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The mother of all "you might be a railfan ifs...."
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You might be a railfan if... <br />...ordering a plane ticket was one of the hardest things you ever did. <br />...you can say when the train is passing when you are blindfolded and have ear plugs, because you memorized the schedule <br />...you scrutinize the new K-Line Mikado, closely comparing every detail to the real USRA light Mikado in your back yard <br />...when your family in the back seat of your car wants you to turn up the heater, they are required to say "rear brakeman to engineer, please increase steam heat, over" <br />...you put TWC-ABS signaling on your driveway <br />...your motivation for doing this is that: <br />1.) if your mother-in-law comes, you can simply deny her a warrant, <br />2.) it's more familiar for your railroader friends, and <br />3.) you had to do something with the tree semaphores, four Pennsy-style color-position signals, and seven AT&SF cantilever signal bridges in your back yard <br />...you have ever wondered "what voltage does Mr. Rogers' trolley run on???" <br />...you can tell an E-unit from and F-unit from a mile away <br />...your car has ditch lights <br />...you feel honored when your wife's non-railfan friend calls your son a "big boy" <br />...you regard your son being able to tell an SD from a GP as an important developmental milestone <br /> <br />Hope you got some laughs, <br />Daniel
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