always remember Stein’s forum sign-off: “Smile”
Stein was a clever designer and more importantly, a good man who was amazingly patient in helping newcomers. Much too young to go, but he left a positive mark.
Same here. I already miss that.
We are all saddened by the loss of Steinjr, (at age 47). I did not realize that he was so young. I am 85 and have had a good life. My wife is 91. He was always a good source of information on model railroading. We shall miss him! Bob Hahn
I think everyone here said as much as I could.
Stein not only talked the talk, but he also walked the walk. He was a true enthusiest and modeler who was more then willing to share his advice in a friendly way.
His contributions will be missed and my thoughts go out to his family.
-Don
That is sad, so young. Thoughts and prayers to his family.
He commented on quite a number of my posts, often multiple times. Have taken many a piece of advice from him. Sympathies to family and friends.
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Our hobby has taken a real beating this past month. Wolfgang and now Stein.
Our community here has lost a realm of knowledge, experience and skill, such a loss to their families and to us their compatriots. They will be sincerely missed.
I as well would like to forward my condolences to Stein’s family and friends.
Double green to you Stein,
Johnboy out…
It’s sad to hear of anyone’s passing, especially when they’re this young. My sincere condolences to his family.
Jarrell
Jeeze, 47. Thats my age. I wonder what happened. RIP dude.[B]
My sincere condolences to his family, we have lost a very valuable contributor to the Forum, IMO. And as others have said, I will certainly miss his sign-off “Smile”. Rest in peace, Stein.
Tom
Horrible, horrible news. His contributions to this forum, and others, were consistently helpful. A true contributor and a real asset to the forums. He will be greatly missed.
My condolences to his family.
As a father of young children myself, I hope they may have had some time to prepare for whatever happened.
This is really sad and shocking news. It’s bad enough when we lose someone in their late 80’s & 90’s but mid 40’s, shocking . My condolences to his family.
If anyone speaks Norwegian, maybe they can have a look for an online obituary in the Sorumsand, Norway papers.
When one passes at such a young age, I for one would like to know a little more about him and maybe why he passed away.
Brent[:(]
Very, very sad news. Even though we never met in person, we had a very active e-mail correspondence outside of the forums (in addition to model railroading, we shared a love of military history). I last heard from him midday Sunday (evening, his time) and there was no indication that anything was wrong.
It is difficult to put into words how much his charisma and wisdom will be missed.
Rest in peace, my friend.
To the best of my knowledge, our friend was taken unexpectedly through a heart attack.
I originally posted this elsewhere, but a friend thought it apt enough to be included here:
It’s very upsetting to hear of Stein’s passing. My condolences to his family and friends.
His untimely death is also a loss for Big Blue (and the MR Forums and wherever else he may have offered his expertise). He may have been the only person to whom I could listen talking about trackplans and not have my eyes begin to glaze over. He would look-over countless plans for others, at their request or not, then ask insightful questions and come up with a revision (or even revisions) that worked so much better than the original, all within the same available space.
I also admired his ability to ask pithy questions or make incisive comments when someone was throwing their weight around, acting stupid, or being rude: often, it was enough to make the offender realise the error of his ways, and other times, it simply put someone, deservedly, in their place. Diplomacy without the b.s.
I regret never having had the chance to meet him in person.
Wayne
Engineer caps off to Stein. Rest easy, my friend, and keep a throttle ready for each of us in the Big Layout in the Sky!