Hello from Florida USA

[Capt. Jack]

Hello everyone. I have been looking at a bunch of different forums on here and there is a bunch of great information. So I decided to sign up. I am 44 years old and jumping in to the hobby. I enjoy scratch building and kit bashing. I hope to break ground on my garden railroad soon. I hope to lean on all your knowledge here. I have to build this on a budget . Thanks..

 

[royale]

Welcome aboard, Jack44.

 

[Zerogee]

Welcome Jack, enjoy your time here, and feel free to ask pretty much anything - most of the time you'll get some sensible answers!

Jon.

 

[trammayo]

Welcome - and don't forget to keep us posted (with pics)!

 

[Martino]

Hi Jack. I'm in Northwest Florida, near Destin. Where are you?

 

[Capt. Jack]

Hi Jack. I'm in Northwest Florida, near Destin. Where are you?

I'm in Sarasota Florida. I was hoping by getting on here I could find people close . There is nothing going on down here with g scale. Wish there was a club close.

 

[Martino]

To be frank, there's not much large scale interest up here either! A group up in DeFuniak Springs area, but they're into something like 5" gauge!

There are a few folks around but we're all a bit spread out. We have a good HO club in FWB and there are similar groups in Tallahassee and Pensacola.

 

[Tanker man]

Hello Jack and welcome. Have you seen the Florida Citrus railway group, Ken Sargeant is the man, they are quite active in Ft L. I visited there exhibition in Jan 16 they seem very keen. There is another chap in south Miami who had a layout in a barn 40ft x 80 ft, I visited him a few years ago, it was a very impressive set up on many levels, I have family in Kendal , south Miami and have been trying to find railroders in the area for many years when we visit. I do have a UK railway pal who had a house in your neck of the woods but has now sadly sold it.
Maybe one day when we are over, we could meet up
Regards
Dave

 

[Fred2179G]

I'm in Sarasota Florida. I was hoping by getting on here I could find people close . There is nothing going on down here with g scale. Wish there was a club close.

Actually, there are a lot of members of the Florida Garden RR Club in the Tampa Division. (http://www.fgrs.org/) They have regular meets - the website manager (Paul) has a layout in North Port, just south of Sarasota. I'm in the Fort Myers area where there are a few local guys who let me run on their tracks.

 

[Madman]

Welcome aboard Jack.