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These pages replicate the layout designer Scott Perry's questionnaire for his clients. The contents are used here with is permission. I have formatted it to be an series of pages with his questions and my answers.

Personal Interview Survey Page 2

How long have you been a model railroader?

I�ve been playing with trains since I was a small child. I�ve been a subscriber to Model Railroader magazine continuously since 1975.

Give a brief history of your model railroad hobby experience?

I mostly had trains around the Christmas tree during my childhood, however the platform was 4x6� and we had two sidings as well as scenery (including a log pond for the LifeLike working lumber mill). We even created a snow scene layout using baking soda (I can still taste that Christmas J ). I also used to visit a neighbor who had a large basement layout and would help him. I joined a modular club in Champaign , Illinois in 1989 during grad school and also operated the University�s club layout. Mostly, I built models to run on the modular layout. I built my first true layout (based on the 5x9 Memphis Jefferson and Southern by Andy Sperandeo in Track Planning Ideas by Kalmbach) in the basement of my duplex around 1995. This layout was created using 1x4 butt joint bench work in 3 3x5 bolted together sections and with insulating foam for the scenery and subroadbed to keep it portable and light. I used cork for the road bed. This was DC and was wired with NINE blocks (each passing track and spur) so I could have a switcher, and two mainline trains for operation. I used ShipIt!, to generate switchlists for operation. I joined a NH club in 1996 or so. This club had a modular HO layout and a sectional N scale layout. I built my own 4� module using a pre-existing frame. I also helped build at least 4 other modules and re-built about 6 more. I team taught a scenery clinic at our club�s annual show. I also was the club DCC �expert� since I had a System One system, helped the club buy and operate a NCE PowerHouse pro, and was the main person installing and programming decoders. I�m also a prototype historian. I have a current membership in the Southern Railway HA (and the SRHS before that), the ACL-SAL HS and the TAG HS. I�m also subscribed to the N&W HS modelers list.

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