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QUOTE: Originally posted by gentlegiant I have been a railfan virtually since birth. I must say, I have had a wonderful life around trains, although I'm not and never have been an employee. I love riding them, photographing them, smelling them watching them and listening to them. I remember in the 1970's how I was laughed at because I took pictures of those "common" diesels, and of course I was continually harassed by police and citizens for my "questionable" activities. Up to now, dear fellow railfans, I have kept fairly quiet about this, and just considered them as people that could not understand a real love of trains. However, since the 9-11 tradgedy it seems we are considered bigger freaks than ever and worse yet, now we are terrorists! what a load of crap. I, as most railfans, have absolute respect for trains, obey safety regulations and have even reported dangerous rail conditions. why is it in our car-mania society, it is acceptable practice to drive back and forth to work 5 days a week, and then drive to a car show or to watch cars go around in a circle alll day at an auto race?
QUOTE: Originally posted by emmar Who cares if other people think we are a bunch a weirdoes. They don't know what they are missing!
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QUOTE: Originally posted by sammythebull No, not all train watchers are freaks but there are some in the crowd who take the stuff way too serious and my message is to chill out and relax and get a life. Yrs ago I was w/a dude and we were going to a location to snap a pic of a train close by. The train got there before we did. The dude freaked out began throwing a fit and cussed all because he missed a picture of a stupid train. Seeing that freaked me out. I also had someone tell me once they took their scanner w/them to a Sun morning church service and listened in on the earplug while the service was in progress. That is just nuts. People like this are not normal and have no life what so ever. These are the freaks that give the good train watchers a bad name. I'd stay away from them.
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