Where ya from? and what do you do?

Model Railroader General Discussion (Model Railroader)
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Nanuet NY quality control for Pfizer

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Hi, I’m Jamie from the tiny village of Cape Vincent, NY on the St. Larwence River (which is also the US/ Canadian border). I’m a student who attends a local high school and a regional technical school where I train in the field of heavy equipment operation and matinence.

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Tom S. Born Cleveland Oh. Raised in Columbus Oh. Now living in Middle Tn.
Been in printing all my life till I moved to Tn. Now I work for a commercial building contractor and run my own pressure washing business on the side.

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My name is Sean. I live in eastern North Carolina. I work on an ocean going tugboat as a Chief Engineer. Basically I’m a sea going diesel engine mechanic. I work for 14 days and then I have 14 days off. Honeymoon and divorce once a month. I spend a lot of my time on the boat in Philadelphia and New York City, pushing oil. During my time at home, I am a volunteer fireman for Rhems Fire Dept, Station 36

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Born and raised in Oklahoma, have lived most of my adult life in the Kansas City area, am a retired ordained pastor and also spent 30 years working in the computer industry as a programmer, systems analyst, DP instructor, etc.

Bob

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Mike, living in medina ohio, currently a layed off pilot.

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Sam, from Bristol, PA. I work for NJ Transit as an Engineer. Currently a Student Engineer (In training to become an Engineer), I should be on my own operating trains this coming fall.

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Hello all. I’m a (not very busy these days) self empolyed electrician fro SE Connecticut.

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I’ll add another one from Omaha, NE.

Retired Air Force. Now my basic job is managing AF Nexrad weather radars.

Ricky

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Hello, Jimmy here. I’m a retired small business person from St. Paul/Mpls., MN. Currently working part time in the Eagan, MN area delivering catered food to charter schools and daycares. Been playing with trains (HO Scale) for about 25 yrs now. FUN!!

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Hi Ray!

Electrical engineer and technologist. Currently a tenured associate professor of IT and Comp. Sci. Formerly a full time electrician and electronics tech, now I do it part time. Also a semi - professional writer, amateur historian and Volunteer Fire Chief. In my spare time …

Hailing from the beautiful (and heavily taxed) mid-Hudson Valley / Catskills area of Upstate New York.

Karl

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Oops, sorry, I forgot to say I’m from Williamsville, Illinois. Apparently with a silent “s”

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Originally from Ridgewood, Queens, NY one block from the Fresh Pond Yard.

Now living and struggling to make it in “Womelsdorf” PA(actually three towns north of there but we didn’t rate a dot on the map)

Former ShadioRack Manager and starting a real estate investment business.

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Hi. Tom here:

I live in Carmichael, CA, which is a suburb of Sacramento, the state capitol of California. Fifth generation native Californian (family came here in the 1850’s) born in the Sierra Nevada mountains. I accompany and am Associate Choir Director at Jesuit High School here in Carmichael, a private Catholic boy’s school. I’ve been a choral and vocal accompanist for more years than I can remember. Keeps me young, LOL!

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I live in Maryville IL. What I do is stare at my wallet and wonder why I am broke? In other words I am in sales! Two years ago I was doing well. Now, well I am and fill in the your favorite word.

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Hey

Im Don and I am a Senior at Michigan State University in East Lansing, Mi. In couple years I will either be a Landscape Architect or a Railroad Conductor. 8)

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I’m Tom, I have a house in the country in St Louisville, Ohio, which keeps me sane. I do remodel work, pretty much all of it, all the time. I was a rough framer for many years but it made me old before my time.

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I am Ulrich and I live in Hamburg/Germany. I am an ex-CFO, looking for new things to do.

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Names Mike, an we live couple-3 mile outside of Martinsville IL. Raised bout 9 mile north of here in an old time village with a general store, black smith shop, and a Baptist church. I’m drawing disability now from to much ditch digging n hard work. I’m now kept busy as chief babysitter for 23 ¾ ths grandkids and 1 great grand daughter.

Wife’s a service manager for Charles industries.

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I’m Jim I live in Springfield, Ohio. I’m self employed as an accountant. I’m the author of several novels, both published and unpublished. I was in the Army for 10 years, I’ father of three girls, uncle to one neice and three nephews… I’m designing my third model railroad even doing my own track plan… my other two railroads were from books… this time I’m learning how to do it for myself. With much pain and suffering…