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Posted by dehusman on Friday, December 30, 2011 3:24 PM

DigitalGriffin

I thought a number of men worked their way up the ranks from brakeman to fireman to engineer.  (Not all but most)   I could be wrong, so feel free to correct me.  I prefer to be wrong and learn as opposed to ignorant and sounding stupid.

On the other hand, an engineer or fireman would be wearing gloves, which would have all the fingers on them, we just couldn't tell which ones were filled.  8-)

Ironically, I am one of very few modelers that would ever even have to worry about that, since I model 1900-1905 and link and pin couplers were replaced by 1906 in interchange.  Most models are in the 1950 or newer range so most of their engineers would have never seen a working link and pin coupler, let alone get their fingers squished in one. 

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Posted by DigitalGriffin on Friday, December 30, 2011 2:56 PM

dehusman

To add to your training, engineers and firemen would typically have all their fingers.  The trainmen were the people that lost fingers while coupling link and pin couplers. 

So ironically, ya might be a roundy roundy if you complain that your fireman and your engineer in the cab have all their fingers.  8-) 

I thought a number of men worked their way up the ranks from brakeman to fireman to engineer.  (Not all but most)   I could be wrong, so feel free to correct me.  I prefer to be wrong and learn as opposed to ignorant and sounding stupid.

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Posted by Phoebe Vet on Friday, December 30, 2011 2:34 PM

dehusman

 Phoebe Vet:

I suspect that the thread title struck a nerve.

 

If we are going to keep poking the people that answer the questions with a stick, then it ought to be only fair to poke the people that ask the questions too.  8-)

I agree.  But I probably would have started a separate competing thread to see which one got more posts.  lol.

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Posted by gandydancer19 on Friday, December 30, 2011 2:23 PM

You might be a rivet counter if you see a layout video that says the date is 1952 and you spot a 1958 chevy in it.

Elmer.

The above is my opinion, from an active and experienced Model Railroader in N scale and HO since 1961.

(Modeling Freelance, Eastern US, HO scale, in 1962, with NCE DCC for locomotive control and a stand alone LocoNet for block detection and signals.) http://waynes-trains.com/ at home, and N scale at the Club.

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Posted by blownout cylinder on Friday, December 30, 2011 2:15 PM

Yav Yo....

Let us attempt to maintain a sense of humour ....

You might be a fence-sitter if'n your'n britches have gotten rip marks in the seat a few too many times....

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Posted by dehusman on Friday, December 30, 2011 12:56 PM

Phoebe Vet

I suspect that the thread title struck a nerve.

If we are going to keep poking the people that answer the questions with a stick, then it ought to be only fair to poke the people that ask the questions too.  8-)

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Posted by dehusman on Friday, December 30, 2011 12:49 PM

DigitalGriffin

Ya might be a rivet counter if you complain that your fireman and your engineer in the cab have all their fingers.

-Humbly signed

A rivet counter in training.

To add to your training, engineers and firemen would typically have all their fingers.  The trainmen were the people that lost fingers while coupling link and pin couplers. 

So ironically, ya might be a roundy roundy if you complain that your fireman and your engineer in the cab have all their fingers.  8-)

 

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Posted by DigitalGriffin on Friday, December 30, 2011 11:12 AM

Ya might be a rivet counter if you complain that your fireman and your engineer in the cab have all their fingers.

-Humbly signed

A rivet counter in training.

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Posted by gabeusmc on Friday, December 30, 2011 10:09 AM

no offense ment to rivet counters

Ya might be a rivet counter, if you ever counted the palm fonds on the palms out side the San Bernardino Station.

I like the Roundy Roundy Idea by the Way. feel free to mke a rivet counter or a Roundy Roundy Joke. Have Fun

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Posted by blownout cylinder on Friday, December 30, 2011 8:01 AM

oops

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Posted by Phoebe Vet on Friday, December 30, 2011 7:54 AM

I suspect that the thread title struck a nerve.

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Posted by dehusman on Friday, December 30, 2011 7:52 AM

You might be a roundy roundy if you think that Thomas the Tank Engine is what a real engine looks like.

You might be a roundy roundy if you can't figure out why your Big Boy can't make it around your 15" radius curves.

You might be a roundy roundy if you don't like brass engines because the open gear boxes catch carpet fuzz from setting up track on the living room floor.

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Posted by Phoebe Vet on Friday, December 30, 2011 7:45 AM

gabeusmc

Ya might be a Rivet Counter, if you detailed your Tomas the Tank engine set when you were a kid.

I thought this was going to be stupid, but I REALLY like that one.

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Posted by EmpireStateJR on Friday, December 30, 2011 7:36 AM

You might be a rivet counter if your local National Railway Historical Society Chapter bars you from joining because they think you are to technical

 

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Posted by Medina1128 on Friday, December 30, 2011 6:56 AM

tomikawaTT

 

(The WaRa1 class cars are of all-welded construction.  Not a rivet in sight.)

Chuck (Modeling Central Japan in September, 1964 - when WaRa1 class cars were pouring out of the assembly plants)

In which case, you'd measure the welds to make sure they matched prototypical width.

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Posted by tomikawaTT on Thursday, December 29, 2011 11:39 PM

You might be a rivet counter if you think that the standard JNR 17 ton 4 wheel boxcar (WaRa1 class) is part of a grand conspiracy to cause you to die of frustration.

(The WaRa1 class cars are of all-welded construction.  Not a rivet in sight.)

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Posted by IRONROOSTER on Thursday, December 29, 2011 9:47 PM

Ya might be a Rivet Counter if Trains magazine runs photos of your models because they are more accurate than the prototype.

Enjoy

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Posted by Sailormatlac on Thursday, December 29, 2011 9:09 PM

gabeusmc

This is not exactly my idea.  tschwarz came up with the Idea first, but i am making the post

This works like jeff Foxworty's, you might be a redneck, except its ya might be a rivet counter

Ya might be a Rivet Counter, if you see a museam piece and think its a good starting place for your next superdetaling project.

Ya might be a Rivet Counter, if you detailed your Tomas the Tank engine set when you were a kid.

 

Now your turn. I'll try getting one up a day.

 

 

A real rivet counter would have ripped out THomas' face from the engine to make it more prototypical... Kind of reverse ingeneering!

 

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Ya might be a Rivet Counter....
Posted by gabeusmc on Thursday, December 29, 2011 9:05 PM

This is not exactly my idea. tschwarz came up with the Idea first, but i am making the post

This works like jeff Foxworty's, you might be a redneck, except its ya might be a rivet counter

Ya might be a Rivet Counter, if you see a museam piece and think its a good starting place for your next superdetaling project.

Ya might be a Rivet Counter, if you detailed your Tomas the Tank engine set when you were a kid.

 

Now your turn. I'll try getting one up a day.

 

"Mess with the best, die like the rest" -U.S. Marine Corp

MINRail (Minessota Rail Transportaion Corp.) - "If they got rid of the weeds what would hold the rails down?"

And yes I am 17.

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