Well, I had some time today to work on flats out in the garage and I kicked the 'ol stereo on and fired up some Royal Crown Review and Billie Holiday.
I got to thinking, what does everyone else listen to (if anything) while they're working on their empires?
Bob Berger, C.O.O. N-ovation & Northwestern R.R. My patio layout....SEE IT HERE
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Have fun with your trains
Phish, Grateful Dead, Sublime, Led Zepplin. I love lead guitar!!
Smitty
Amen to that! I pop in a DVD of the latest Model railroad release liked the DCC from start to finish... just got my new one last night....
I used to listen to tunes, but with this wall mounted flip screen I can see Redford TV's Trains and locomotives on 'Air' and work on the railroad at the same time!
From the far, far reaches of the wild, wild west I am: rtpoteet
Craig
DMW
My favorite listening is Blue grass Doc Watson etc.........
Makes me creative, me thinks.
Somehow it reminds me of trains.
Johnboy out.
from Saskatchewan, in the Great White North..
We have met the enemy, and he is us............ (Pogo)
Actually, I have two 400 disc CD players lashed togther and can play my entire rock/pop music collection on shuffle. I think it takes a few weeks to get through the whole catalogue.
I can also select genres, so sometimes it's The Clash, Pistols, Gen X, Gang of Four, Pretenders et al.
Sometimes it's the Stones, Cream, Tom Petty. Other times AC/DC, Aerosmith, Zeppelin.
There's a third CD player devoted to jazz and classical so sometimes it's Chet Baker, Stan Getz, John Coltrane and Miles Davis.
On Saturday afternoon, though, it's The Discovery Channel and Mythbusters all day. Haven't seen every episode, but I've heard 'em all!
I'm with selector, but sometimes I run diesels, too. Unless I'm blocking the track or working very close to it, I actually have them running in a loop. Having to take a break when a train comes by is kind of realistic, too, right?
When I hear rap coming from a teenage noise box, though, that's when I power up the Hudson.
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
Actually nothing except the phone ringing if my wife is out.
Bob
Yeah...forgot Big Bad Voodoo Daddy too...:)
I don't always listen to R & B or Jazz..Pink Floyd or Zep are rock favorites of mine when I'm toolin' out in the garage as well...interesting answers from all...
I usually have my scanner on and listen to the real railroad radio chatter at Buckeye Yard and around the Columbus, Ohio area.
Kevin
http://chatanuga.org/WLMR.html
http://chatanuga.org/RailPage.html
I listen to that little man inside my head...my own thoughts.
I have a California Basement (garage) layout, so I'm usually listening to birds chirping, dogs barking or the neighbors having one of their usual drunken fights. Sometimes I get really ticked and bring out the old boom-box and play Wagner at full bore. At least it drowns out the neighbors for a while, LOL.
Tom
Tom View my layout photos! http://s299.photobucket.com/albums/mm310/TWhite-014/Rio%20Grande%20Yuba%20River%20Sub One can NEVER have too many Articulateds!
Harder stuff like Underoath, Chasing Victory, Inhale/Exhale, etc. to Country, like Brooks and Dunn, Dirks Bently, Kenny Chesney, etc. I'm also a sucker for 80's hits from artists like The Cure, Depeche Mode, Peter Gabriel, etc.
~ Jason
Baseball, football, basketball, classic rock (a misnomer, if there ever was one, but there you go!)
Jeff But it's a dry heat!
Vail and Southwestern RR wrote: Baseball, football, basketball, classic rock (a misnomer, if there ever was one, but there you go!)
Yah, I always wondered about that "Classic Rock" misnomer myself. Does that mean Mozart, Haydn or Beethoven with a Stratocaster, LOL?
twhite wrote: Vail and Southwestern RR wrote: Baseball, football, basketball, classic rock (a misnomer, if there ever was one, but there you go!) Yah, I always wondered about that "Classic Rock" misnomer myself. Does that mean Mozart, Haydn or Beethoven with a Stratocaster, LOL?Tom
What would they have written if they were alive now? It's an interesting question, when you think about it. And one we can't answer.
Heck, I know the 'Classic Rock' is pretty much useless tripe, but it's what I grew up with, so I'm stuck with it, I guess!
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Way better than Rap, anyway. Yuck!
chatanuga wrote: I usually have my scanner on and listen to the real railroad radio chatter at Buckeye Yard and around the Columbus, Ohio area.Kevinhttp://chatanuga.org/WLMR.html
I used to work 1 mile from that yard. Had to drive over it on my way to work every day.
"Rust, whats not to love?"