That’s what professional railroaders around here call railfans. Because when they see trains they start drooling.
I thought they were called “foamers” Dave
I’d heard that too. Maybe we have a new breed.
Who me? Allan.
I foam and drool, lol.
Foam, drool, and jump up and down pointing! Then I remember the camera hung around my neck… [:D]
I’m a waiver
for spacemouse ------ other [:O]
Apparently the Eastern branch of the species has not mastered the song, “Choo,Choo,Choo,Choo”, to convert the “drooleys” into “Foamers”. Could this be yet another example of “Intelligent Design” at work?
And on that level are we as modelers above this foamer/drooley debate or just miniature wanta be’s?
Will
I’m a howler
Only on my pillow when I’m sleeping!
Tom
Being a male, I also …umm, never mind…
mmmmmmm Trains (said in Homer Simpson voice)
Rick
Fans of the electric varieties are called “juice jacks” or “trolley jollies,” I am told–“foamer” being more of a steam thing, perhaps the “droolie” are diesel fans?
I was a foamer till the local foamers union said I didn’t foam enough over diesals. So I was kicked out for being discriminatory. Now I’m just a gawker.
I’ve been a foamer all my life.So now I’m supposed to convert to a droolie[:(!]?
I’m more of a I ain’t movin’ my truck until the last railcar goes across the crossing on the street ahead even if I am turning right and I don’t give a dern how many times you blow that d@mn horn. Just did that this afternoon as a 20 or so car train was moving through Geneva (Finger Lakes RR). Man it is amazing how many rude people there are that have no sense of how important it is to see the end of the train! Besides that the light stays red when the train goes through and the law does not say you have to turn right on red… Luckily it wasn’t long and I got to finally turn right and get to the end of that street in time to see it go through the next crossing. That I time I was able to park and watch. [}:)][}:)][;)][:D]
Yesterday I was standing behind our office waiting for the afternoon train. I was standing on top of about 6 feet of concrete slabs so I could get a better view. As I was standing there, one of our employees came up and asked what in the world I was doing. I explained I was waiting for the train. He looked at me with the most odd face. I thought, yesterday, that he figured I was wierd cause I was waiting on the train. But now I have figured it out. It was the drool that had him perplexed.
Thanks for clearing that up for me. I feel much better now.
My office is about 1000 yards from a double NS line that goes through Berks County, PA. Freights pass by here at least 10 times a day. Every time I hear their crossing warning signal (llsl), I get up and watch from my window – every time. Anyone who happens to be in my office thinks I’m a bit odd. Does that qualify?
Drooley and foamer? Yup I’m both. I become both when a train goes by, but I really become a DROOLEY and FOAMER when I’m at a well stocked hobby shop or at a train show.