Members of the club (1)

Louis
I’m the latest member, I have no major experience in train, but on the plus I am a modeller I have built airplanes, cars and plastic figurines since I was a teen. When it comes to trains, my experience is with good old Lionel, what great memories!

I consider myself an apprentice at this point a go for it type, do what needs to be done. One of my goals is to better my time with the club Timesaver.

Claude

My story begins at Christmas when I was just nine years old. I received a 4x8 Lionel layout with a 44 ton GE Locomotive, and at 12 years old, I got a great big box of railway cars along with a 2-6-2 Steam Locomotive. I enjoyed this set for along time and kept me and my friend entertained for many hours, until in my teen years when I finally put it in storage so I could finally play sports, go dancing with the pretty young ladies, do some studying, get married and start a family. The dream of trains never really went away and came back in the form of HO Railroading.

I was invited by my Father in Law to go down to the Pine valley railroad layout on Gordon Street in Montreal to take some pictures of the layout. At that time I was fortunate enough to meet some members of the local chapter of the NMRA, Allouete division and was soon called upon to head up the Divisions official journal “The Signal” for 3 years.

Shortly after, I became a member of the Pine Valley Railroad Club. At one point, I was the president of the club and finally just a member until we decided to form the Richelieu Valley.

Jean-Claude

Since childhood, I have been crazy about trains of all kinds. I was lucky enough one Christmas to get a CN passenger set. When I bought my Home and before the kids began arriving, I started on my first layout before I could realise my dream, my life changed in a big way I had two kids and a fulfilling career.

Retirement was coming up, my interest with Trains was rekindled and where I had left off, I started back up. I was at it again in clinics but mainly with a group of railway modellers that were looking for new members. Well two years have gone by and here I am in a new club ready to start new adventures with The Richelieu Valley Railway. Looking forward to meeting all are blog readers.