Hello from Canada!

[concordski]

Hey all!

After lurking for a while I finally made an account. I had HO-scale trains growing up, but now that I live in a big city and space is at a premium, I've decided to begin my N-scale journey! I mostly enjoy passenger railroading, and since models of Canadian prototypes are either hard to come by or expensive (often both) Japanese N-scale seems like a good choice. I'd like to get into T-Trak and maybe build an urban layout one day! Hopefully my co-op work term at uni can pay for it all 😅

If anyone knows any clubs in the GTA with members who are into Japanese N-scale, please let me know!

Looking forward to chatting with everyone and posting about my own trains and layout one day!

[miyakoji]

Hi @concordski welcome to the forum!

[cteno4]

Welcome @concordski, glad you found us and have come out from the shadows! Japanese N scale does help a lot providing a great bang for the buck as well as a fantastic selection of trains and train types. Ttrak is a great way to get started, especially with a club as it lets you work and learn on small bits at a time before jumping into a layout. Fun way to play with others as well. Even with just a module or two you can still set up at home with a loop of track and just elevate the other tracks with some cardboard risers.

 

Looking forward to seeing your adventures into japanese N scale!

 

cheers,

 

jeff

[Lessigen]

3 hours ago, concordski said:

Hey all!

After lurking for a while I finally made an account. I had HO-scale trains growing up, but now that I live in a big city and space is at a premium, I've decided to begin my N-scale journey! I mostly enjoy passenger railroading, and since models of Canadian prototypes are either hard to come by or expensive (often both) Japanese N-scale seems like a good choice. I'd like to get into T-Trak and maybe build an urban layout one day! Hopefully my co-op work term at uni can pay for it all 😅

If anyone knows any clubs in the GTA with members who are into Japanese N-scale, please let me know!

Looking forward to chatting with everyone and posting about my own trains and layout one day!

 

Welcome! I'm also from the GTA. The Scarborough Model Railroaders club has a couple members that are interested in Japanese/Chinese locomotives. I unfortunately am not a member or associate yet due to financial priorities, but when I went to their last open house I did see an E6 Shinkansen on their N-scale layout and some Chinese locomotives on their HO layout. Additionally there are a few members who work at Rapido Trains in Markham and Aurora Miniatures.

 

They're based in a small building near Birchmount and Danforth: https://scarborough-model-railroaders.org/loom/

Edited March 10 by Lessigen

[concordski]

12 hours ago, Lessigen said:

 

Welcome! I'm also from the GTA. The Scarborough Model Railroaders club has a couple members that are interested in Japanese/Chinese locomotives. I unfortunately am not a member or associate yet due to financial priorities, but when I went to their last open house I did see an E6 Shinkansen on their N-scale layout and some Chinese locomotives on their HO layout. Additionally there are a few members who work at Rapido Trains in Markham and Aurora Miniatures.

 

They're based in a small building near Birchmount and Danforth: https://scarborough-model-railroaders.org/loom/

Thanks! Wow, their club layout looks amazing. 

[RS18U]

Welcome to another fellow Canuck!  Hopefully you can find a few people of like interest in the GTA.

[tossedman]

And another welcome from Western Canada this time. Careful though, Japanese trains are addicting.

 

Cheers eh,

 

Todd