When did you become a railfan?

[Anonymous]

I became a railfan when I could say choo choo. That was one of my first words.

[athelney]

When I was alittle kid - watching steam trains go along the bottom of our house garden - in the 1950's in the UK

[081440]

Watching the PATCO Speedline run through every 2 minutes in each direction and watching the NJ Transit Atlantic City Railroad go by every hour right next to it. I still live near by and love whatching the trains run. [:)]

(PATCO is running some trains with as little and 1minute headways now!!!!!!!!!!)[:D]

[Anonymous]

Between the ages of 0-5.

[railman]

I grew up with American Flyer trains, my dad's from the early 1950's...when I was 13 I got my first HO stuff. Good times ever since.

[miniwyo]

July 31, 1985

I have been all my life, but I didn't start to get into it more until about a year ago.

[csxengineer98]

i was born likeing trains..cant place an age on when i started...but do know when i started to hate them....it wasnt to long after i hired on the rail road..lol
csx engineer

[Anonymous]

I think I was a railfan in the womb! For my entire life, as long as I can remember, I've loved trains.

[CSXrules4eva]

I bacame a railfan at age 10, I grew up seeing SEPTA's R7 run in back of my house everyday or should I say every 1/2 hour. Next thing ya know I was on the R7 or at the Stenton Station 1 block away fr. my old house 24/7. Today I know WAY TOO MANY engineers and conductors that work for SEPTA on all of it's regional rail lines. AND ever since I was 10 (I'm 18 now) I wanted to be an engineer for guess wut ?/ . . . not SEPTA. . . .but, CSX.

[csxengineer98]

QUOTE: Originally posted by CSXrules4eva

I bacame a railfan at age 10, I grew up seeing SEPTA's R7 run in back of my house everyday or should I say every 1/2 hour. Next thing ya know I was on the R7 or at the Stenton Station 1 block away fr. my old house 24/7. Today I know WAY TOO MANY engineers and conductors that work for SEPTA on all of it's regional rail lines. AND ever since I was 10 (I'm 18 now) I wanted to be an engineer for guess wut ?/ . . . not SEPTA. . . .but, CSX.

you want to work for csx.....you need help man..lol
csx engineer

[n2mopac]

I loved watching trains as a child on MoPac's Sedalia sub through my home town. I didn't know much about them, not did I have any railfans, rail employees, or modelers in my family to teach me. I didn't get into railfanning and model railroading as a hobby until my mid 20's because I didn't know there was such a hobby. When I discovered it i dived in head first and never looked back. I gave up almost every other hobby I ever had for model railroading and railfanning to support modeling. Thats been 10 years ago and I still love it.
Ron

[ValorStorm]

I rode UP's "City of Los Angeles" with my folks. I was less than 2 years old. I'm 48 now. I still have memories of the trip. Nothing of consequence happened between then and now.

[Anonymous]

Lets see. I've been a railroader ever since I was about 5 or 6 when my dad pulled out his old Lionel trains for me. Once a railroader always a railroader as I say. It's stuck with me ever since and now I am an engineer for Amtrak. Good times. To this day I still have my very first locomotive. A NYC 2-4-0 Marx locomotive that was my grandfathers and given to my dad and now to me. I still have the original track for it too. The engine has never had anything done to it and its still working today. Thats how I got started and if I ever have a kid of my own, I'm going to carry the tradition and keep railroading in the family.

TrainHead4116

[Noah Hofrichter]

It was my seventh birthday, when my Parents got me a model train set. Then I started getting interested in the prototype, and here I am 6 years later.

Noah

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by M.W. Hemphill

Birth.

[#ditto]