Greenville & Hockessin Life Q & A

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Have a plan. You don’t want to go buying pieces and components that you don’t need right away. I would also advise that he or she chooses a particular era of railroading, which will help consolidate the pieces and models – steam or diesel, for instance. Many of the people we know through the Club began with a small layout and then they got hooked on a particular timeframe, a particular railroad and even a specific location – sometimes where they grew up.

How important is it for a new model railroad enthusiast to have someone beside them, such as an experienced consultant?

It helps sometimes, but you can also find so much “How-To” information on YouTube.

What is your favorite spot in the Greenville and Hockessin area?

I have been volunteering at Auburn Heights for some time, and I have always enjoyed being there.

You host a dinner party and can invite anyone –famous or not, living or not. Who would you like to see around that table?

I would like to invite some of the old railroad tycoons. When you look at the men who built America, you think of people like Mellon and Carnegie, and I think it would be interesting to have them around the table.

What item can always be found in your refrigerator? I seem to always have hot dogs in my refrigerator.

The Northern Delaware Model Railroad Club is located at 722 Yorklyn Road, Suite 201, Hockessin, Del. To learn more, visit www.nordelmodelrr.org, or email president@ nordelmodelrr.org.

- Richard L. Gaw