You know u are a railroad addict when........

[Anonymous]

..u skip class to go railfanning.

thought this could turn out to be a funny topic to elaborate on.

Enjoy
Nick

[Anonymous]

i never fan rails.

[Anonymous]

This has come up before. I find some of them funny.

...you take a "guy's" trip to an expensive hotel, just because it's trackside.


Matt

[johncolley]

you imagine an 8 notch hand throttle for your car!

[GAPPLEG]

You slow way down when approaching train crossing hoping the gates will go down.

[Anonymous]

You "volunteer" to go to the grocery store so you can sit in the parking lot and watch the local shortline roll by.

[twhite]

You kiss your wife (or girlfriend), steam comes out of her ears, and you say to yourself, "Oh man--I've found the PERFECT little 4-6-2!!"
Tom [:p][:p][:p]

[Anonymous]

...you're visiting a non-MRR'ing friend who has a finished, but empty, 30ft x 100ft basement and you just stand there and stare at it, imagining...and wishing....[sigh]

[coborn35]

You modify your fog lights to flash when you brake.

[rolleiman]

$$ for pizza tonight? Or $$ for new box car tomorrow.. Box car wins every time.. What's left over in the fridge?? [8D]

[james saunders]

you take the longest way home or to work to drive by the RailRoad

[Anonymous]

You spend more on model railroads than some third world countries do on the real thing.

[MisterBeasley]

You choose the hotel by the tracks, and ask for a trackside room.

[Anonymous]

...When you get a big tatoo of your favorite railroad company logo or an engine

[twcenterprises]

You paint your car in your favorite RR paint scheme, including road numbers, dimensional data, warning stickers, and (for some roads) weathering.

[canazar]

.....you skip lunch two days in a row so you can justify spending the money on a new box car kit. I took the term starving modeler to a whole new level

Last year when things were tight money wise for me, I figured out that if I skipped 2 days worth of lunch a week, I could get a train car kit with no extra hit on the wallet. [:o)] Well one day, I let it slip about my theroy on saveing money and getting the car kit (BB or Roundhouse sorta thing) Well, my fiancee got so mad at me[V], not cause I spent money on a train car, but I was skipping lunch. She thought back to the last few months of the all kits I had bought and she went through the roof. If I came home with a new car, i had to swear I had a good lunch. If things were really tight she give me an allowance to get a one. Yes, I know, she is a keeper. [:D]

[Train 284]

QUOTE: Originally posted by GAPPLEG

You slow way down when approaching train crossing hoping the gates will go down.

Guilty!

[Walter Clot]

You name your kids, Tank, Switcher, Hopper and Short Line or . . . .you don't have time to have kids.

[caldreamer]

Having kids is a night time hobby!!!!

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by MisterBeasley

You choose the hotel by the tracks, and ask for a trackside room.

Guilty. One of the times I was sent to Winnipeg by my company I took a smoking room [xx(] just so I could look out over the CP Yard on McPhillips St. Fortunately it was summer so I could keep the window open for air and sound effects [:)]

[beegle55]

I dont have any neat stories b/c I dont live near a RR, but I spot them in outlining towns usually.

[wairoa]

You call the garage where you keep your car a round house.

You get a severe case of withdrawles and the shakes when somebody talks about your favourite fallen flag.

[myred02]

...When you accidently shout out "SD70MAC!!!" when kissing your girlfriend (or wife.)

-Brandon

[;)]

[dragenrider]

. . . when you are late for work because you had to chase an interesting train on the way. [#oops]


( I never did catch up with that stupid train, either!) [banghead]

[jecorbett]

I guess I'm different from most modelers but I don't do any railfanning. Modern railroading just doesn't appeal to me. If I get stopped at a grade crossing, I want the train to get through ASAP. I'm just stuck in the 1950s. Late steam and early diesels. 40 foot boxcars with roofwalks. Passenger trains that didn't belong to Amtrak. And most important, a caboose at the end of a freight train. I don't pay any attention to a passing train anymore. But if you told me there was an excursion train running with a steamer on the front end, I'd drive 50 miles to see that if I didn't book a ticket on it.

[TomDiehl]

You drive 200 miles (one way) to work on railroad related buildings several times a year.

As a VOLUNTEER, and pay dues to the organization.

[Anonymous]

Your wife gives ask's you to bring home a steak the night of your first paycheck as the boss...

You come home with a can of beans & a $600 BLI in your breifcase & claim that traffic held you up.

[Anonymous]

... when your kid ask's what's 4+8+4 & you say a northern.

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by GAPPLEG

You slow way down when approaching train crossing hoping the gates will go down.

GUILTY ! Every time !!!

[waltersrails]

U skip school to chase a train be late or also take the camara in school and take pics as it goes by.