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Professional Railfans out there

Posted by Anonymous

on Sat, Jan 14 2006 2:36 PM

Well I gotta tell ya these foamers or seroius railfans need a new title, so i came up with a new one, the Professional Railfan!! Yep, in order to qualify you must
1)be an extreme know it all
2)claim to have photographed every train in history
3)always have been the lead camera at every photo line
4)Lastly, wear a Tee shirt that spells out on both sides Professional Railfan----
keep back 20 feet!!

ya gotta love it!!
Craig

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Posted by coborn35

on Sat, Jan 14 2006 10:07 PM

Well, I cant be that, i work for a railroad.

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Posted by wctransfer

on Sat, Jan 14 2006 10:15 PM

Uhhhh, Max. If im mistaken, sorry, but since when did you get payed? And if you didnt get payed its not a job.

Alec

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Posted by coborn35

on Sat, Jan 14 2006 10:22 PM

Someones jealous.........lol
Doesnt matter, I still am a railroader.

Mechanical Department "No no that's fine shove that 20 pound set all around the yard... those shoes aren't hell and a half to change..."

The Missabe Road: Safety First

Posted by CMSTPP

on Sun, Jan 15 2006 2:39 PM

Yes, Alec believe it or not he does work and volunteer for the railroad. The locomotive Max is standing in the picture is runnable and Kale, Max and I have all worked on it and the other locomotives there at the RR. Such as The DMIR SD-18, an FP7 Soo line 2500, and Peavey locomotive SW1. There great to run and work on.

Ahhh. Craig there are only a select "NONE" that have done that!! I mean, wear a t-shirt that says Professional Railfan, no one has ever had a shirt that says this let alone wear it.
Sorry I'm not one those even though I try to Railfan once a week with Kale and Max.

James

The Milwaukee Road

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Posted by rrandb

on Mon, Jan 16 2006 5:33 PM

QUOTE: Originally posted by nikoncraig

Well I gotta tell ya these foamers or seroius railfans need a new title, so i came up with a new one, the Professional Railfan!! Yep, in order to qualify you must
1)be an extreme know it all
2)claim to have photographed every train in history
3)always have been the lead camera at every photo line
4)Lastly, wear a Tee shirt that spells out on both sides Professional Railfan----
keep back 20 feet!!

ya gotta love it!!
Craig

would that be the guys that work for Pentrex??? [?] If you get paid to do it wouldn't that would make it your profession. I am not shure about the T shirt. I beleive its polo shirts these days and the shirts say" film crew" Pentrex. It's where we get the high quality films of trains. It does not make them bad people,just professional's. It's one of those jobs that it helps to love it to do it.[2c] as always ENJOY