Big Boy Forever You go to estate sales, ignore antiques or valuable items and look hopefully for model railroad gear.
You go to estate sales, ignore antiques or valuable items and look hopefully for model railroad gear.
Guilty. Soooo guilty. Add flea markets, garage sales, yard sales and antique stores to that.
The Cedar Branch & Western--The Hillbilly Line!
The smell of diesel fuel spills at the local gas station reminds you of the last railroad yard you visited.
Your mental imaginings for a model railroad yard includes adding diesel fuel drippings near the model trackage to smell like the real thing.
You go though the trash to see if there's anything you can use on the layout.
Joe Staten Island West
You hide a dead fish underneath your layout to give your waterfront scene an authentic smell.
you have to design your benchwork to go around your computer so you can keep reading the MR forums.
Drew4950 If you salivate when the railroad crossing gates come down and the alarms start ringing.
If you salivate when the railroad crossing gates come down and the alarms start ringing.
Or everytime you see a RR crossing, you get excited and hope the gates are going to come down before you reach the crossing. If the gates don't come down, then you look both ways and hope you see a train in the distance. And then you get disappointed when there isn't a train.
If you design a layout for every possible space in your house.
If you relate to the prices of items in terms of how many trains you could get with that much money.
If the railroad related books in your house require their own bookcase.
If there are trains or train related items in more than half of the rooms in your house.
S&S
P.S. Guilty to all of the above.
Modeling the Pennsy and loving it!
...your friends no longer ask you, 'What have you been up to lately?'
Kyle Drew4950 If you salivate when the railroad crossing gates come down and the alarms start ringing. Or everytime you see a RR crossing, you get excited and hope the gates are going to come down before you reach the crossing. If the gates don't come down, then you look both ways and hope you see a train in the distance. And then you get disappointed when there isn't a train.
I am like that every time.
Will
You might be a model railroader if your toilet tank leaks 'cause you got too many model railroader mags stacked on top. BILL
You read this thread in hopes of getting more detail and building ideas. Or anywhere for that matter
A pessimist sees a dark tunnel
An optimist sees the light at the end of the tunnel
A realist sees a frieght train
An engineer sees three idiots standing on the tracks stairing blankly in space
Your friends refer to you as the "train guy".
Your computer screensaver is a photo of your layout
You spend your money on trains instead of food.
(My Model Railroad, My Rules)
These are the opinions of an under 35 , from the east end of, and modeling, the same section of the Wheeling and Lake Erie railway. As well as a freelanced road (Austinville and Dynamite City railroad).
...Your Christmas list looks like the Walther's monthly flyer. Or the Micromark one.
Connecticut Valley Railroad A Branch of the New York, New Haven, and Hartford
"If you think you can do a thing or think you can't do a thing, you're right." -- Henry Ford
...if you can remember the different phase spotting characteristics of SD40-2s, but you can't remember what you were supposed to purchase at the store...
Schuylkill & Susquehanna:
Just ONE bookcase?????
You might be a model railroader if:
You have more trains than your wife has shoes.
You know the difference between "red" and "boxcar red" paint, but can't tell the difference between your wife's "light blue" and "periwinkle" dresses. (You also look at your wife and go "what's periwinkle anyway?")
And, related to this.......
You might be a rail fan if:
You can explain the heritage of any rail line in your area, past and present.
You can tell which railroad is running a train through town off of air horn sound alone.
You like the smell of creosote in the morning.
You also like the smell of burning coal.
Ricky W.
HO scale Proto-freelancer.
My Railroad rules:
1: It's my railroad, my rules.
2: It's for having fun and enjoyment.
3: Any objections, consult above rules.
ricktrains4824 You might be a model railroader if: You have more trains than your wife has shoes. You know the difference between "red" and "boxcar red" paint, but can't tell the difference between your wife's "light blue" and "periwinkle" dresses. (You also look at your wife and go "what's periwinkle anyway?") And, related to this....... You might be a rail fan if: You can explain the heritage of any rail line in your area, past and present. You can tell which railroad is running a train through town off of air horn sound alone. You like the smell of creosote in the morning. You also like the smell of burning coal.
Oh, I forgot creosote.
I'll add it with the diesel fuel to my yard layout.
Coal is too old.
if you go to a train show on your wedding anniversary.
the Bear.
"One difference between pessimists and optimists is that while pessimists are more often right, optimists have far more fun."
When your livingroom, diningroom, and kitchen are filled with a train layout instead of normal furniture.
Modeling in HO...Reading and Conrail together in an alternate history.
When you spent 4 days and 20 gallons of gas looking for the right material to make bottle brush trees. Found it! Doug
When you can spend 40 hours a week in the Train Room!
And I do - Retirement is a Great Thing!
BOB H - Clarion, PA
when you build aircraft and bring freightcars to your job so you can strip them with the 99%alchol there and show your coworkers and then you find a pile of trains and modelrailroader mags in the lunch area no ones no's who there from ok! rambo1... atleast we have good reading stuff.
You might be a model railroader if you have to be asked more than 8 times a week to clear the train stuff off the table so we can eat.
If you get an "ultimatum" from your amazingly supportive wife that it is NOW time to get those 3 sheets of plywood out of the hallway to the bedroom. They were only there for 3 years!
Jim
Raised on the Erie Lackawanna Mainline- Supt. of the Black River Transfer & Terminal R.R.
If you can name all of Conrail's predcessors but can't name all three Kardashian sisters.
You spill Floquil paint on your work slacks and get upset about wasting irreplacable paint and not about ruining your good slacks.
You've been on your hands and knees digging through your carpet fiber by fiber trying to find the tiney screw, coupler spring or other microscopic part you dropped.
You operate on a regular basis despite not being a surgeon.
Local is a relative term when it comes to hobby shops.
Modeling the Pennsylvania Railroad in N Scale.
www.prr-nscale.blogspot.com
if you go to a train show on your wedding anniversary. the Bear.
Are you still married? If so, it probably cost you a small fortune amd the knees of your trousers.
Capt. Grimek If you get an "ultimatum" from your amazingly supportive wife that it is NOW time to get those 3 sheets of plywood out of the hallway to the bedroom. They were only there for 3 years! Jim
Howabout
"Get that 5 X 10 monstrosity out of the family room and into the garage"
"... you've ever told anyone 'I can quit buying freight cars any time I want!'"
I wish I could take credit for that one, but it was my favorite in an identical thread on this very subject a few years ago. Here is the link.
Another one was similar to the grade crossing one mentioned already: "you slow down when approaching a grade crossing hoping to be the first one in line when the gate comes down"
Dan Stokes
My other car is a tunnel motor
Your girlfriend runs off with your model railroading buddy and you miss him.