Tony_Hilliam
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Everyone knows something about trains, but everyone has a different background regarding how they became involved in TRAINZ. This poll is to determine your trains background.
Poll: Real trains, model trains or games?
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I have always been a railroad fanatic - From a young child and my earliest memories growing up on the juction of multiple railways to working my way up from a dishwasher, cook then chef on the passenger trains to yardman, trainman, conductor and finally Engineman until the injury which took it from me. Trainz has become my life line!
Brian
Brian
freightcar2
New member
I'd say all of 'em, but I voted for:
I was a real life train fan
Uh-huh.
I was a real life train fan
Uh-huh.
aka_pommie
New member
yup, I'm a "all of the above" man myself, so I didn't vote
Cheers David
Cheers David
while i'm an all of the above, i'm also both more and less. probably the 'gamer' part least of the lot.
model trains were my first love from when i was not even one year old.
the real ones i grew up on and around. my father was telegrapher/towerman/clerk most of his life (most of the assignments he worked incorporated all three job descriptions), and i even worked for the sufferin pathetic myself for a year or so, back in the early 70s, as an equipment apprentice in maintainence of way.
the more is in my seeing guided ground public transportation in all its forms, past, current and yet to be imagined, as a way forward into the future, as much and more then a relic from the past. not in ancestral forms of course, nor entirely, though quite possibly resembling them to signifigant degree.
the automobile, it is my impression, much as there is so many seem to find to love about it, will likely not always remain practical as the primary means of transportation for the majority of people. this for many reasons, many of which, it is of course political to currently deny.
so the thing is, seeing guided ground in some form, or many forms, to answer the diversity of needs in diverse locations, my thoughts and visions are not limited to any nostelgic attatchment to the past, though i must admit a certain love for the aesthetics of the tecnology, but every and all means by which it can be taylored to fulfill this role.
hence my love for little people sized trains, i.e. narrow guage and very narrow gauge, not so much of the past, but of the present, recent past, and relatively near future.
i would add that my intrest in rpgaming is pretty much limited to simulating the kind of world i would rather be living in, a direction very much at odds with that which market forces ever has or currently as far as i know or can tell, seem to be pushing it.
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model trains were my first love from when i was not even one year old.
the real ones i grew up on and around. my father was telegrapher/towerman/clerk most of his life (most of the assignments he worked incorporated all three job descriptions), and i even worked for the sufferin pathetic myself for a year or so, back in the early 70s, as an equipment apprentice in maintainence of way.
the more is in my seeing guided ground public transportation in all its forms, past, current and yet to be imagined, as a way forward into the future, as much and more then a relic from the past. not in ancestral forms of course, nor entirely, though quite possibly resembling them to signifigant degree.
the automobile, it is my impression, much as there is so many seem to find to love about it, will likely not always remain practical as the primary means of transportation for the majority of people. this for many reasons, many of which, it is of course political to currently deny.
so the thing is, seeing guided ground in some form, or many forms, to answer the diversity of needs in diverse locations, my thoughts and visions are not limited to any nostelgic attatchment to the past, though i must admit a certain love for the aesthetics of the tecnology, but every and all means by which it can be taylored to fulfill this role.
hence my love for little people sized trains, i.e. narrow guage and very narrow gauge, not so much of the past, but of the present, recent past, and relatively near future.
i would add that my intrest in rpgaming is pretty much limited to simulating the kind of world i would rather be living in, a direction very much at odds with that which market forces ever has or currently as far as i know or can tell, seem to be pushing it.
=^^=
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MichaelWhiteley
British Rail!
I was cleaning Trams at Crich Tramway before Trainz.
Mike
Mike
Gamer but also interested in old-style transport in general.
We visited Crich late last year and had a great time. It's a fascinating reconstruction of a long-gone era.
I was cleaning Trams at Crich Tramway before Trainz.
Mike
We visited Crich late last year and had a great time. It's a fascinating reconstruction of a long-gone era.
Forest_Runner
Active member
Real life + model railway/railroad.
Voted real life however....and still have both of the above as a part of my life.
Voted real life however....and still have both of the above as a part of my life.
Loved model railways but, being in the army & after leaving still working away from home, could never "get going".
Have always been interested in steam since a boy (1940s). Trainspotted the GWR locos at Taunton Somerset. Then came Dr. Bl**** Beeching, then the dreaded diesels etc. Lost interest until a Google search found Charlie's site. Purchased UTC and haven't looked back
Have always been interested in steam since a boy (1940s). Trainspotted the GWR locos at Taunton Somerset. Then came Dr. Bl**** Beeching, then the dreaded diesels etc. Lost interest until a Google search found Charlie's site. Purchased UTC and haven't looked back
Wessex_Electric_Nutter
New member
You don't consider that some of us were a gamer, a real life train fan and a model train fan!
EDIT: But since it was nearly 8 years ago, (when I joined) I forgot what I was.
psycho_aussie
Resident Psychotic Aussie
I was interested in model trains long before I found Trainz, but I was also a bit of a gamer, but I went with Model Train fan.
I didn't really become interested in real trains until after I found Trainz.
Chris
I didn't really become interested in real trains until after I found Trainz.
Chris
Was? I still AM!
I'm a real-life railfan (I'm a regular volunteer at the local museum and have connections in the industry), with a little modeling on the side, and a few tycoon/sim games thrown in (of course, the virtual world suddenly became more enticing when I was introduced to Trainz!).
I'm a real-life railfan (I'm a regular volunteer at the local museum and have connections in the industry), with a little modeling on the side, and a few tycoon/sim games thrown in (of course, the virtual world suddenly became more enticing when I was introduced to Trainz!
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titaniclover
TS2010EE SP3; Build 49933
I was a gamer, but not a huge one. I really did none of the options.
My dad worked with the railroad, Conrail then CSXT, and I always like trains in some way. I saw Trainz for $20 on the shelf at BestBuy and thought, "Lets give this a shot." Now here I am, 3 years later!
I never heard of model railroading before. I had seen them a the State Fair but I always thought it was just an exibit. Never knew it was a hobby. Trying to get into it though!
Cheers,
Adam
My dad worked with the railroad, Conrail then CSXT, and I always like trains in some way. I saw Trainz for $20 on the shelf at BestBuy and thought, "Lets give this a shot." Now here I am, 3 years later!
I never heard of model railroading before. I had seen them a the State Fair but I always thought it was just an exibit. Never knew it was a hobby. Trying to get into it though!
Cheers,
Adam
I know there's a "Gamer" category, but should there also be one for those of us who were specifically existing train-simmers prior to TRS (not necessarily MSTS but some of the older programmes, such as Railsim and Train Driver 3)?
Would never consider myself a trainspotter or "basher", just enjoyed the ambience of travelling around by train over scenic routes with interesting (i.e. noisy) motive power in rolling stock you could actually open the windows and smell the diesel fumes!
To be honest I could select all of the first three options as I tried building a model railway until I discovered PC (well, Amiga) gaming, which in turn led to train simming.
Would never consider myself a trainspotter or "basher", just enjoyed the ambience of travelling around by train over scenic routes with interesting (i.e. noisy) motive power in rolling stock you could actually open the windows and smell the diesel fumes!
To be honest I could select all of the first three options as I tried building a model railway until I discovered PC (well, Amiga) gaming, which in turn led to train simming.
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