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You Might Be a Model Railroader If..........

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Posted by joe323 on Sunday, July 27, 2014 2:26 PM

You go though the trash to see if there's anything you can use on the layout. 

Joe Staten Island West 

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Posted by Big Boy Forever on Sunday, July 27, 2014 2:07 PM

Your mental imaginings for a model railroad yard includes adding diesel fuel drippings near the model trackage to smell like the real thing.

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Posted by Big Boy Forever on Sunday, July 27, 2014 2:03 PM

The smell of diesel fuel spills at the local gas station reminds you of the last railroad yard you visited.

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Posted by dragenrider on Sunday, July 27, 2014 1:09 PM

Big Boy Forever

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.  Whistling

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Posted by eaglescout on Sunday, July 27, 2014 12:42 PM
You look at everything before you throw it away and decide if you could ever use it on your layout and throw it in the junk box instead.
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Posted by tgindy on Sunday, July 27, 2014 12:07 PM

(if) you think you're one of "the little people" in the observation car!

Conemaugh Road & Traction circa 1956

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Posted by Big Boy Forever on Sunday, July 27, 2014 11:55 AM

You go to estate sales, ignore antiques or valuable items and look hopefully for model railroad gear.

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Posted by Drew4950 on Sunday, July 27, 2014 11:48 AM

If you salivate when the railroad crossing gates come down and the alarms start ringing.

 

Modeling a railroad hypothetically set in time.

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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, July 27, 2014 11:27 AM

Phoebe Vet
Mine does that.

Mine too! I check the forum first thing in the morning, just when you folks are heading for bed...

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Posted by Phoebe Vet on Sunday, July 27, 2014 11:12 AM

Sir Madog
 
carl425
You type a "c" on the address bar of your browser and auto complete brings you straight to this forum.

 

... when you open your browser and this forum appears automatically.

 

Mine does that.

Dave

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Posted by Uncle_Bob on Sunday, July 27, 2014 10:53 AM

...if co-workers bring you empty boxes because they think you might use them to store your railroad equipment.

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Posted by angelob6660 on Sunday, July 27, 2014 9:41 AM

... If you model every railroad, but can't pick one.

Modeling the G.N.O. Railway, The Diamond Route.

Amtrak America, 1971-Present.

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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, July 27, 2014 9:29 AM

carl425
You type a "c" on the address bar of your browser and auto complete brings you straight to this forum.

... when you open your browser and this forum appears automatically.

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Posted by trafficdesign on Sunday, July 27, 2014 8:43 AM

... if you have a multimeter and know how to use it for continuity testing.

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Posted by richhotrain on Sunday, July 27, 2014 8:36 AM

Phoebe Vet

 

 
steemtrayn

...you get off the computer and down to the train room.

 

 

 

If you HAVE a computer in the train room.

 

....when you have a computer in the train room.

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Posted by Phoebe Vet on Sunday, July 27, 2014 8:29 AM

steemtrayn

...you get off the computer and down to the train room.

 

If you HAVE a computer in the train room.

Dave

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Posted by carl425 on Sunday, July 27, 2014 8:27 AM

You type a "c" on the address bar of your browser and auto complete brings you straight to this forum.

I have the right to remain silent.  By posting here I have given up that right and accept that anything I say can and will be used as evidence to critique me.

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Posted by Medina1128 on Sunday, July 27, 2014 8:19 AM

Your friends think it's weird that you every issue of Model Railroader dating back decades, but not a single Playboy.

 

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Posted by peahrens on Sunday, July 27, 2014 7:37 AM

You go through a whole summer without needing to apply sunscreen.

Paul

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Posted by CGW121 on Sunday, July 27, 2014 7:24 AM

Your dining room table is full of your building kits and other projects

 

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Posted by richhotrain on Sunday, July 27, 2014 5:44 AM

...................................you build a layout across your entire foyer.

Rich

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Posted by Big Boy Forever on Sunday, July 27, 2014 12:40 AM

You watch real trains from different distances and try to determine if they are O, HO, N or Z scale sizes.

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Posted by hon30critter on Sunday, July 27, 2014 12:28 AM

You might be a model railroader if every cupboard you open and every shelf you look at is full of unbuilt kits!

Laugh

Dave

I'm just a dude with a bad back having a lot of fun with model trains, and finally building a layout!

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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, July 26, 2014 11:39 PM

If you get up every morning at 3.30am to operate the early morning milk train on your layout!

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Posted by up831 on Saturday, July 26, 2014 11:15 PM

If you would even think of using sterling silver for flat car tie downs. Lol

Less is more,...more or less!

Jim (with a nod to Mies Van Der Rohe)

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Posted by hon30critter on Saturday, July 26, 2014 10:54 PM

Paul!

LaughLaughLaughLaughLaughLaugh

Dave

I'm just a dude with a bad back having a lot of fun with model trains, and finally building a layout!

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Posted by IRONROOSTER on Saturday, July 26, 2014 10:13 PM

If you don't think reefer has anything to do with marijuana.

Enjoy

Paul

If you're having fun, you're doing it the right way.
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Posted by kbkchooch on Saturday, July 26, 2014 9:42 PM

You see your wife's makeup brushes in the bathroom and ask her if she has any she can spare for weathering chalks!Whistling

 

Karl

NCE über alles! Thumbs Up

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Posted by CSX_road_slug on Saturday, July 26, 2014 9:38 PM

You walk thru the plumbing department at Home Depot or Lowes, and imagine all the scale smokestacks, silos, tanks, etc that you could scratchbuild from an 8ft length of PVC pipe. 

-Ken in Maryland  (B&O modeler, former CSX modeler)

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Posted by gregc on Saturday, July 26, 2014 8:54 PM

when you pull dry dead plants out of the garden, you wonder how they would look as miniature trees

greg - Philadelphia & Reading / Reading

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