My offline name is Doug, but everyone online calls me pollis or Pol for short.

I've been interested in railways for over fifty years, since I was in my pushchair, or buggies as they are called these days. My first train set was the Tri-ang OO gauge Transcontinental. However I became fascinated in European and US outline N Scale when I bought an Arnold catalogue in 1971. In those days Arnold models were far too expensive for me, but with the advent of Ebay I have been able to put together a collection for a reasonable outlay.