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

[TrainFreak409]

You use railroad horn signals while you drive. [:D]

Start driving - Two long beeps
Back up - three short beeps
Cross an intersection - long, long, short, long

I'll be playing with these when I get my airhorns installed. They don't do much good in the trunk of my car.[V]

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by TrainFreak409

You use railroad horn signals while you drive. [:D]

Start driving - Two long beeps
Back up - three short beeps
Cross an intersection - long, long, short, long

I'll be playing with these when I get my airhorns installed. They don't do much good in the trunk of my car.[V]

[:D][:D][:D][:D][:D][:D][:D][:D][:D][:D][:D][:D][:D][:D][:D][:D][:D]

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by 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]

Ramen soup man, Ramen soup. Mmmmmmm welfare noodles.[:D]

[Anonymous]

When your big rig sounds and looks like 4-6-6-4 loco.[:D][:D][:D]

[CP5415]

Your wife thinks all you think about are trains!

Gordon

[Anonymous]

When you take your dog for a walk just to go the railyard and watch the trains switch!

(Actually I just did this 10 minutes ago!)

[Anonymous]

poor dog![:D][(-D][(-D]

[TrainFreak409]

You stand outside, in a cold breeze and colder rain, just to take pictures of trains, while you freeze and have trouble feeling your fingertips.[:D]

That was fun.[8D]

[Anonymous]

When you trim your trees in your back yard, to watch norfolk southern traffic,go by your house.

[Medina1128]

.. you hear a train whistle and you're out the door in a shot with your camera in hand... But you hear your wife calling, and it's like the march to the electric chair... the only thing more drawn out is an Oscar acceptance speech.

[MStLfan]

... you are the only one grinning [:D] among 1000 angry [:(!] commuters waiting for the 17.30 intercity train to your hometown (and farther) which due to an accident [:(] is not running because you just realised that you are still young and smart enough [8D][8D] to beat most of those 1000 to the train on a longer alternative route and have a window seat (so you don't have to stand like herring in a barrel [xx(]) and can enjoy [:o)] a route you hardly travel over....
greetings
Marc Immeker

[bnsfncoal]

...when you ask to park your motorhome in the worst spot at the storage lot just so you can sit on top and take pictures of BNSF's Coon Creek junction.

Don't laugh...heat/ac,refrigerator,tunes and a bathroom!!!!

[1train1]

When you by a house on the odd side of a street - dream about moving to the even side - and then buying the house, so you're guaranteed a view like this everyday
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[willy6]

When all of the sudden i go with me wife to visit her mother on weekends because her mother bought a house across the road from the NS mainline.

[Anonymous]

the coffee at the Local Hobby Shop tastes better than the Guiness at the local Irish Pub.

[1train1]

QUOTE: Originally posted by jimhubbard

the coffee at the Local Hobby Shop tastes better than the Guiness at the local Irish Pub.

That MIGHT be pushing it Jim

[Anonymous]

When you stand outside in 17 degree cold to get pics and vid of a 2-8-4 Berkshire on an excursion. Or, you freeze your***off on a bridge waiting for a train to go under, just to be warmed up by diesel exhaust.[:D]

OR, you keep trying to save up for a video camera but keep spending it on model railroad stuff.

You can identify an AC4400CW from a 9-44CW a half a mile away (just happened the other day, actually[:p])

[Anonymous]

When your kids first words are train and loco(my wife loved that). Also when you plan out road trips 200 miles longer than they need to be just so you can follow the tracks(anotherthing my wife just shakes her head at).

[Anonymous]

1.Keeping in mind im 13, When you ride your bike a a couple miles everyday just hoping too see a guilford come rushing by but always dissapointed by the MBTA.

2. When You Ask Your Mom too take the long way somewhere just too see whats going on in the local yard,

3.When You Get Paid At The End Of Each Month And 5 minutes after you get paid youve already spent it at the hobby shop.

4.When You Beg Your Mom Too Let You Stay Home From School So You Can Go On MRR Forums All Day.

[dougfearon]

You hear the horns in the distance and wonder if you have enough time to get to the nearest crossing and be first in line when the gates go down.[:D] and you listen closely to find out if the train is getting closer or farther away. Also, you spent your time reading these posts and say to yourself, these are really good ideas.[(-D]

[mustanggt]

QUOTE: 1.Keeping in mind im 13, When you ride your bike a a couple miles everyday just hoping too see a guilford come rushing by but always dissapointed by the MBTA.

lol, I'm so sick of seeing MBTA trains.....Saw 2 today, .and also the Amtrak downeaster.

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

......... you name your cat Chessie
......... you keep rusty spikes you find on the local bike trail
......... you get offended at the phrase "toy train set" referring to your HO and N layouts
......... you think people are stupid for saying "why is that train going backwards?", referring to Push/pull commuter trains.

[Anonymous]

You lay awake at night with the window up letting the sound of a coal train rumbling through the mountains put you to sleep!!!

Or when you see a green light it means highball to you!![;)]

[Anonymous]

Haha I keep rusty spikes too i have over 20 of them! lol great times on this forum

[railroadyoshi]

Dave Oliva, at least you get Amtrak.
Keith, at least you get GRS and NS.
I'm stuck here halfway in between you two and all I get is MBTA and a once-a-month 4 car local! ARGH!

[METRO]

QUOTE: Originally posted by jimhubbard

the coffee at the Local Hobby Shop tastes better than the Guiness at the local Irish Pub.

Haha! You know I'm probably one of the many railfans here in Milwaukee waiting for that new Mo's Irish Pub to open on Mayfair and Bluemound. An Irish Pub on the UP line, now there's a combination I'll stand by.

But as for my "you know when" story haha.

When I was growing up, I used to play little league. Our "home field" was at the local high school, which was along the CNW line (now UP of course.) I was a decient first baseman, except when a train was going by. Haha, I bet about 90% of my errors matched up to the CNW timetable.

Once, I missed an easy play that would have ended the game because of a FM switcher that was far more interesting than baseball.

Cheers!
~Metro

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by mustanggt
You know u are a railroad addict when........

......... you keep rusty spikes you find on the local bike trail

Actually I do have one I found along the traintracks during one of my Boy Scout troops hikes from when I was about 12.

[TrainFreak409]

I have a bunch of railroad spikes. As well as washers, and everything else. I even have a foot long length of railhead.[:D]

Hey Matt Zimmerman, my first words were "Choo Choo."[:D]

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by TrainFreak409

I have a bunch of railroad spikes. As well as washers, and everything else. I even have a foot long length of railhead.[:D]

Hey Matt Zimmerman, my first words were "Choo Choo."[:D]

I have a dozen or so RR ties in my yard,( I used some of them for a garden border) the thing is though, not too far from my house where the Septa line and the CSX to Morrisville runs theres a section of railhead that was replaced a LONG time ago and the old piece is sitting off the railroad right of way in the woods. Its gotta be about 20' long I've been trying to figure a way to get the piece home so I can have a short section of my very own 1:1 scale trackage.

[CNSR4500]

1. You move into your house BECAUSE it is next to the tracks....It's pretty sweet, too, 60 feet from the Dayton District, and a train every 20 minutes or so...

2. You fart and yell, "Ninety pounds on the rear!"

3. Carrying two full baskets of laundry, you stop at the bottom of the stairs and wait for a pusher.

4. You convince your bride-to-be to honeymoon on Holmes County, Ohio, to time the trip with Ohio Central's test runs of 4-8-4 #6325.

5. Your house and car are in the company colors of you favorite RR...on purpose.

6. When you have trouble waking up for work in the morning, you tell your spouse "I'm trying to build steam." or "I'm trying to get my prime mover to turn over."

7. When walking with the kids, when one of them falls out of the wagon, you announce that you've "gone into emergency."

8. Approaching traffic lights, you call the signal.

9. After going through that yellow light (slow approach), you stop at the next light, even though it's not red.

10. When you cross an intersection, you just finish your long-long-short-long whistle.

I actually named one of my cats Chessie. He was a Manx, so since he had no tail, he was "cabooseless". The other cat was named Hobbes.

That's all I have for now.

Adam

[Anonymous]

...you wake up in the middle of the night to go make sure your new 4-8-8-4 is ok on the layout.