I have a very intresting tale of how I got hooked up on trains I came from a little known place called hampton roads and love of trains . I would then be moved around several times but eventaully I ended up in Germany for three glorious years; where other railfans fell in love with engines that My middle school years were full of the fast high speed trains and frequent regional trains of all shapes and sizes from London to Berlin and . To 12 year old me this was paradise but like every paradice it is lost