Hi Everyone,
I have been following this forum for a few weeks and finally decided to join.
My name is George Zander, I am a single father with one son who is 10 years old and loves trains.
We live in New York City, which really adds to the train mind set due to the city's impressive railroad history and large mass transit system.
Our small/med sized layout is being constructed and utilizes MTH, Williams, and Lionel trains as well as DCS and Legacy.
Although, I do not subscribe to OGR, I do buy copies from the news stand if the topic grabs our interest.
Our favorite section of OGR, is obviously the layouts, but my son really likes Allan Miller's Editorials; my son claims he looks like his favorite Uncle Joey!
I finally made the plunge and joined the forum for 2 reasons, the first and main reason is that some issues have come up with our layout that we will need some assistance with, and this seems to be the best place to do that.
The 2nd reason is I feel in this internet age, one has to be somewhat careful with what websites their children go to and I feel a "model train forum", is the best place to start from both a hobby perspective and also a social one.
For example, I feel it is a lot safer when it comes time for him to post on his own here, than say a social networking site or a site regarding is MS XBox games.
For I feel, the older mature nature of this forum's membership is more akin to reading what one's Uncle or Grandfather might say, versus some of the more arrogant posts that the younger generation sometimes makes in game or social network sites.
Well, that is all for now.
I do have some additional concerns, but I will address those in private if need be.
Call me over protective, but even though my son is a pretty big kid for his age and plays football etc., I feel a parent must still be prudent.
Thank You
