You might be a model railroader if...

[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 you doodle track plans in math class!

[Anonymous]

If you doodle track plans in math class!

[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]

[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

[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 :)

[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... :)

[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!

[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]

..... 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 [;)][^]

[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]

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.

[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.

[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]

I do that 15 times!

[Anonymous]

I do that 15 times!

[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]

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