first off im NOT trying to start a repeat of the mccloud thread. sorry to come off that way. as for me being new to the scene i dont think that applies to me. ive been in this scene since i was born. the reason of me not being around goes like this. about the age of 16 or 17 (or somewhere in that time period) i started getting into other things in life, such as music, women, partying, doing things that would make your head spin and leading a life away from the railfan world. basically my life was this way until after my son was born when i was 24. i am now 28 almost 29. dont get me wrong, i still followed what was happening, but didnt care or whatever. anyways i started really getting back into the hobby when my son became a train nut on his own(i think it's genetic) and so forth. so here i am. like it or not. im back with a vengence! any more questions? do you want to know what ive seen or done? ask me. anything is open.

matt.

ps. my father was being his normal sarcastic assh07# self when he said that. and for the million comment, i was just commenting on how that's how many it seems like