Are you a train runner? A collector? A model builder? An electrician? A historian? An entertainer? A leader of a group? A prototypical operator? A photographer or movie maker? A storyteller? A day-dreamer with visions of artistic expression or realistic duplication?

Share YOUR why. N Scale model railroading can be a big investment of time, money, energy, and thought-process. What kindles the flame of motivation within you?

Dare to share your dream or vision? In your lifetime, what would you imagine as the pinnacle of your model railroading career?

— Train runner, collector, model builder, electrician / technician, a photographer, can make movies, and an engineer (electro-mechanical).

I like physics, worked for the road, section, extra gang then section again before military service - and after communications engineer working on Point to Train system(s).

.michael

I have loved trains for as long as I can remember and got into N scale so I could maximize my train to space ratio.

I think the pinnacle of my model railroading "career" is going to be the restoration of the Cotton Brute.

Hello all,

I've been more of a builder the past 20 years as my skills have improved.

When I was a kid into my late teens all I wanted to do was run trains, now that I'm 51.....I just want to build.

I love building layouts and running trains. The layout that gets "almost" done is an excuse to redo a minor or major part of it. Evolution, urban renewal, whatever. And who hasn't seen commerce continue throughout all of this rebuilding, so trains gotta run. Sure keeps me busy. Started with Lionel in 1955 on a ping pong table when I turned 8, kept rearranging the same track on almost a daily basis, so I guess that is where the bug to build bit. Not a builder or an engineer by skill or trade, just an accountant/CPA during my career, who likes trains. Hope to expand my skillset with a t-trak module or 2 for local participation.