I was just looking at the current issue of Trains & Railroads of the Past and saw there is cover story celebrating the 40th anniversary of Conrail. I remember Conrail being the new kid on the block and it was about the time I was getting back into model railroading. Now it even has its own historical society. I thought it was a fallen flag but I seen now it is a subsidiary of both CSX and NS and still has shared assets which it leases trackage rights to its parent companies.
Hi jecorbett
No none of that matters that's just business doing what business does looking for ways to make money.
You know your getting old when you get told to slow down by a doctor, not the local traffic police
regards John
Eric WhiteYou know you're getting old when you hear the rebellious songs of your youth playing on the PA system at the supermarket.
Oh stop reminding me.
Julian
Modeling Pre-WP merger UP (1974-81)
I hear those all the time at the bowling alley. My bowling buddies and I play a game to see who can name the artist. They are all about my age or older. I'm pretty good at remembering most of them but it surprises me that many of them have trouble with it.
You know your getting old when you remember buying something new. Then realizing that was 30 years ago.
I had put a set of concors Amtrak material handling cars on pre.order. i saw them on ebay the other day and felt old remebering that. That hobbyshop never did get them. I ended up with the walthers version.
A pessimist sees a dark tunnel
An optimist sees the light at the end of the tunnel
A realist sees a frieght train
An engineer sees three idiots standing on the tracks stairing blankly in space
jecorbett I was just looking at the current issue of Trains & Railroads of the Past and saw there is cover story celebrating the 40th anniversary of Conrail. I remember Conrail being the new kid on the block and it was about the time I was getting back into model railroading. Now it even has its own historical society.....
I was just looking at the current issue of Trains & Railroads of the Past and saw there is cover story celebrating the 40th anniversary of Conrail. I remember Conrail being the new kid on the block and it was about the time I was getting back into model railroading. Now it even has its own historical society.....
I was a member of the Conrail Technical Society ..... many years ago. Yes .... time keeps rolling on.
(you know you're getting old when you hurt yourself ... sleeping.)
You know you are getting old when you remember entering the work force and going to the area of the city that looked like this.
That now looks like this.
I am glad I had the chance to see most of it before it disappeared.
Brent
"All of the world's problems are the result of the difference between how we think and how the world works."
You know you're getting old when you can name at least as many defunct model railroad manufacturers as existing ones.
You know you're getting old when you can remember seeing brand new GP9s and shiny new RS11s along side of steam locomotives on the PRR.
Larry
Conductor.
Summerset Ry.
"Stay Alert, Don't get hurt Safety First!"
...when "millennials" equate the voice, awards, movies, and achievements of Justin Bieber to Elvis Presley!
Conemaugh Road & Traction circa 1956
I have attempted to address the question and post a response here many times, but I keep remembering something else that nee
You know you're getting old when you find yourself reading threads like this.
I have the right to remain silent. By posting here I have given up that right and accept that anything I say can and will be used as evidence to critique me.
3 things happen when you are getting old.
FIRST you lose your memory
SECOND you lose your hair
I can't remember the THIRD
It is getting harder and harder to respect my elders
There are so few of them left.
ROAR
The Route of the Broadway Lion The Largest Subway Layout in North Dakota.
Here there be cats. LIONS with CAMERAS
When the oldies station plays songs from 10 years after you graduated high school.
When over half your unbuilt kits are from companies that no longer exist.
Enjoy
Paul
Getting old??? I know I'm old......74 this year!!! Also have been retired for the past 15yrs....which makes it a looooottttt easier.
Do what I want...go where I want and spend what I want....Everyone is taken care of, including 8 Grandkids, two of which are in college. I worked very hard to get to this point and I'm enjoying all I have left.
Take Care, All!
Frank
BroadwayLion It is getting harder and harder to respect my elders. There are so few of them left.
It is getting harder and harder to respect my elders.
Arguably, the best thing about growing older = No peer pressure!
I know I am getting old as it has been 36 years since the Rock Island Railroad ceased to exist. A couple of years before its final gasp, I was responsible for optaining approval for funding of about 14 miles of branch line rebuilding. The branch line had rail from 60 lb to 140 lb in a couple of miles of track The Rock had probably a derailment a week on this branch and caused my employer no small amount of grief before the branch was rebuilt.
As with many others, i am sure, I know I am getting old when crawling around under the bench work. I can still do it but it gets more difficult by the years.
Jim
I know I'm getting old because:
I remember when the E60CP "Bricks" were BRAND NEW.....I also remember clearly when the AEM-7 "Toasters"/"Meatballs" were the BRAND NEW "rage of the rails"! I still have the Amtrak employee newsletter featuring them. Now the bricks and toasters are retired!
I photographed BRAND NEW Amfleet II coaches before the public even rode them. I even complained that they still were not as comfortable or as spacious as the Heritage cars. Now, like the Heritage cars, the Amcan II's are considered relics from the past that need to be put out to pasture.
Yep....I'm becoming an old timer.
"I like my Pullman Standards & Budds in Stainless Steel flavors, thank you!"
I explain how old I am to young people by telling them that when I worked at McDonalds hamburgers were 15 cents and we still kept a tally of how many had been served on the sign. Sometimes they don't believe me, but I have pictures.
I know I am old because my high school girlfriend, my wife's high school boyfriend, and my partner from work are all deceased.
Dave
Lackawanna Route of the Phoebe Snow
You know you are getting old when your biggest outing of the day is going to the specialist.
Any argument carried far enough will end up in Semantics--Hartz's law of rhetoric Emerald. Leemer and Southern The route of the Sceptre Express Barry
I just started my blog site...more stuff to come...
http://modeltrainswithmusic.blogspot.ca/
I'm only 34 and I have more in common with my 60 year old parents than someone that's 24. Its astounding how that happened.
All F7's, E8's, FA's, PA's, RF16's, Geeps, and SD's are younger than I am.
In fact, there are some preserved U.S. mainline steam locos (NKP 779, C&O 614, for example) that are younger than I am.
Tom
It was a great time, summer of '71. Don't remember what happened but I will never forget it.
Time's fun when you are having flies.
If you ever fall over in public, pick yourself up and say “sorry it’s been a while since I inhabited a body.” And just walk away.
When you think 50' is a long car. And---when you wonder why so many of the people who post on here can't spell or don't know two from to from too or there from they're or their.
Charlie
You know you're old when your back goes out more than you do.
When you go back to your home town and the high school is gone and you can't find your parents old home.
When you work on a tourist train and you're older than the cars in it.
God's Best & Happy Rails to You!
Bing (RIPRR The Route of the Buzzards)
The future: Dead Rail Society
This topic is pretty depressing. Is it a misery loves company fest? How about we get back to model railroading is fun and all that trains stuff? You know why this forum is suppose to be here for?
Rio Grande. The Action Road - Focus 1977-1983
I don't think having a laugh at ones own expense is depressing. Who ever said laughing was bad for your health? Oh, I remember who it was! I think he's dead now.