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Bob R		#1 Posted : 19 December 2006 05:03:56(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 18/09/2005(UTC) Posts: 502 Location: , Texas		How many hours a week do you devote to your model railroading hobby? Do you work on it daily or just on the weekends? Or when time permits? Bob R
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rschaffr		#2 Posted : 19 December 2006 05:17:11(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 03/01/2003(UTC) Posts: 5,193 Location: Southern New Jersey, USA		I work on the layout or on other projects (engine conversions, electronics, etc) 3-4 evenings a week, usually 2-3 hours each evening. Wish I had more time to do it, but I do have other priorities in my life (unfortunately)
		-Ron Digital, Epoch IV-V(K-track/CS3/6021Connect/60216051), Epoch III(C-track/6021/6036/6051) http://www.sem-co.com/~rschaffr/trains/trains.html
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RobertMcDowell		#3 Posted : 19 December 2006 08:24:46(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 04/10/2006(UTC) Posts: 157 Location: Salinas, CA		I typically work on my layout three to four hous a week, unless of course a shipment arrives with digital components. My two MGBs and my Rover P4 keep me busy as well so I am never without something to do.
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rugauger		#4 Posted : 19 December 2006 09:28:51(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 19/12/2003(UTC) Posts: 1,205 Location: Swindon, Wiltshire		I do not have a layout [:(], so I am with Robert: only when a shipment arrives... So there are weeks where nothing much happens, and others when I am "at it" for 2-3 hours each night.
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orubias		#5 Posted : 19 December 2006 10:37:00(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 30/11/2004(UTC) Posts: 690 Location: Justo ahí		With a carpet Layout, you can imagine... Twice a year, perhaps. Only a look around the forum
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hmsfix		#6 Posted : 19 December 2006 13:37:03(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 06/02/2005(UTC) Posts: 1,383 Location: Darmstadt,		Playing or working on layout construction on 2-3 evenings a week, and on a few week ends over the year. It strongly depends on the job, and on a few other time consuming activities, of course. Actually mrr is one of the best ways of relaxation that I know. Hans Martin
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viragoLDR		#7 Posted : 19 December 2006 14:27:10(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 12/01/2005(UTC) Posts: 703 Location: ,		Not much, maybe about 5 hours a week at the moment, and only planning. Still waiting for a bunch of trackwork to arrive, then I'll start experimenting a bit more with blocks and computer controlled routes. All H0 activity is pretty much on hold indefinately though, just no room
		- Martijn (early planning : H0-scale Era I K.Bay.sts.b) (active planning : N-scale mixed late Era Japanese) (possibly something Z-scale as well ;))
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laalves		#8 Posted : 19 December 2006 14:33:07(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 10/02/2004(UTC) Posts: 2,162 Location: Portugal		Highly variable. From zero on several months in a row, up to 8 hours in a single day. Very dependant on my personal time availability, willingness to delve into MRR, family, etc. My last few weeks have been the most prolific ever in MRR. Luís
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mj		#9 Posted : 19 December 2006 15:07:35(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 08/08/2005(UTC) Posts: 370 Location: Växjö		Depends how much time I have...
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hxmiesa		#10 Posted : 19 December 2006 16:25:19(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 15/12/2005(UTC) Posts: 3,604 Location: Spain		Also very variable. As more and more things functions, I spend more and more time playing with it, rather than keep building on the layout. Some times I work flat out every spare hour of the evenings+weekends, other times I hardly go down into the basement. Still I think I am working/playing with the trains for at least 7 hours a week, as a MINIMUM.
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Timaximus		#11 Posted : 19 December 2006 17:04:08(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 19/06/2004(UTC) Posts: 1,412 Location: Home		5-10 hours per week. Timaximus
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steventrain		#12 Posted : 19 December 2006 18:45:43(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 21/10/2004(UTC) Posts: 31,709 Location: United Kingdom		About 2 hours each night and about double weekends.
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p .g		#13 Posted : 19 December 2006 21:08:30(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 06/09/2006(UTC) Posts: 181 Location: ,		right now about 1 hour week do to boat organasation project ive been out to sea for 8 month so my boats are wanting atention happy holidays from pat n cece
		back on land but it feels funny
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al_pignolo		#14 Posted : 19 December 2006 21:55:43(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 30/09/2005(UTC) Posts: 904 Location: bologna, BO		Building the layout: 2 times per week, 2-3 hours every session. (I'm lucky because I build the layout with two friends of mine, so it's easier to have a regular frequency on our meetings.) Work on models: (maintenance, tuning, etc.): from 2 to 4 hours every week. Pietro
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HueyCE		#15 Posted : 20 December 2006 03:19:41(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 12/01/2003(UTC) Posts: 2,528 Location: Groton, Connecticut		When I do have a layout, during the week I don't spend much time on it due to time constraints, but on the weekends/holidays I will spend 5-6 hours a day sometimes more. Depends upon what I am able to do to the layout, and how much play time I have. Ira
		Building German Era I-II layout(Mk IIIc).
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Guus		#16 Posted : 20 December 2006 16:41:41(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 13/10/2004(UTC) Posts: 2,616		Hi Bob, Since I have no layout yet,I spend most of my available time for railroading on this forum and other modelrailroad related websites. Once in a while I let my locos run on a temporary carpet layout. All in all I spend an avarage of 2 hours a week on the hobby. Guus
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city_night_line		#17 Posted : 20 December 2006 17:01:54(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 15/12/2006(UTC) Posts: 7 Location: ,		I don't have a layout and I'm playing on the timber flooring in the livingroom. Therfore I have to ask my wife, but she always says thank god he is not addicted to football... :-) Most of the time a have support by my son and if he is asking his mum she can't say no... All in all this is in the summer time quite rare, but in the winter time nearly every weekend. For the carpet players I can recommend this site even it is in German only but just check the project links! http://www.extrem-teppichbahning.de/
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intruder		#18 Posted : 20 December 2006 18:59:41(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 16/08/2006(UTC) Posts: 5,382 Location: Akershus, Norway		Thanks for the interesting link, city night line. I don't have a layout, either. So, in the summertime I spend very little time with my trains, except if it's rain for longer periods. In wintertime maybe an hour or so per night, rebuilding, testdriving on the living room table, and a lot of time in front of this PC.
		Best regards Svein, Norway grumpy old sod
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Gert-Jan		#19 Posted : 20 December 2006 21:37:39(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 29/04/2005(UTC) Posts: 777 Location: Netherlands		Quote: [size=1" face="Verdana" id="quote]quote:Originally posted by hxmiesa <br />Also very variable. As more and more things functions, I spend more and more time playing with it, rather than keep building on the layout. Ditto for me...during pre-mid-post summer I am mostly an outdoor person...but since it is winter now and early dark the spend hours start to count! But mostly composing and running trains... Sometimes I try to squeeze more rolling stock on the tracks or try to 'optimize' my fully space-2-track optimized plan...and that takes time
		Mosty era III DB.
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john black		#20 Posted : 21 December 2006 02:38:03(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 22/04/2004(UTC) Posts: 12,139 Location: New York, NY		Quote: [size=1" face="Verdana" id="quote]quote:Originally posted by city_night_line <br />http://www.extrem-teppichbahning.de/ Big fun (also the comments, hehe) ...
		I hope no one visits a poor Southener's layout in Brooklyn. Intruders beware of Gators. AT&SF, D&RGW, T&P, SP, WP, UP, BN, NYC, ARR, epI-III - analog & digital Marklin Classics only. CU#6021 FX-MOTOROLA DIGITAL SYSTEM. Fast as lightning and no trouble. What else ... Outlaw Member of BIG JUHAN's OUTSIDER CLUB. With the most members, worldwide
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mz_1414		#21 Posted : 22 December 2006 20:58:29(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 26/01/2006(UTC) Posts: 413 Location: ,		Just when time permits it [:I] and whit a new baby in the house, the time is small to play whit trains [:(]
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Bob R		#22 Posted : 22 December 2006 21:19:48(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 18/09/2005(UTC) Posts: 502 Location: , Texas		Thanks everyone for your replies. After I posted this and started to read the reply's, I failed to answer my own question. As for myself, I do not have a permanent HO layout as of yet, I do have a nice N Guage permanent layout that consist of Minitrix, Kato, Bachman and a few other odd brands. Now not being married I guess might be the key to how much time one is allowed to play with the Trains. So I play with mine at least somewhat daily when I am home or not over my girlfriends house. So I would probably say that I play with them about 5+ hours a week. Sometimes more, sometimes less but that is a conservative average I would say. So for those that do play with their trains on a regular basis, how many are married and have children? I see that our friend Lutz has not answered this as of yet. Come on Lutz, how many hours do you play with your trains a day??? Bob
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mz_1414		#23 Posted : 22 December 2006 21:22:15(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 26/01/2006(UTC) Posts: 413 Location: ,		married and 5 children
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al_pignolo		#24 Posted : 22 December 2006 21:32:46(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 30/09/2005(UTC) Posts: 904 Location: bologna, BO		Not married and no children.
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rschaffr		#25 Posted : 22 December 2006 21:53:43(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 03/01/2003(UTC) Posts: 5,193 Location: Southern New Jersey, USA		Married, two (grown and on their own) sons, two grandchildren (one of each).
		-Ron Digital, Epoch IV-V(K-track/CS3/6021Connect/60216051), Epoch III(C-track/6021/6036/6051) http://www.sem-co.com/~rschaffr/trains/trains.html
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hxmiesa		#26 Posted : 22 December 2006 23:52:31(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 15/12/2005(UTC) Posts: 3,604 Location: Spain		Married and 2 children (2 and 4 y/o). @mz_1414; FIVE??? You must be kidding?! ;-) ...Impressive! My wife and I wanted 3, but after the second... we have decided to stop making more babies! ;-)
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mz_1414		#27 Posted : 23 December 2006 00:03:43(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 26/01/2006(UTC) Posts: 413 Location: ,		No i im not kidding, just love kids and my trains
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john black		#28 Posted : 23 December 2006 02:38:51(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 22/04/2004(UTC) Posts: 12,139 Location: New York, NY		Wow ... congratulations, Peter
		I hope no one visits a poor Southener's layout in Brooklyn. Intruders beware of Gators. AT&SF, D&RGW, T&P, SP, WP, UP, BN, NYC, ARR, epI-III - analog & digital Marklin Classics only. CU#6021 FX-MOTOROLA DIGITAL SYSTEM. Fast as lightning and no trouble. What else ... Outlaw Member of BIG JUHAN's OUTSIDER CLUB. With the most members, worldwide
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john black		#29 Posted : 23 December 2006 02:40:43(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 22/04/2004(UTC) Posts: 12,139 Location: New York, NY		Quote: [size=1" face="Verdana" id="quote]quote:Originally posted by rschaffr <br />Married, two (grown and on their own) sons, two grandchildren Ditto
		I hope no one visits a poor Southener's layout in Brooklyn. Intruders beware of Gators. AT&SF, D&RGW, T&P, SP, WP, UP, BN, NYC, ARR, epI-III - analog & digital Marklin Classics only. CU#6021 FX-MOTOROLA DIGITAL SYSTEM. Fast as lightning and no trouble. What else ... Outlaw Member of BIG JUHAN's OUTSIDER CLUB. With the most members, worldwide
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intruder		#30 Posted : 23 December 2006 02:50:09(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 16/08/2006(UTC) Posts: 5,382 Location: Akershus, Norway		One wife and two kids - daughter 22 and son 19
		Best regards Svein, Norway grumpy old sod
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hxmiesa		#31 Posted : 23 December 2006 11:58:30(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 15/12/2005(UTC) Posts: 3,604 Location: Spain		@mz_1414; You have been busy!!! ;-)
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mz_1414		#32 Posted : 23 December 2006 12:30:56(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 26/01/2006(UTC) Posts: 413 Location: ,		Quote: [size=1" face="Verdana" id="quote]quote:@mz_1414; You have been busy!!! ;-) Yes !!!!! it´s a lot of fun before, and after
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nevw		#33 Posted : 23 December 2006 12:37:03(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 27/08/2005(UTC) Posts: 11,071 Location: Murrumba Downs QLD		Watch More TV or spend more time with your tains [}:)]
		NOt wearing the Pink Pinny, which is hard to see and now I have a white Pinny which also is hard to see against MY pure white Skin Still have 2 new shiny tin Hips that is badly in Need of Repair matching rusting tin shoulders and a hose pipe on the aorta Junior member of the Banana Club, a reformist and an old Goat with a Bad memory, loafing around
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mz_1414		#34 Posted : 23 December 2006 13:18:16(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 26/01/2006(UTC) Posts: 413 Location: ,
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steventrain		#35 Posted : 23 December 2006 16:48:18(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 21/10/2004(UTC) Posts: 31,709 Location: United Kingdom
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mz_1414		#36 Posted : 23 December 2006 20:14:45(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 26/01/2006(UTC) Posts: 413 Location: ,		Quote: [size=1" face="Verdana" id="quote]quote:Originally posted by john black <br />Wow ... congratulations, Peter Thanks John
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