You might be a railfan if.....

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by METRO

E-mailing Daimler-Chrysler and telling them they spelled Geep wrong.

Have you been watching me[:0]?, I did that last week[:)]!! [:D] LOL[:D]

[Anonymous]

Picture this.
Your standing on the back deck of the house, the family is there, the grill is fired up, and the burgers are flying. You hear the sound of a distant whistle. You grab a newbie relative that "can't understand this facination with trains" and whisk them off to a local grade crossing. You arrive just in time to catch the train you heard and they are in awe of its power. Yes, now they understand.
Been there, done that! [:D]

[Anonymous]

[8D] You might be a rail fan if you pick up a job at the local carrier working the track line and step back and watch a train roll over the new track and timbers you just laid.

[n2mopac]

...you hope every day that you WILL get caught at the railroad crossing on your way to work.
...your hearts beats faster at the sound of a steam whistle.
...you actually know where the tracks that go through your town go.
...you set you watch by the horns of the trains that pass through your town.
...you drive 45 mph down the highway because you are keeping pace with the SD90MAC running at restricted speed on the main parallel to the road.

Ron

[Anonymous]

You call your car's aircon "dynamic braking" (if I switch on the aircon it slows down - I use it for increased engine braking when going downhill!)...

You want to fit a three-tone airhorn to all your vehicles, complete with dangling pullcords to operate it (our RV really needs this!)...

You know what the normal rail traffic past your house sounds like, so if you hear something different you're out there in seconds...

[FJ and G]

You move into an cockroach infested, asbestos-ridden shack on a Superfund site because there's a lot of train action at the crossing.

Dave Vergun

[Anonymous]

you buy an air horn for your car

[Anonymous]

of you take your parents out for there 50th anniversery to your favorite railfanning spot. to watch trains.

[FThunder11]

Your computer's screen saver is a slide show with only pictures of trains (thank you railpictures.net)
Your on a date with your girlfriend and she says look over there pointing a finger and you say whats the point, theres no tracks over there.
You never buy a present without it having to do with your favorite railroad company

[Anonymous]

You persuade your parents to go to Galesburg Railroad Days on the premises that there might also be a car show there on that day.[:D]

If you tell your parents you saw an empty unit coal train being pulled by three SD60Ms on the BNSF's K Line, they don't understand what you mean, and you wonder why.

[FJ and G]

You take the whole day off on Nov 4 to go railfanning instead of voting for president