I was just looking at the current issue of Trains & Railroads of the Past and saw there is cover story celebrating the 40th anniversary of Conrail. I remember Conrail being the new kid on the block and it was about the time I was getting back into model railroading. Now it even has its own historical society. I thought it was a fallen flag but I seen now it is a subsidiary of both CSX and NS and still has shared assets which it leases trackage rights to its parent companies.
Hi jecorbett
No none of that matters that’s just business doing what business does looking for ways to make money.
You know your getting old when you get told to slow down by a doctor, not the local traffic police[:D]
regards John
You know you’re getting old when you hear the rebellious songs of your youth playing on the PA system at the supermarket.
Oh stop reminding me. [:S]
I hear those all the time at the bowling alley. My bowling buddies and I play a game to see who can name the artist. They are all about my age or older. I’m pretty good at remembering most of them but it surprises me that many of them have trouble with it.
You know your getting old when you remember buying something new. Then realizing that was 30 years ago.
I had put a set of concors Amtrak material handling cars on pre.order. i saw them on ebay the other day and felt old remebering that. That hobbyshop never did get them. I ended up with the walthers version.
I was a member of the Conrail Technical Society … many years ago. Yes … time keeps rolling on.
(you know you’re getting old when you hurt yourself … sleeping.) [:D]
You know you are getting old when you remember entering the work force and going to the area of the city that looked like this.
That now looks like this.
I am glad I had the chance to see most of it before it disappeared.
You know you’re getting old when you can name at least as many defunct model railroad manufacturers as existing ones.
You know you’re getting old when you can remember seeing brand new GP9s and shiny new RS11s along side of steam locomotives on the PRR.
…when “millennials” equate the voice, awards, movies, and achievements of Justin Bieber to Elvis Presley!
I have attempted to address the question and post a response here many times, but I keep remembering something else that nee
You know you’re getting old when you find yourself reading threads like this.
3 things happen when you are getting old.
FIRST you lose your memory
SECOND you lose your hair
I can’t remember the THIRD
It is getting harder and harder to respect my elders
There are so few of them left.
ROAR
When the oldies station plays songs from 10 years after you graduated high school.
When over half your unbuilt kits are from companies that no longer exist.
Enjoy
Paul
Getting old??? I know I’m old…74 this year!!! Also have been retired for the past 15yrs…which makes it a looooottttt easier.
Do what I want…go where I want and spend what I want…Everyone is taken care of, including 8 Grandkids, two of which are in college. I worked very hard to get to this point and I’m enjoying all I have left.
Take Care, All! [:D]
Frank
Arguably, the best thing about growing older = No peer pressure!
I know I am getting old as it has been 36 years since the Rock Island Railroad ceased to exist. A couple of years before its final gasp, I was responsible for optaining approval for funding of about 14 miles of branch line rebuilding. The branch line had rail from 60 lb to 140 lb in a couple of miles of track The Rock had probably a derailment a week on this branch and caused my employer no small amount of grief before the branch was rebuilt.
As with many others, i am sure, I know I am getting old when crawling around under the bench work. I can still do it but it gets more difficult by the years.
Jim
I know I’m getting old because:
I remember when the E60CP “Bricks” were BRAND NEW…I also remember clearly when the AEM-7 “Toasters”/“Meatballs” were the BRAND NEW “rage of the rails”! I still have the Amtrak employee newsletter featuring them. Now the bricks and toasters are retired!
I photographed BRAND NEW Amfleet II coaches before the public even rode them. I even complained that they still were not as comfortable or as spacious as the Heritage cars. Now, like the Heritage cars, the Amcan II’s are considered relics from the past that need to be put out to pasture.
Yep…I’m becoming an old timer.