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Jean-Patrick CharreyRole
You can reach me at the following address About meMy interest in Turkey aroused when I was working there in 1991/1992. In these years, it was already too late to see regular live steam engines but TCDD still had the flavor of an old time railway, the kind of flavor that is encountered in branch lines in Western Europe. Then the network impressed me: a mountain network with steep gradients and adverse weather conditions. And a huge network: almost 2000 Km from Istanbul to Kars or Tatvan. Finally, I discovered that the Turkish railways had a rich history that ties to most of the key events of the 20th century and that was little known or researched, hence the idea of this site (more about site history here). I currently have a full time job as Information Technology manager in a large company manufacturing and servicing elevators. This is quite far from railways. I work on this site only on my spare time; which can sometime be very minimal, at least not enough to dig out all available material. I am French and I currently live in Paris, France. I return to Turkey on average once a year for holidays (usually somewhere near the sea!). Each time I try to do one or two days of fieldwork. My wife is Turkish and I would like to thank her for her for all the translation works, my Turkish being quite patchy. I also have two sons quite willing to help me but still too young for any productive action! Railway ModellingMy past is in modeling: this is where it all started for me. I was given an HO toy train (Jouef, a French brand now part of the Hornby portfolio) that I liked very much. I did quite a lot of plastic models too, mostly boats but I always returned to trains. It is through modeling that I discovered the world of railways, to which I had otherwise no connection. I was quite engaged into HO modeling until my college years. I stopped and dismantled everything when I started a professional life, mostly because of lack a time. However, I always kept a strong interest for railways. Fast forward to presents days: I am gradually returning to modeling, this time as a family activity I can do with my sons. However, I am now playing in IIm scale using LGB rolling stock. Given that the boys favorite game is to make train races ending in gigantic crashes, I have not yet invested too much effort in detailing. Eventhough I don't really see myself as a modeller anymore, I am quite proud to be an honorary (and distant) member of the first railway modeller club in Turkey. 
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