It may be my eyes are failing due to old age, however, I look at some of the avatars of some of the members on this forum and start squinting and go, “what the heck is that”.
So tell us about the, who’s, what’s, where’s, when’s and why’s of your avatar.
Mine is the still standing water tower on the now extinct Kettle Valley Railroad at Brookmere B.C. I like to stop and visit when going by on the Coquihalla highway, better known as the “Highway Thru Hell” of TV show fame. It is about 8Kms off the highway.
Mine is two of my dogs, black lab (I inherited from my grand-daughter to be trained, some how never left) and one of my Chessies, on the Eastern Branch of the Swift River up near the Canadian Border. I was looking for gold–they were looking for anything to eat–!!
My user name is the given name for commercial fishermen in Downeast Maine and the Canadian Maritimes.
Mine is a free logo that I made a while ago. It will be replaced with the logo that I am going to make that will be put on locomotives and rolling stock.
Batman, my brother watches Highway Through Hell (cue AC/DC)
A suggestion for another question, what’s the meaning of your username? Not trying to hijack.
My forum name is just what everyone has called me my entire life since I was old enough to go out and play. Friends and all the kids and sometimes teachers at school and it carried on through my working life. I would have multiple radio’s and phones draped over me when out loading airplanes and the crackle on the radio would be “Batman…” I had a direct line to Ottawa and they even would call me that.
My avatar is a Alco C425m from a local shortline, Western New York & Pennsylvania Railroad.
Interesting back story to this picture, the snow on the ground was leftover from a massive snow storm, and had melted significantly, as the air temperature was by then up to 60F! Was quite a sight, that snow still on the ground and most people walking around in t-shirts! You would think I was in Minnesota instead of Pennsylvania… [(-D]
My username, is my first name, Rick, my favorite thing, trains, and the two cars I rooted for in NASCAR at the time I made my username. (Johnson & Gordon.)
My avatar is a Lionel electric that I refurbished to look like the one presented at the 1955 Toy Fair. It had NH colors and scheme, but has L I O N E L in large letters on each side.
My picture is a trio of Walthers B40-8W locomotives in the warbonnet livery. They are the old Trainline models from the 1990s which I added some aftermarket details. They run pretty nice and are my favorite locomotives from my collection.
My user name is the name of my layout. Lone Wolf is a fictional town located on Wolf Mountain on which the railroad passes over on it’s way between the valley and the desert. It is named after the only wolf left in California. Sadly they have all been hunted to extinction just like California’s grizzly bears. Before it became part of the Santa Fe system, The Lone Wolf Railroad was a shortline which served the local logging industry and some mining interests. The mill closed in the 80s and was replaced with urban development.
My Forum Name is what the guys at work hung on me many years ago RR Mel.
My avatar is the SP Cab Froward 4287.
The story behind 4287 is our neighbor was the SP Yard Super and his birthday present to me in 1951 was a ride in the cab of 4287, biggest railroad thrill of my life. I guess you can figure out why I model the 1950s SP.
Mel
Modeling the early to mid 1950s SP in HO scale since 1951
This is a picture of the center platform of one of my subway stations. I think he’s a Preiser or Woodland Scenics figure.
I was called “Beasley” by my friends, particularly my best friend that I did trains with when I was a teenager. The name stuck. A hockey buddy added the “Mister” part and I liked it.
In June,1988 Union Pacific’s 844 (8444 then) came to Denver’s Union Station. My two and a half year old son saw something about it on the news,and decided we needed to see it. I was not involved with trains in any way then,but I took him,expecting to see some little “teakettle”.
The 8444 amazed both of us. My boy eventually got over it…I never have.
I’m the third of five brothers - hence my forum name.
My avitar is a 1/24 scratchbuilt crane. It features 9 functions operated by RC. It weighs 33 lbs in working order, swings 7 feet of boom.
“Southgate” is the fictitious industrial park that is my layout. I originally used that name on a 1/25 tow truck model cuz I just liked the sound of it. “Southgate Towing”. I’ve used it as a forum name on other model building forums, even before I carried the name over to my layout. Dan
