You might be a model railroader if...

[Anonymous]

... You shut off the train room lights, close the door behind you, trudge off to the bedroom sometime after 1:00 AM on a weeknight, set the alarm for work in the morning, and then realize... Durnit! I forgot to eat dinner! AGAIN!


(this happened to me last night)

[Anonymous]

... You shut off the train room lights, close the door behind you, trudge off to the bedroom sometime after 1:00 AM on a weeknight, set the alarm for work in the morning, and then realize... Durnit! I forgot to eat dinner! AGAIN!


(this happened to me last night)

[Anonymous]

As an architect, I measure buildings frequently. Every time that I read off the tape measure " 4'-8 1/2" " I think, "standard guage"...

[Anonymous]

As an architect, I measure buildings frequently. Every time that I read off the tape measure " 4'-8 1/2" " I think, "standard guage"...

[Trainnut484]

...you put a picture of your layout on Christmas cards...and try to pass off the F7 as Rudolph[:o)][:D][:D][:o)]

[Trainnut484]

...you put a picture of your layout on Christmas cards...and try to pass off the F7 as Rudolph[:o)][:D][:D][:o)]

[Trainnut484]

...you can make train sounds better with your mouth than a sound unit in your locomotives.[:o)][:D][:D][:o)]

[Trainnut484]

...you can make train sounds better with your mouth than a sound unit in your locomotives.[:o)][:D][:D][:o)]

[trainfan1221]

You would like to throw your roommate out because his bedroom is nice and large

[trainfan1221]

You would like to throw your roommate out because his bedroom is nice and large

[Anonymous]

When choosing a new car, you have two criteria:

1) It must be big enough to move building materials and completed layout sections around

2) You can find a HO scale (or whatever scale you model) version of it to paint the same way as your real car (Incidently, does anyone know if any manufacturers produce a Land Rover Discovery in HO, as I've searched everywhere I can think of and found nothing!)

[Anonymous]

When choosing a new car, you have two criteria:

1) It must be big enough to move building materials and completed layout sections around

2) You can find a HO scale (or whatever scale you model) version of it to paint the same way as your real car (Incidently, does anyone know if any manufacturers produce a Land Rover Discovery in HO, as I've searched everywhere I can think of and found nothing!)

[Anonymous]

...your loving wife keeps a stock of Band-Aids on hand because she KNOWS you'll need them after spending the evening building on the layout!

[Anonymous]

...your loving wife keeps a stock of Band-Aids on hand because she KNOWS you'll need them after spending the evening building on the layout!

[krump]

me too

Prov 22:6

[krump]

me too

Prov 22:6

[yellowducky]

...your wife calls model trains "the other woman"...and asks if your trains can cook your supper.

[yellowducky]

...your wife calls model trains "the other woman"...and asks if your trains can cook your supper.

[eastcoast]

You are definately a model railroader when your collection IS the house.
...when your house looks like a passenger station.
... you have to buy a bigger house to fit your layout.
.... HONEY... DO WE HAVE ROOM FOR MY HUMP YARD????

[eastcoast]

You are definately a model railroader when your collection IS the house.
...when your house looks like a passenger station.
... you have to buy a bigger house to fit your layout.
.... HONEY... DO WE HAVE ROOM FOR MY HUMP YARD????

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by emeraldisle

[:p]I you take the family car down to the local paint and body, and have them repaint it in your favorite RR Paint Job, for me it was NYC, lightning stripes and all.[:p][:p][:p][:D][:D][:D]

I actually saw a truck painted in C&NW colours a week or so ago - think it was operated by a parcel delivery company but it was definately in C&NW yellow and green! Wonder if the company that ran it realised (probably not!)

*thinks* hmm, that paint scheme might suit my Discovery, yellow bodywork and green roof...?

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by emeraldisle

[:p]I you take the family car down to the local paint and body, and have them repaint it in your favorite RR Paint Job, for me it was NYC, lightning stripes and all.[:p][:p][:p][:D][:D][:D]

I actually saw a truck painted in C&NW colours a week or so ago - think it was operated by a parcel delivery company but it was definately in C&NW yellow and green! Wonder if the company that ran it realised (probably not!)

*thinks* hmm, that paint scheme might suit my Discovery, yellow bodywork and green roof...?

[Jetrock]

I'm sure that my wife would like it if I repainted my car in a Southern Pacific "Black Widow" scheme...

...you drive around the streets of your town where the industrial belt line used to run, pretending you're a way freight.

...your friends deliberately avoid mentioning anything railroad-related because they'll have to listen to you flaming about it for an hour or so.

...your wife gets suspicious and starts checking for Floquil Caboose Red on your collar.

[Jetrock]

I'm sure that my wife would like it if I repainted my car in a Southern Pacific "Black Widow" scheme...

...you drive around the streets of your town where the industrial belt line used to run, pretending you're a way freight.

...your friends deliberately avoid mentioning anything railroad-related because they'll have to listen to you flaming about it for an hour or so.

...your wife gets suspicious and starts checking for Floquil Caboose Red on your collar.

[GerFust]

...you tell your kids they are going AWAY to college - you need another train room for that other scale you've always wanted to try
...you install a personal DVD player on your HO layout and call it a drive-in movie theater, then make the whole family watch it (been thinking about doing this one)

[GerFust]

...you tell your kids they are going AWAY to college - you need another train room for that other scale you've always wanted to try
...you install a personal DVD player on your HO layout and call it a drive-in movie theater, then make the whole family watch it (been thinking about doing this one)

[Anonymous]

when backing your mini-van you refer to it as "running long hood forward".

[Anonymous]

when backing your mini-van you refer to it as "running long hood forward".

[Anonymous]

when your blotter on your desk at work is covered in model layout plans

my four year old recognises Black Fives (LMS in the UK) and Castles (GWR). Also she knows buses. Well I do, so I tell her...

[Anonymous]

when your blotter on your desk at work is covered in model layout plans

my four year old recognises Black Fives (LMS in the UK) and Castles (GWR). Also she knows buses. Well I do, so I tell her...