So I kinda forgot about this whole introducing myself thing...not sure why. Nonetheless my name is James, and I'm from a small city near Grand Rapids, MI. I'm 22 years old, and I've been on a couple trains so far in my life. There's a small excursion train that goes between my city and a neighboring community during the summer that I've been on, and then I remember shortly after 9/11 we took the train from either Grand Rapids or East Lansing to Toronto, ON (crossing at Port Huron/Sarnia). I distinctly remember our trip back as US Customs didn't want anyone one the train when it went through the tunnel, for fear of a terrorist attack, so we all had to get off the train, get on a bus, go across and go through US Customs before getting back on the bus and subsequently the train. I've also been to Chicago for a day trip and to Flagstaff twice via the Southwest Chief.
I've always been fascinated with trains, and I even have a Walt Disney World monorail that runs around in my room. I want to take a trip to miniatur wunderland in Hamburg, Germany because they have a huge model train set, as well as a fully working model airport and other models. My first LD trip was actually to go meet my girlfriend. I remember I had to get up fairly early since there's only one train from GRR to CHI, the Pere Marquette #371, and it leaves at 7:35am EDT.
My next trip will hopefully be to Flagstaff again, as I plan on going to school down there
Also, almost completely forgot, but I'm sure people are wondering what the heck my avatar is of. There was a cartoon show on Nickelodeon when I was a kid called Invader Zim, The series revolves around an extraterrestrial named Zim from the planet Irk, and his ongoing mission to conquer and destroy a dark and satirical version of Earth. His various attempts to subjugate and destroy the human race are invariably undermined by some combination of his own ineptitude, his malfunctioning robot servant GIR, and his arch-nemesis Dib, one of very few humans attentive enough to be aware of Zim's identity. Essentially the hamster from my avatar was the plot of one episode, and was named Peepi.
I've always been fascinated with trains, and I even have a Walt Disney World monorail that runs around in my room. I want to take a trip to miniatur wunderland in Hamburg, Germany because they have a huge model train set, as well as a fully working model airport and other models. My first LD trip was actually to go meet my girlfriend. I remember I had to get up fairly early since there's only one train from GRR to CHI, the Pere Marquette #371, and it leaves at 7:35am EDT.
My next trip will hopefully be to Flagstaff again, as I plan on going to school down there
Also, almost completely forgot, but I'm sure people are wondering what the heck my avatar is of. There was a cartoon show on Nickelodeon when I was a kid called Invader Zim, The series revolves around an extraterrestrial named Zim from the planet Irk, and his ongoing mission to conquer and destroy a dark and satirical version of Earth. His various attempts to subjugate and destroy the human race are invariably undermined by some combination of his own ineptitude, his malfunctioning robot servant GIR, and his arch-nemesis Dib, one of very few humans attentive enough to be aware of Zim's identity. Essentially the hamster from my avatar was the plot of one episode, and was named Peepi.
