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Post by alexweihmann on May 8, 2007 16:15:03 GMT -5
Found this on the web
You Know You're a Railfan If... By Ray Dankowski
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1. On your railfan outings, the four food groups become: McDonalds, Taco Bell, Pizza Hut, and Mr. Donut. 2. Your car has a bumper sticker that says "This vehicle stops at all railroad crossings." 3. Your car's license plate is customized with a locomotive designation, railroad initials, or both. 4. You've been known to stand on the roof of your car to get that shot over the fence. 5. Your scanner is on 24 hours a day, seven days a week. 6. Your cat's name is "Chessie". 7. Your dog's name is "Conrail". 8. You can tell the difference between a U23B and a B23-7. 9. If the dispatcher loses track of a locomotive consist, he usually calls you at home for help. 10. You hang out at the same hobby shop so much that people mistake you for working there. 11. You've ever bargained for a cab ride with a warm pizza and a six-pack of Coke. 12. You believe that your status as a railfan is proportional to the number of cameras around your neck. 13. You have a web site set up on railfanning. 14. When you talk about "Big Macs" you are not referring to a McDonald's burger. 15. You and your railfan buddies get into EMD vs. GE arguments the way rednecks get into Ford vs. Chevy brawls.
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Post by Barry on May 8, 2007 17:44:21 GMT -5
When you live in a cabosse or a passenger car
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Post by alexweihmann on May 8, 2007 18:52:05 GMT -5
When your driving, while driving your car, you put your arm out the window sill and wave your hand and blow your horn to the kids on the street.
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Post by Barry on May 8, 2007 19:41:29 GMT -5
HAHAHAHAHA...LOL
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Post by pcarrell on May 8, 2007 20:31:28 GMT -5
Buy a house based on it's proximity to a local RR! (Guilty as charged Your Honor!)
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Post by seaboarder on May 8, 2007 20:43:45 GMT -5
Better yet, get a caboose and you can live right on the rails!
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Post by Barry on May 11, 2007 13:00:14 GMT -5
Yeah that would not just be a railfan thing. It would also be a redneck thing.
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Post by espeefoamer on May 20, 2007 16:41:45 GMT -5
Your boss sees you in the cab of a CF7 when you're suposed to be working. He couldn't say anything about it,since at the time he was returning from one of his famous 2 hour lunches with his secretary.
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Post by alexweihmann on May 20, 2007 16:44:26 GMT -5
Yeah that would not just be a railfan thing. It would also be a redneck thing. LOL
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locoindy76
Hobo
WINNER OF MAY PHOTO CONTEST
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Post by locoindy76 on May 29, 2007 10:40:03 GMT -5
Buy a house based on it's proximity to a local RR! (Guilty as charged Your Honor!) Man, you are lucky... I bought my house before really getting into trains... Wish I could do over... However I LOVE my house now and I'm not far from the rails that run along US52
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rrredneck
Conductor
Proud to be a railroad redneck! YEEHAAW!!
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Post by rrredneck on May 29, 2007 13:53:36 GMT -5
6. Your cat's name is "Chessie". 10. You hang out at the same hobby shop so much that people mistake you for working there. 11. You've ever bargained for a cab ride with a warm pizza and a six-pack of Coke. 13. You have a web site set up on railfanning. 15. You and your railfan buddies get into EMD vs. GE arguments the way rednecks get into Ford vs. Chevy brawls. I fit all these, with a few modifications to 6 and 11. 6. My cat's name is Challenger (After the Dodge Challenger, The Challenger Space Shuttle, and of course the UP's 4-6-6-4 Challenger) 10. I have found a six pack of Bud works best.(Not releasing railroad name, roadnumber, date) The rest of them hit the nail on the head.
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