Long time listener, first time caller...

[Steamnut]

Hello everyone. Hello Mike.

I'm a long time Frisco modeler and fan. I've modeled in HO since '75, and have added a second scale around 10 years ago.
My large scale interests comprise mostly of steam and varnish, with my primary locomotive being the 1060 before the Hudson rebuild. A consist similar to the Meteor is slowly becoming a reality. A very accurate model of the 4501 has been started, along with a battery powered U25b to be finished next year sometime. A picture of the 1060 from a few years ago is in my album.
My HO collection is varied, and seems to contain more that I need. A small unsceniced 9x6 layout takes up part of the garage.
Anyway, I look forward to researching the vast knowledge and conversing with the good folk here.

Darren McNeely
Garland, Texas

[Iantha_Branch]

Welcome to the forums! Hope to see pics soon.

[w3hodoug]

Welcome Darren, your inputs will be valued. Your name is familiar too. Have you published in any of the magazines?

Doug

[Steamnut]

No published works. If you ever hung out on #frisco on Usenet, you might have seen my name. I've been active in the modeling scene in Dallas for years.

Usenet seems like ages ago...

[Bradley A. Scott]

Darren,

Were you at one time involved with the Spring Creek Modular railroad group in the North Dallas area? The name seems familiar, for some reason!

Bradley A. Scott

[Steamnut]

From 1987 (?) to about 2002. Great bunch of guys. We rebuilt the layout around 2001, and I became a frustrated HO'er.:D

Darren McNeely

[yardmaster]

Thanks for the post, Darren, and welcome. Good to see more steam era modelers in the fray!

I vaguely recall your name when all there existed was the frisco@nshore e-mail group and the initial website. Boy did I know very little back then (and I've not progressed terribly!).

Best Regards,