You might be a model railroader if...

[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.

[Hawks05]

^^ i like that throttle on the dash and brake lever. those could be handy for a lazy person.

i can't think of any funny things to put down on the list.

sorry guys.

[Hawks05]

^^ i like that throttle on the dash and brake lever. those could be handy for a lazy person.

i can't think of any funny things to put down on the list.

sorry guys.

[Anonymous]

..... If you've modified your car in thease ways:
You've rerouted your exhuast pipe so it goes through the roof like a smokestack[:p]

The brake pedal is now that lever on the right[:)]

The gass pedal is now a throttle either monted on the ceiling or the dashboard[:)]

You've hooked up your horn to a pull string[:D]

You've put small "boilers" under the hood so when you stop the car lets off "steam"[;)]

You check the trailer you're pulling for a hot wheel[:D][8D][:)][:p][;)][^]

Your car is a roadrailer [;)][^]

[Anonymous]

..... If you've modified your car in thease ways:
You've rerouted your exhuast pipe so it goes through the roof like a smokestack[:p]

The brake pedal is now that lever on the right[:)]

The gass pedal is now a throttle either monted on the ceiling or the dashboard[:)]

You've hooked up your horn to a pull string[:D]

You've put small "boilers" under the hood so when you stop the car lets off "steam"[;)]

You check the trailer you're pulling for a hot wheel[:D][8D][:)][:p][;)][^]

Your car is a roadrailer [;)][^]

[rambo1]

If you promise to get the wife pregnant again so you can extend your layout. rambo1......

[rambo1]

If you promise to get the wife pregnant again so you can extend your layout. rambo1......

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by SteelMonsters

Your favorite hobbie shop is right next to a main line. I love my hobbie shop. :)

No way! My hobby shop is right by a CSX mainline!

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by SteelMonsters

Your favorite hobbie shop is right next to a main line. I love my hobbie shop. :)

No way! My hobby shop is right by a CSX mainline!

[bluepuma]

You honk twice before moving your car forward from stop
...and 3 times before backing up...
esp. when leaving Rochelle railroad park... :)

[bluepuma]

You honk twice before moving your car forward from stop
...and 3 times before backing up...
esp. when leaving Rochelle railroad park... :)

[emdgp92]

...you've installed speakers for Microsoft Train Sim that can rattle the windows upstairs :)

P.S. I didn't think this thread would hit 7 pages :)

[emdgp92]

...you've installed speakers for Microsoft Train Sim that can rattle the windows upstairs :)

P.S. I didn't think this thread would hit 7 pages :)

[Trainnut484]

...your computer crashes from all the internet hobby store emails, manufactures' emails, and model railroader buddy emails.[(-D]

Take care,

Russell

[Trainnut484]

...your computer crashes from all the internet hobby store emails, manufactures' emails, and model railroader buddy emails.[(-D]

Take care,

Russell

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by danmerkel

...you have the hobby shop number set up on your telephone speed dial.
...you think "quality time" with the family is letting them help you clean the train room.
...you add onto your home AFTER the kids leave.
...your idea of a good vacation is going to five previously unvisited hobby shops.
...you get bent out of shape when your aunt calls your trains "cute."
...you worry more about the arrival of the latest MR than you do your Social Security check.
...you identify wild plants not by their real names but by the type of trees they will make on your layout.
...you consider a small screwdriver and a couple of Athearn kits as "quality entertainment."
...you know the guys at the hobby shop better than you know your relatives.

[^][8D][:D][:)] This is one of the best on this thread. GOOD JOB![8D]

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by danmerkel

...you have the hobby shop number set up on your telephone speed dial.
...you think "quality time" with the family is letting them help you clean the train room.
...you add onto your home AFTER the kids leave.
...your idea of a good vacation is going to five previously unvisited hobby shops.
...you get bent out of shape when your aunt calls your trains "cute."
...you worry more about the arrival of the latest MR than you do your Social Security check.
...you identify wild plants not by their real names but by the type of trees they will make on your layout.
...you consider a small screwdriver and a couple of Athearn kits as "quality entertainment."
...you know the guys at the hobby shop better than you know your relatives.

[^][8D][:D][:)] This is one of the best on this thread. GOOD JOB![8D]

[Anonymous]

If you doodle track plans in math class!

[Anonymous]

If you doodle track plans in math class!

[danmerkel]

...you have the hobby shop number set up on your telephone speed dial.
...you think "quality time" with the family is letting them help you clean the train room.
...you add onto your home AFTER the kids leave.
...your idea of a good vacation is going to five previously unvisited hobby shops.
...you get bent out of shape when your aunt calls your trains "cute."
...you worry more about the arrival of the latest MR than you do your Social Security check.
...you identify wild plants not by their real names but by the type of trees they will make on your layout.
...you consider a small screwdriver and a couple of Athearn kits as "quality entertainment."
...you know the guys at the hobby shop better than you know your relatives.

[danmerkel]

...you have the hobby shop number set up on your telephone speed dial.
...you think "quality time" with the family is letting them help you clean the train room.
...you add onto your home AFTER the kids leave.
...your idea of a good vacation is going to five previously unvisited hobby shops.
...you get bent out of shape when your aunt calls your trains "cute."
...you worry more about the arrival of the latest MR than you do your Social Security check.
...you identify wild plants not by their real names but by the type of trees they will make on your layout.
...you consider a small screwdriver and a couple of Athearn kits as "quality entertainment."
...you know the guys at the hobby shop better than you know your relatives.

[Anonymous]

if your wife tries to seduce you and you stay at this computer reading this forum night after night after night only because you've read your model railroading magazines
a multitude of times and are still awaiting the next issue! JUST CAN'T GET ENOUGH INFO.

[Anonymous]

if your wife tries to seduce you and you stay at this computer reading this forum night after night after night only because you've read your model railroading magazines
a multitude of times and are still awaiting the next issue! JUST CAN'T GET ENOUGH INFO.

[Anonymous]

...You and your dog high-tail it over to your favorite hobby shop, only to discover you've missed the closing time by five minutes. You start to cry; your dog begins to wail. You feel a tear well up in your right eye; your dog hands you a tissue. And then you both head home, your respective tails curled between your legs, consoling each other with the words, "Well, there's always tomorrow."

[Anonymous]

...You and your dog high-tail it over to your favorite hobby shop, only to discover you've missed the closing time by five minutes. You start to cry; your dog begins to wail. You feel a tear well up in your right eye; your dog hands you a tissue. And then you both head home, your respective tails curled between your legs, consoling each other with the words, "Well, there's always tomorrow."

[trainfan1221]

Everybody you know who isn`t usually gives you a dumbfounded look that basically says
"why?"

[trainfan1221]

Everybody you know who isn`t usually gives you a dumbfounded look that basically says
"why?"

[Trainnut484]

...you replace the ordinary Christmas decorations on your tree with Z scale locomotives and rolling stock (N scale would work too).

Take care,

Russell

[Trainnut484]

...you replace the ordinary Christmas decorations on your tree with Z scale locomotives and rolling stock (N scale would work too).

Take care,

Russell

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: or a real train fanatic...
If all your secret passwords or bank numbers and the like are train related or locomotive specific

(come on people, you know we all do this)

I'm very guilty of this. And not just here.

QUOTE: you go to the kitchin to and make a sandwitch and spend
an hour sclpting it to look like a sd40.

I'm sort of guilty of this one: when I was five or six years old, I used to eat my waffles to look like the couterbalances on an outside frame K-36 (D&RGW narrow guage 2-8-2).

If you like this thread, you would probably also enjoy The mother of all "you might be a railfan ifs", on the Trains forum.

See you around the forum,
Daniel