You might be a model railroader if...

[Anonymous]

You might be a model railroader if...
...when someone tailgates you on the freeway you say "he's fouling limits he doesn't have authority to occupy."
...you were arrested by railroad police for entering a railraod roundhouse. Fortunately, you are good friends with every Class I President.
...you then exactly recreated that scene on your model railroad.
...Athern has a parking spot reserved for you.
...you get bulk discounts on locomotives--you buy them by the 1:1 boxcar.
...you own half of the railroad structures in your town.
...your wife has spent more time in the clothes shown in Classic Trains: Dream Trains than in modern clothes so your figurines can be as prototypical as possible.
...your benchwork can withstand a 12.0 earthquake.
...you have recreated the famous Milwaukee Road Skytop Observation advertisement, exact down to shoe sizes.
...a 1:87 model of your house is on your layout, next to three 1:87 4-8-8-4's, and with fourteen model streamliners stopped outside. You describe it as your "dare to dream" portion.
...the Union Pacific and London and North Eastern share trackage on your layout.
...you actually understand what it is like to buy four brass locomotives in one hour--and then they show up on your credit card bill.

Hope you had some laughs,
Daniel

[cpcolin]

... you have cut youself more times with an xacto knife than a kitchen knife
...you paint your rolling stock more often than your house
...you have done more electrical on your layout than your house
...you remodel your layout room before your kitchen
...your track is clean but your car isn't

[cpcolin]

... you have cut youself more times with an xacto knife than a kitchen knife
...you paint your rolling stock more often than your house
...you have done more electrical on your layout than your house
...you remodel your layout room before your kitchen
...your track is clean but your car isn't

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by trainjunky29

Guilty here

[#ditto]

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by trainjunky29

Guilty here

[#ditto]

[Anonymous]

Guilty here

[Anonymous]

Guilty here

[trainfan1221]

you actually keep checking this column to see if people are still posting on it

[trainfan1221]

you actually keep checking this column to see if people are still posting on it

[PistolPete]

you get delayed in an airport because the wires, motor ,and metal on the new SD40-2 in your carry on look strange on the baggage scanning screens.

you name a new town on your layout after her as a birthday present.

[PistolPete]

you get delayed in an airport because the wires, motor ,and metal on the new SD40-2 in your carry on look strange on the baggage scanning screens.

you name a new town on your layout after her as a birthday present.

[Anonymous]

When buying a new car, you ask the dealer if dynamic brakes are optional on this model, and if you can have a pullcord installed to activate the horn. You express surprise when the horn fails to be multi-tone "But I can't play tunes on this"!

[Anonymous]

When buying a new car, you ask the dealer if dynamic brakes are optional on this model, and if you can have a pullcord installed to activate the horn. You express surprise when the horn fails to be multi-tone "But I can't play tunes on this"!

[Anonymous]

You spend the little time off you do get researching, reading or responding to posts while on rest and relaxation from Iraq instead of calling or e-mailing family or friends. GUILTY HERE[:)]

[Anonymous]

You spend the little time off you do get researching, reading or responding to posts while on rest and relaxation from Iraq instead of calling or e-mailing family or friends. GUILTY HERE[:)]

[Trainnut484]

...you order those G scale and HO scale trainsets featuring an NFL or MLB team from the "Parade" section of the Sunday paper.

[Trainnut484]

...you order those G scale and HO scale trainsets featuring an NFL or MLB team from the "Parade" section of the Sunday paper.

[Anonymous]

you painted the family car in your favorite RR paint scheme, in exchange for buying the home boss a new couch and love seat.[:D][:D]

[Anonymous]

you painted the family car in your favorite RR paint scheme, in exchange for buying the home boss a new couch and love seat.[:D][:D]

[Anonymous]

I wanted to sue Microsoft when I found out railfan wasn't a word!

[Anonymous]

I wanted to sue Microsoft when I found out railfan wasn't a word!

[Anonymous]

You might be a model railroader if...
...you spend countless hours looking at the websites of abandoned railroads.

...when you looked at Union Pacific’s online store for the first time, your first reaction was “I never knew they could put the UP shield on so much stuff.”

...your second reaction was “How many things can I get from here without my family noticing?”

...three weeks later, several boxes arrive from Omaha.

...you flunked out of high school French, Latin, and Spanish, but can still discuss trains in five different languages.

...a customer filled out a comment card at your favorite train store and said “Your employees are most knowledgeable.” Little did the customer know that you don’t work there.

...you named your first cat Chessie. Then you got a second cat, and as a way of avoiding confusion, you named it CSX

...you’ve ever felt dumb because you called an S-6 an S-4.

...it annoys you that the spell check on your computer doesn’t recognize lashup, intermodal, superheater, catenary, or railfan, but does recognize airfreight.

...you have ever thought that Yellowstone National Park has a fleet of 2-8-8-4 locomotives.

...you decked the teenager that called trains stupid and outdated

And remember: if you like this thread, you'll probably like The mother of all "you might be a railfan if's" on the TRAINS forum.

Hope you had some laughs,
Daniel

[Anonymous]

You might be a model railroader if...
...you spend countless hours looking at the websites of abandoned railroads.

...when you looked at Union Pacific’s online store for the first time, your first reaction was “I never knew they could put the UP shield on so much stuff.”

...your second reaction was “How many things can I get from here without my family noticing?”

...three weeks later, several boxes arrive from Omaha.

...you flunked out of high school French, Latin, and Spanish, but can still discuss trains in five different languages.

...a customer filled out a comment card at your favorite train store and said “Your employees are most knowledgeable.” Little did the customer know that you don’t work there.

...you named your first cat Chessie. Then you got a second cat, and as a way of avoiding confusion, you named it CSX

...you’ve ever felt dumb because you called an S-6 an S-4.

...it annoys you that the spell check on your computer doesn’t recognize lashup, intermodal, superheater, catenary, or railfan, but does recognize airfreight.

...you have ever thought that Yellowstone National Park has a fleet of 2-8-8-4 locomotives.

...you decked the teenager that called trains stupid and outdated

And remember: if you like this thread, you'll probably like The mother of all "you might be a railfan if's" on the TRAINS forum.

Hope you had some laughs,
Daniel

[Anonymous]

...At your wedding, you say, "I do"--to a HO scale Hudson
...During your weekly therapy session, you reveal that your closest 'friends' are your trains
...Your buddies question when you're going to settle down to married life. You consider this odd; you've been married to your layout for over 20 years, and life couldn't be sweeter.

[Anonymous]

...At your wedding, you say, "I do"--to a HO scale Hudson
...During your weekly therapy session, you reveal that your closest 'friends' are your trains
...Your buddies question when you're going to settle down to married life. You consider this odd; you've been married to your layout for over 20 years, and life couldn't be sweeter.

[Anonymous]

I do that 15 times!

[Anonymous]

I do that 15 times!

[Anonymous]

every issue of mr and have read them from cover to cover 5 times.[;)]

[Anonymous]

every issue of mr and have read them from cover to cover 5 times.[;)]

[Anonymous]

You live in your hobby shop.
You railfan at the same place 24/7 and never leave.
You want a to visit Norfolk Southern's headquarters (I do).
You have a defect detecter that you put on the road in front of your house and call one side of the road track one and the other track two.