G Paine wrote:In addition to a vanity licence plate with the initals of a favorate RR, the family minivan is custom painted to match a favorite cab or hood unit. I have seen a number of vanity plates, and photos of a painted van - I think it was Chessie System
There was a photo a long while back on another forum of a guy who had is 40 ft. RV (a bus), and applied these big Santa Fe railroad logos on the side . Talk about over the top!
"I like my Pullman Standards & Budds in Stainless Steel flavors, thank you!"
stokesda wrote: To take a different angle on this topic, there was another topic on this forum last year, or maybe the year before last called "You might be a model railroader if..." I copied the list below from the thread, because I thought they were keepers! Thought they could bear repeating here. Enjoy! You might be a model railroader if... *You've ever run two or more boxcars in a train, and hoped no one else noticed that they have identical road numbers. more than once *You slow down approaching a grade crossing; hoping that you'll have to stop and be the car closest to the crossing. Yep *Someone asks about a certain structure and you know the exact page where it is in the Walther's catalog you also know the walther # *You check the MR forum more than your e-mail server That actually hapenns dekruif
To take a different angle on this topic, there was another topic on this forum last year, or maybe the year before last called "You might be a model railroader if..." I copied the list below from the thread, because I thought they were keepers! Thought they could bear repeating here. Enjoy!
You might be a model railroader if...
*You've ever run two or more boxcars in a train, and hoped no one else noticed that they have identical road numbers.
more than once
*You slow down approaching a grade crossing; hoping that you'll have to stop and be the car closest to the crossing.
Yep
*Someone asks about a certain structure and you know the exact page where it is in the Walther's catalog
you also know the walther #
*You check the MR forum more than your e-mail server
That actually hapenns
dekruif
stokesda wrote:To take a different angle on this topic, there was another topic on this forum last year, or maybe the year before last called "You might be a model railroader if..."
*You have a manila folder in your desk (or a subdirectory on your computer) full of home-drawn trackplans that you know you'll never build, but they're too good to discard. *You've visited a hobby shop on a busy day, and wound up answering detailed questions for other customers before you shop.*When you are on Vacation in another city, and the First thing you do in your Hotel room is look in the phonebook for the Hobbyshops.
*You build a hot-rod designed specificly for train chasing.
*You've ever refused to buy a model freight car because the stencilled build date (which you had to squint to read) is a year off from the era you're modeling.
*Your spouse assumes you can fix light switches, toasters, radios, and vacuum cleaners because "you know all about that wiring stuff from working on your trains, right?"
*You've ever gotten into a debate over whether Kato is pronounced "kay-to" or "kah-to."
dekruif wrote:12. You worry about your wiring/scenery/benchwork etc. in bed.
thats me
I bought a Pan Am Boxcar RTR from Athearn.
I did have several other modern era equiptment around to run it with. =)
Now that my confession is out of the way I feel better. =)
But I liked the Limited Run concept by Satan the best.
George In Midcoast Maine, 'bout halfway up the Rockland branch
stokesda wrote:To take a different angle on this topic, there was another topic on this forum last year, or maybe the year before last called "You might be a model railroader if..." I copied the list below from the thread, because I thought they were keepers! Thought they could bear repeating here. Enjoy! You might be a model railroader if... *You've ever sold a perfectly good freight or passenger car, only because the new superdetailed one you just bought makes the old one look bland. *You really agonize over decisions like, "Should I buy flowers for my wife or turnouts for my new staging yard ? or Do I need to buy flowers to get these turnouts in the house?" *You see a piece of plywood, and your first thought is to imagine what kind of layout could be built on it. *You honestly feel that, if your wife buys a new video tape, that entitles you to buy a freight car, and a new outfit for her means an engine for you. Fair is fair. *You've ever gotten into a debate over whether Kato is pronounced "kay-to" or "kah-to." *You've ever worried about spelling the coupler "Kadee" or "KD." *You've ever traced the route of a wire under your layout by pulling on it. *Brass isn't something you polish, it's something you paint and weather. *You spend more on your model trains in a year than some Third-World nations spend on the real thing. *The latest issue of Model Railroader arrives on the same day as your federal tax refund check, and you open the magazine first. *The latest issue of Model Railroader arrives on the same day as your state tax refund check, and the only reason you open the check first is so you'll know how much you can afford to spend as you read the ads in the magazine. *You've ever bought a freight car you had no use for, just because it looked so cool, and then bought more just like it, so it wouldn't look out of place. *You've ever been tempted to send flame e-mail to someone whose only wrongdoing was outbidding you for that special engine on eBay. *Your spouse gives you some old newspapers, a bag of foam and a box of Hydrocal for your birthday, and you're speechless with joy. *You hate watching The Addams Family because of what Gomez does to those gorgeous trains. *You've ever suggested that your wife's ceramic Christmas village needs a train running through it. *Your model trains run closer to schedule than CSX's do in real life. *You have a manila folder in your desk (or a subdirectory on your computer) full of home-drawn trackplans that you know you'll never build, but they're too good to discard. *You look forward to the latest announcements from your favorite engine maker with more enthusiasm than a six-year-old looks forward to Christmas. *You think that three hours forming and mounting wire grab-irons on a caboose is time well spent. *You've ever poured your heart into showing off your layout for friends, and their only questions are, "How much did all this cost?" and, "How fast can the engine go?" *You sincerely believe that the concept of limited-run locomotives and cars was an evil plot dreamed up by Satan himself. *You're setting up a simple trainset to run around the Christmas tree, and you're mentally planning the scenery and structures you'll need "to make it look right." *You hate collectors, because they drive up the prices of the equipment you're trying to collect. (But you're going to run yours, and that's different.) *Your spouse assumes you can fix light switches, toasters, radios, and vacuum cleaners because "you know all about that wiring stuff from working on your trains, right?" *You've ever told yourself, "Never again will I try to mount tiny coupler springs while working over a shag rug" or you rip same out to install indoor/outdoor flat carpet over the padding in your den. *You've ever felt smug because you found an inaccuracy in a published photo of somebody else's gorgeous layout. Not that you'd ever say anything about it, of course. *You've ever refused to buy a model freight car because the stencilled build date (which you had to squint to read) is a year off from the era you're modeling. *You've visited a hobby shop on a busy day, and wound up answering detailed questions for other customers before you shop. *You justify the money you spent at a train show as "just doing my part to improve the local economy." *Your spouse gives you something expensive but inappropriate, like an articulated stack car when you model the 1950's, and you run it to avoid hurting her feelings, but the whole time, you're squirming inside. *You refuse to buy an inexpensive, beautifully-detailed boxcar lettered for your favorite railroad, because the prototype car had 14 ribs and the model has 16! *You feel compelled to browse in the local mall's hobby shop every time you go near it, even though you know they charge list price and have nothing you need. *You've ever run two or more boxcars in a train, and hoped no one else noticed that they have identical road numbers. Jay Norfolk Southern Forever!! Reply trainfan1221 Member sinceJuly 2003 From: Elmwood Park, NJ 2,385 posts Posted by trainfan1221 on Monday, August 28, 2006 11:11 AM CMSTPP.. I know this is a long shot, but..Do you like Alcos? Reply Medina1128 Member sinceApril 2003 From: Clinton, MO, US 4,261 posts Posted by Medina1128 on Monday, August 28, 2006 4:32 AM Sure sign of a model train fanatic? When your wife tells you she wants a divorce, and rather than try to find out why, your first thought is, "Great, how am I going to move my layout.." Not that I've ever done that... Marlon See pictures of the Clinton-Golden Valley RR Reply stokesda Member sinceMarch 2004 From: San Diego 954 posts Posted by stokesda on Monday, August 28, 2006 12:18 AM To take a different angle on this topic, there was another topic on this forum last year, or maybe the year before last called "You might be a model railroader if..." I copied the list below from the thread, because I thought they were keepers! Thought they could bear repeating here. Enjoy! You might be a model railroader if... *You've ever sold a perfectly good freight or passenger car, only because the new superdetailed one you just bought makes the old one look bland. *You really agonize over decisions like, "Should I buy flowers for my wife or turnouts for my new staging yard ? or Do I need to buy flowers to get these turnouts in the house?" *You see a piece of plywood, and your first thought is to imagine what kind of layout could be built on it. *You honestly feel that, if your wife buys a new video tape, that entitles you to buy a freight car, and a new outfit for her means an engine for you. Fair is fair. *You've ever gotten into a debate over whether Kato is pronounced "kay-to" or "kah-to." *You've ever worried about spelling the coupler "Kadee" or "KD." *You've ever traced the route of a wire under your layout by pulling on it. *Brass isn't something you polish, it's something you paint and weather. *You spend more on your model trains in a year than some Third-World nations spend on the real thing. *The latest issue of Model Railroader arrives on the same day as your federal tax refund check, and you open the magazine first. *The latest issue of Model Railroader arrives on the same day as your state tax refund check, and the only reason you open the check first is so you'll know how much you can afford to spend as you read the ads in the magazine. *You've ever bought a freight car you had no use for, just because it looked so cool, and then bought more just like it, so it wouldn't look out of place. *You've ever been tempted to send flame e-mail to someone whose only wrongdoing was outbidding you for that special engine on eBay. *Your spouse gives you some old newspapers, a bag of foam and a box of Hydrocal for your birthday, and you're speechless with joy. *You hate watching The Addams Family because of what Gomez does to those gorgeous trains. *You've ever suggested that your wife's ceramic Christmas village needs a train running through it. *Your model trains run closer to schedule than CSX's do in real life. *You have a manila folder in your desk (or a subdirectory on your computer) full of home-drawn trackplans that you know you'll never build, but they're too good to discard. *You look forward to the latest announcements from your favorite engine maker with more enthusiasm than a six-year-old looks forward to Christmas. *You think that three hours forming and mounting wire grab-irons on a caboose is time well spent. *You've ever poured your heart into showing off your layout for friends, and their only questions are, "How much did all this cost?" and, "How fast can the engine go?" *You sincerely believe that the concept of limited-run locomotives and cars was an evil plot dreamed up by Satan himself. *You're setting up a simple trainset to run around the Christmas tree, and you're mentally planning the scenery and structures you'll need "to make it look right." *You hate collectors, because they drive up the prices of the equipment you're trying to collect. (But you're going to run yours, and that's different.) *Your spouse assumes you can fix light switches, toasters, radios, and vacuum cleaners because "you know all about that wiring stuff from working on your trains, right?" *You've ever told yourself, "Never again will I try to mount tiny coupler springs while working over a shag rug" or you rip same out to install indoor/outdoor flat carpet over the padding in your den. *You've ever felt smug because you found an inaccuracy in a published photo of somebody else's gorgeous layout. Not that you'd ever say anything about it, of course. *You've ever refused to buy a model freight car because the stencilled build date (which you had to squint to read) is a year off from the era you're modeling. *You've visited a hobby shop on a busy day, and wound up answering detailed questions for other customers before you shop. *You justify the money you spent at a train show as "just doing my part to improve the local economy." *Your spouse gives you something expensive but inappropriate, like an articulated stack car when you model the 1950's, and you run it to avoid hurting her feelings, but the whole time, you're squirming inside. *You refuse to buy an inexpensive, beautifully-detailed boxcar lettered for your favorite railroad, because the prototype car had 14 ribs and the model has 16! *You feel compelled to browse in the local mall's hobby shop every time you go near it, even though you know they charge list price and have nothing you need. *You've ever run two or more boxcars in a train, and hoped no one else noticed that they have identical road numbers. *You've ever tried to justify bringing home a new freight car on the grounds that its your wife's favorite color or matches your shoes. *You talk about the merits of DCC versus cab control at parties. *Hardly a day goes by without you making progress on planning the layout you're going to build someday. *Your family has ever eaten in the den because the kitchen table was buried in decals, tools, and detail parts for your latest project. *You've ever gotten defensive with your railroading friends about buying a model engine or car from a manufacturer they hold in contempt. *You've ever calculated how long your layout is in scale miles, and padded the number by adding the lengths of the sidings and spurs. *It constantly annoys you that the kits for model truck, cars, and boats in the hobby shop aren't made to useful scales, like 1:87 *You've ever told anyone, "I can quit buying freight cars any time I want!" *You slow down approaching a grade crossing; hoping that you'll have to stop and be the car closest to the crossing. *Your kids stand in front their present boxes at Christmas and tell each other: "Bet it's another train set" *Someone asks about a certain structure and you know the exact page where it is in the Walther's catalog *You prefer to tell the wife you were in a bar with your friends rather than telling her you were at your LHS checking the new $350 BLI steam loco. *You've ever had a B-day cake in form of an engine *Disney World is great because it has trains and monorails *You've entered the key word "4-8-8-4" in Google just to see if something appeared *You check the MR forum more than your e-mail server *You've ever wondered which piece of your collection to save first in case a fire *You build a hot-rod designed specificly for train chasing. *You sulk because you have to spend money on un-neccissary things such as bills because it takes money away from your model train budget. *You tried to talk someone into buying you a brass passenger train as a christmas present. *You were a steam locomotive for holloweeen. *You move to another house, and it takes 39 boxes just for the train stuff, and 10 for everything else. *You swear that FRED doesn't mean F-----G Rear End Device! *When you are on Vacation in another city, and the First thing you do in your Hotel room is look in the phonebook for the Hobbyshops!!!!!! *You've ever gone to a Chinese restaurant and studied your chopsticks thinking to yourself, "These things would make GREAT Douglas Fir trunks!!!" Dan Stokes My other car is a tunnel motor Reply Texas Zepher Member sinceOctober 2004 From: Colorful Colorado 8,639 posts Posted by Texas Zepher on Sunday, August 27, 2006 10:39 PM trainfan1221 wrote:Actually a friend of mine named his cat Chessie. Well, Chessie was a cat before it was a railroad.....On the bigger subject - I guess I'm not a "model train fanatic". I figured I would be guilty of at least 8 of the first 10. I'm not hitting any of these except around the fringes. Oh well, I guess I didn't want to be a fanatic anyway.... Reply Anonymous Member sinceApril 2003 305,205 posts Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, August 27, 2006 10:35 PM Has underwear decorated with train themes..... Cheers, Mike Reply Edit dgwinup Member sinceMay 2005 1,168 posts Posted by dgwinup on Sunday, August 27, 2006 10:19 PM #(whatever): You have TWO cats and the OTHER one is named "PEAKE". LOL Darrell, quiet...for now Darrell, quiet...for now Reply Anonymous Member sinceApril 2003 305,205 posts Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, August 27, 2006 9:02 PM I think I have the best one, I met a girl on another forum whose father named her Chessie(NO JOKE !!!!) Reply Edit CMSTPP Member sinceAugust 2005 From: Along the old Milwaukee Road. 1,152 posts Posted by CMSTPP on Saturday, August 26, 2006 11:06 PM 25: Likes alcos!! 25B: Likes to take pictures of alcos!! 25C: Likes to run Alcos!! and finally... 25D: Has a model of an Alco!! Hows that!! James The Milwaukee Road From Miles City, Montana, to Avery, Idaho. The Mighty Milwaukee's Rocky Mountain Division. Visit: http://www.sd45.com/milwaukeeroad/index.htm Reply trainfan1221 Member sinceJuly 2003 From: Elmwood Park, NJ 2,385 posts Posted by trainfan1221 on Wednesday, August 23, 2006 8:11 PM Actually a friend of mine named his cat Chessie. I just always like to say how I use train related references for my passwords and codes and what have you. Reply trainfreek92 Member sinceSeptember 2005 From: Mass 1,063 posts Posted by trainfreek92 on Wednesday, August 23, 2006 7:55 PM SunsetLimited wrote: dekruif wrote:12. You worry about your wiring/scenery/benchwork etc. in bed. Heh......oops... Hey I make most of my plans laying down at night in bed!! Has a long white beard,with a red bandana (like thing) and wears overalls. Running New England trains on The Maple Lead & Pine Tree Central RR from the late 50's to the early 80's in N scale Reply Anonymous Member sinceApril 2003 305,205 posts Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, August 23, 2006 7:32 PM jwar wrote: Thoroughbred diesel wrote:#1 spends more time on this or another forum than with his family. Some of you guys qualify for this one. He must be talking about those people in the other room that ask me to come out and eat every now and then... Or tend to the second computer for the wife so she can browse HER forums =) Reply Edit jwar Member sinceJuly 2003 From: Northern Ca 1,008 posts Posted by jwar on Wednesday, August 23, 2006 6:10 PM Thoroughbred diesel wrote:#1 spends more time on this or another forum than with his family. Some of you guys qualify for this one. He must be talking about those people in the other room that ask me to come out and eat every now and then... John Warren's, Feather River Route WP and SP in HO Reply Anonymous Member sinceApril 2003 305,205 posts Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, August 23, 2006 3:37 PM #1 spends more time on this or another forum than with his family. Some of you guys qualify for this one. Reply Edit tomikawaTT Member sinceFebruary 2005 From: Southwest US 12,914 posts Posted by tomikawaTT on Wednesday, August 23, 2006 3:08 PM AntonioFP45 wrote:24. His car's horn is actually a train whistle! and: 24A. He blows two long, one short, one long at every unprotected intersection. 24B. He uses the appropriate number of short toots to bring in the flag before proceeding at a stop sign. Chuck (who would love to have a whistle for a horn) Reply CrazyDelmar Member sinceAugust 2006 From: Newman,IL (just try finding that) 262 posts Posted by CrazyDelmar on Wednesday, August 23, 2006 3:07 PM AntonioFP45 wrote:24. His car's horn is actually a train whistle! 25. his car has been modified to run off a DCC controler CRAZY DELMAR Coming back. Reply AntonioFP45 Member sinceDecember 2003 From: Good ol' USA 9,642 posts Posted by AntonioFP45 on Wednesday, August 23, 2006 2:34 PM 24. His car's horn is actually a train whistle! "I like my Pullman Standards & Budds in Stainless Steel flavors, thank you!" Reply emdgp92 Member sinceDecember 2002 From: Pittsburgh, PA 1,261 posts Posted by emdgp92 on Wednesday, August 23, 2006 2:33 PM RedGrey62 wrote:22) Flips thru railroad calendars slowly and with more enthusiasm than a pin-up calendar. 23) Has the center-spreads of Trains or MR hanging on the workshop wall... *instead* of pin-up calendars :) Reply RedGrey62 Member sinceAugust 2001 From: Nebraska 1,280 posts Posted by RedGrey62 on Wednesday, August 23, 2006 2:28 PM 22) Flips thru railroad calendars slowly and with more enthusiasm than a pin-up calendar. Rick "...Mother Nature will always punish the incompetent and uninformed." Bill Barney from Thor's Legions Reply Anonymous Member sinceApril 2003 305,205 posts Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, August 23, 2006 2:26 PM 20. "That's good hold it right there" will be etched into the tombstone one day. 21. Stressing about a bad feeder wire while kitchen lamp malfunctions in kitchen. Reply Edit StillGrande Member sinceSeptember 2003 From: Alexandria, VA 847 posts Posted by StillGrande on Wednesday, August 23, 2006 2:20 PM 19) Instead of saying "Once, at band camp" he starts stories with "Once, at a train show..." Dewey "Facts are meaningless; you can use facts to prove anything that is even remotely true! Facts, schmacks!" - Homer Simpson "The problem is there are so many stupid people and nothing eats them." Reply mustanggt Member sinceOctober 2002 From: Massachusetts 664 posts Posted by mustanggt on Wednesday, August 23, 2006 8:23 AM 18.) You have a cat named Chessie Dave C280 rollin' Reply mondotrains Member sinceApril 2004 From: Connecticut 724 posts Posted by mondotrains on Wednesday, August 23, 2006 6:46 AM 15. He squints like a mole when out in the sunlight because he's spent so much time in the basement (does a mole squint?). 16. His skin is "pasty" looking because again he's spent so much time in the basement and flourescent light really doesn't cause much of a tan. 17. Spending so much time alone, he looks at you like you're from Mars when you ask him a question and he can't find his voice and doesn't know how to answer. Actually, I've only met a few guys like the ones I've mentioned and most guys are pretty cool. Mondo Mondo Reply 12 Subscriber & Member Login Login, or register today to interact in our online community, comment on articles, receive our newsletter, manage your account online and more! Login Register Users Online There are no community member online Search the Community ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Model Railroader Newsletter See all Sign up for our FREE e-newsletter and get model railroad news in your inbox! Sign up
*You've ever sold a perfectly good freight or passenger car, only because the new superdetailed one you just bought makes the old one look bland.
*You really agonize over decisions like, "Should I buy flowers for my wife or turnouts for my new staging yard ? or Do I need to buy flowers to get these turnouts in the house?"
*You see a piece of plywood, and your first thought is to imagine what kind of layout could be built on it.
*You honestly feel that, if your wife buys a new video tape, that entitles you to buy a freight car, and a new outfit for her means an engine for you. Fair is fair.
*You've ever worried about spelling the coupler "Kadee" or "KD."
*You've ever traced the route of a wire under your layout by pulling on it.
*Brass isn't something you polish, it's something you paint and weather.
*You spend more on your model trains in a year than some Third-World nations spend on the real thing.
*The latest issue of Model Railroader arrives on the same day as your federal tax refund check, and you open the magazine first.
*The latest issue of Model Railroader arrives on the same day as your state tax refund check, and the only reason you open the check first is so you'll know how much you can afford to spend as you read the ads in the magazine.
*You've ever bought a freight car you had no use for, just because it looked so cool, and then bought more just like it, so it wouldn't look out of place.
*You've ever been tempted to send flame e-mail to someone whose only wrongdoing was outbidding you for that special engine on eBay.
*Your spouse gives you some old newspapers, a bag of foam and a box of Hydrocal for your birthday, and you're speechless with joy.
*You hate watching The Addams Family because of what Gomez does to those gorgeous trains.
*You've ever suggested that your wife's ceramic Christmas village needs a train running through it.
*Your model trains run closer to schedule than CSX's do in real life.
*You have a manila folder in your desk (or a subdirectory on your computer) full of home-drawn trackplans that you know you'll never build, but they're too good to discard.
*You look forward to the latest announcements from your favorite engine maker with more enthusiasm than a six-year-old looks forward to Christmas.
*You think that three hours forming and mounting wire grab-irons on a caboose is time well spent.
*You've ever poured your heart into showing off your layout for friends, and their only questions are, "How much did all this cost?" and, "How fast can the engine go?"
*You sincerely believe that the concept of limited-run locomotives and cars was an evil plot dreamed up by Satan himself.
*You're setting up a simple trainset to run around the Christmas tree, and you're mentally planning the scenery and structures you'll need "to make it look right."
*You hate collectors, because they drive up the prices of the equipment you're trying to collect. (But you're going to run yours, and that's different.)
*You've ever told yourself, "Never again will I try to mount tiny coupler springs while working over a shag rug" or you rip same out to install indoor/outdoor flat carpet over the padding in your den.
*You've ever felt smug because you found an inaccuracy in a published photo of somebody else's gorgeous layout. Not that you'd ever say anything about it, of course.
*You've visited a hobby shop on a busy day, and wound up answering detailed questions for other customers before you shop.
*You justify the money you spent at a train show as "just doing my part to improve the local economy."
*Your spouse gives you something expensive but inappropriate, like an articulated stack car when you model the 1950's, and you run it to avoid hurting her feelings, but the whole time, you're squirming inside.
*You refuse to buy an inexpensive, beautifully-detailed boxcar lettered for your favorite railroad, because the prototype car had 14 ribs and the model has 16!
*You feel compelled to browse in the local mall's hobby shop every time you go near it, even though you know they charge list price and have nothing you need.
*You've ever run two or more boxcars in a train, and hoped no one else noticed that they have identical road numbers. Jay Norfolk Southern Forever!! Reply
CMSTPP..
I know this is a long shot, but..Do you like Alcos?
Sure sign of a model train fanatic? When your wife tells you she wants a divorce, and rather than try to find out why, your first thought is, "Great, how am I going to move my layout.." Not that I've ever done that...
Marlon
See pictures of the Clinton-Golden Valley RR
*You've ever tried to justify bringing home a new freight car on the grounds that its your wife's favorite color or matches your shoes.
*You talk about the merits of DCC versus cab control at parties.
*Hardly a day goes by without you making progress on planning the layout you're going to build someday.
*Your family has ever eaten in the den because the kitchen table was buried in decals, tools, and detail parts for your latest project.
*You've ever gotten defensive with your railroading friends about buying a model engine or car from a manufacturer they hold in contempt.
*You've ever calculated how long your layout is in scale miles, and padded the number by adding the lengths of the sidings and spurs.
*It constantly annoys you that the kits for model truck, cars, and boats in the hobby shop aren't made to useful scales, like 1:87
*You've ever told anyone, "I can quit buying freight cars any time I want!"
*Your kids stand in front their present boxes at Christmas and tell each other: "Bet it's another train set"
*You prefer to tell the wife you were in a bar with your friends rather than telling her you were at your LHS checking the new $350 BLI steam loco.
*You've ever had a B-day cake in form of an engine
*Disney World is great because it has trains and monorails
*You've entered the key word "4-8-8-4" in Google just to see if something appeared
*You've ever wondered which piece of your collection to save first in case a fire
*You sulk because you have to spend money on un-neccissary things such as bills because it takes money away from your model train budget.
*You tried to talk someone into buying you a brass passenger train as a christmas present.
*You were a steam locomotive for holloweeen.
*You move to another house, and it takes 39 boxes just for the train stuff, and 10 for everything else.
*You swear that FRED doesn't mean F-----G Rear End Device!
*When you are on Vacation in another city, and the First thing you do in your Hotel room is look in the phonebook for the Hobbyshops!!!!!!
*You've ever gone to a Chinese restaurant and studied your chopsticks thinking to yourself, "These things would make GREAT Douglas Fir trunks!!!"
Dan Stokes
My other car is a tunnel motor
trainfan1221 wrote:Actually a friend of mine named his cat Chessie.
Has underwear decorated with train themes.....
Cheers,
Mike
#(whatever): You have TWO cats and the OTHER one is named "PEAKE".
LOL
Darrell, quiet...for now
25: Likes alcos!!
25B: Likes to take pictures of alcos!!
25C: Likes to run Alcos!!
and finally...
25D: Has a model of an Alco!!
Hows that!!
James
SunsetLimited wrote: dekruif wrote:12. You worry about your wiring/scenery/benchwork etc. in bed. Heh......oops...
Heh......oops...
Hey I make most of my plans laying down at night in bed!!
Has a long white beard,with a red bandana (like thing) and wears overalls.
jwar wrote: Thoroughbred diesel wrote:#1 spends more time on this or another forum than with his family. Some of you guys qualify for this one. He must be talking about those people in the other room that ask me to come out and eat every now and then...
Thoroughbred diesel wrote:#1 spends more time on this or another forum than with his family. Some of you guys qualify for this one.
He must be talking about those people in the other room that ask me to come out and eat every now and then...
Or tend to the second computer for the wife so she can browse HER forums =)
AntonioFP45 wrote:24. His car's horn is actually a train whistle!
and:
24A. He blows two long, one short, one long at every unprotected intersection.
24B. He uses the appropriate number of short toots to bring in the flag before proceeding at a stop sign.
Chuck (who would love to have a whistle for a horn)
25. his car has been modified to run off a DCC controler
RedGrey62 wrote:22) Flips thru railroad calendars slowly and with more enthusiasm than a pin-up calendar.
22) Flips thru railroad calendars slowly and with more enthusiasm than a pin-up calendar.
Rick
20. "That's good hold it right there" will be etched into the tombstone one day.
21. Stressing about a bad feeder wire while kitchen lamp malfunctions in kitchen.
18.) You have a cat named Chessie
Dave
15. He squints like a mole when out in the sunlight because he's spent so much time in the basement (does a mole squint?).
16. His skin is "pasty" looking because again he's spent so much time in the basement and flourescent light really doesn't cause much of a tan.
17. Spending so much time alone, he looks at you like you're from Mars when you ask him a question and he can't find his voice and doesn't know how to answer.
Actually, I've only met a few guys like the ones I've mentioned and most guys are pretty cool.
Mondo