You might be a model railroader if...

[trainfan1221]

QUOTE: Originally posted by Train-Master

...you shave with an x-acto knife.

OUCH!

[trainfan1221]

QUOTE: Originally posted by Train-Master

...you shave with an x-acto knife.

OUCH!

[Anonymous]

...you shave with an x-acto knife.

[Anonymous]

...you shave with an x-acto knife.

[trainfan1221]

Its a month later and you`re STILL checking this column...
And I`m also guilty of the layout doodling, but at work. If somebody shows up I have to hide it, they just don`t understand!

[trainfan1221]

Its a month later and you`re STILL checking this column...
And I`m also guilty of the layout doodling, but at work. If somebody shows up I have to hide it, they just don`t understand!

[Anonymous]

You might be a model railroader if...
...you owned an open pit copper mine to get the copper for your layout's wiring
...you also owned the railway that went to the mine
...then you modeled it in 1:87
...the answer to, "why are the world's forests dissapearing," is, "my benchwork."
...you modeled a 200 ton crane in 1:87, and it still lifts 2.25 tons
...you ever thought the creaters of Frasier saw a picture of a Southern Pacific shop building (i.e. Niles Crane...)
...your layout has 1:87 railfan clubs, which organize excursions on your layout

Hope you had some laughs,
Daniel

[Anonymous]

You might be a model railroader if...
...you owned an open pit copper mine to get the copper for your layout's wiring
...you also owned the railway that went to the mine
...then you modeled it in 1:87
...the answer to, "why are the world's forests dissapearing," is, "my benchwork."
...you modeled a 200 ton crane in 1:87, and it still lifts 2.25 tons
...you ever thought the creaters of Frasier saw a picture of a Southern Pacific shop building (i.e. Niles Crane...)
...your layout has 1:87 railfan clubs, which organize excursions on your layout

Hope you had some laughs,
Daniel

[AggroJones]

QUOTE: Originally posted by CNWfan5525

QUOTE: Originally posted by Littemon

If you doodle track plans in math class!

i was drawing track plans in mathh class last monday[:D]

Back in high school I used to doodle layout track plans and write names of locomotives I would like to own! I did that too!

[AggroJones]

QUOTE: Originally posted by CNWfan5525

QUOTE: Originally posted by Littemon

If you doodle track plans in math class!

i was drawing track plans in mathh class last monday[:D]

Back in high school I used to doodle layout track plans and write names of locomotives I would like to own! I did that too!

[Anonymous]

You install a Train Horn System on a brand new Fire Truck to increase the warning ability. (a local fire cheif had one installed on the departments truck) [:)]

[Anonymous]

You install a Train Horn System on a brand new Fire Truck to increase the warning ability. (a local fire cheif had one installed on the departments truck) [:)]

[Anonymous]

...You automatically salute your HO scale version of the 20th Century Limited as she blasts from inside a tunnel and hauls butt down a mighty stretch of mainline.

...Your wife says, "Why do you play with those silly toy trains? It's not like they're real." Angrily, you retort, "Why do you bother cooking? It's not like you prepare real meals."

...You take your prized Mikado to the alter during church services, wrapped snuggly in a blanket. You calmly announce to your pastor that you'd like him to bless your beloved child.[:D]

[Anonymous]

...You automatically salute your HO scale version of the 20th Century Limited as she blasts from inside a tunnel and hauls butt down a mighty stretch of mainline.

...Your wife says, "Why do you play with those silly toy trains? It's not like they're real." Angrily, you retort, "Why do you bother cooking? It's not like you prepare real meals."

...You take your prized Mikado to the alter during church services, wrapped snuggly in a blanket. You calmly announce to your pastor that you'd like him to bless your beloved child.[:D]

[Anonymous]

........ Your train is on the right track,....... & your mind isn't ..................."Boy that SD-40 sure has a great lookin set of hooooties , er, um, headlights".

[Anonymous]

........ Your train is on the right track,....... & your mind isn't ..................."Boy that SD-40 sure has a great lookin set of hooooties , er, um, headlights".

[Anonymous]

You might be a model railroader if...
...historic pictures of your family seem to mysteriously dissapear. When your family finds them in your railroad library you say "what--you've never heard of 'doctrine of prototype information collection' ."
...Amtrak comes to visit to find out how Amtrak trains always run on time on your UP layout.
...your wife cooks meals for the model dinner trains on your layout.

Hope you had some laughs,
Daniel

[Anonymous]

You might be a model railroader if...
...historic pictures of your family seem to mysteriously dissapear. When your family finds them in your railroad library you say "what--you've never heard of 'doctrine of prototype information collection' ."
...Amtrak comes to visit to find out how Amtrak trains always run on time on your UP layout.
...your wife cooks meals for the model dinner trains on your layout.

Hope you had some laughs,
Daniel

[Anonymous]

You go on vacation, the first thing you do when you get there, is look in the yellow pages for a hobby shop.[^] You happen to fine a layout in town and you spend the whole day there talking to the layout members. Your wife has to send a search out party to look for you. You can sleep because you are keep thinging of builting a layout all night.

Adamizer[:)]

[Anonymous]

You go on vacation, the first thing you do when you get there, is look in the yellow pages for a hobby shop.[^] You happen to fine a layout in town and you spend the whole day there talking to the layout members. Your wife has to send a search out party to look for you. You can sleep because you are keep thinging of builting a layout all night.

Adamizer[:)]

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by Littemon

If you doodle track plans in math class!

i was drawing track plans in mathh class last monday[:D]

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by Littemon

If you doodle track plans in math class!

i was drawing track plans in mathh class last monday[:D]

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by Trainnut484

..you show home video of your layout operating session on family movie night.
( Grab the popcorn)[;)][:o)]

or a Pentrex tape.

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by Trainnut484

..you show home video of your layout operating session on family movie night.
( Grab the popcorn)[;)][:o)]

or a Pentrex tape.

[Trainnut484]

I'm sure Jeff Foxworthy can find some great material on here [bow][bow][(-D]

[Trainnut484]

I'm sure Jeff Foxworthy can find some great material on here [bow][bow][(-D]

[Trainnut484]

..you show home video of your layout operating session on family movie night.
( Grab the popcorn)[;)][:o)]

[Trainnut484]

..you show home video of your layout operating session on family movie night.
( Grab the popcorn)[;)][:o)]

[Anonymous]

You might be a model railroader if...
...when someone tailgates you on the freeway you say "he's fouling limits he doesn't have authority to occupy."
...you were arrested by railroad police for entering a railraod roundhouse. Fortunately, you are good friends with every Class I President.
...you then exactly recreated that scene on your model railroad.
...Athern has a parking spot reserved for you.
...you get bulk discounts on locomotives--you buy them by the 1:1 boxcar.
...you own half of the railroad structures in your town.
...your wife has spent more time in the clothes shown in Classic Trains: Dream Trains than in modern clothes so your figurines can be as prototypical as possible.
...your benchwork can withstand a 12.0 earthquake.
...you have recreated the famous Milwaukee Road Skytop Observation advertisement, exact down to shoe sizes.
...a 1:87 model of your house is on your layout, next to three 1:87 4-8-8-4's, and with fourteen model streamliners stopped outside. You describe it as your "dare to dream" portion.
...the Union Pacific and London and North Eastern share trackage on your layout.
...you actually understand what it is like to buy four brass locomotives in one hour--and then they show up on your credit card bill.

Hope you had some laughs,
Daniel