I wish I could get excited like this! (video)

Model Railroader General Discussion (Model Railroader)
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I’ve seen some people get excited about things but this takes the cake.

http://now.msn.com/excited-train-guy-reacts-to-seeing-a-vintage-train-engine

[(-D] Charles

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That made Comedy Central’s Tosh.O a few months back. Classic

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I would have like the B12? more than the e-unit.

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That´s why we are into this hobby - getting as excited as little children at Christmas Day!

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Well, I DO declare…

I guess he was excited.

I get about as excited seeing a new steam loco up and running, BUT i have learned to keep my mouth shut!

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Actually, this is the one that made Tosh.O on Comedy Central…my bad.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhYXNwvcl6A

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Well, at least he didn’t try to run up to the unit and plant a big kiss on it. Also hope he had extra undies with him.

Bob

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And of course someone has posted the inevitable parody … the original sound track to different visuals

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j__WaTO11K0

I am reminded however that there are some railfans, who shoot video, who just fervently pray that everyone around them just shuts up while they are filming. I have heard some hilarious exchanges caught on tape between the clueless talkers and the shushing videographer.

There is a certain amount of showboating by these “super foamers” that can get very tiresome after a while, even to their fellow foamers.

Dave Nelson

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That was good to see with the volume muted. Would’ve been nice to hear it without him running his mouth all the time.

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And I thought I got really excited to see a D&RGW K-28! I was downright muted in my admiration compared to this fellow.

One thing about this guy, no one is going to claim he is not passionate about his trains. I have never seen any kind of verbalization like this over trains in my life. I am glad he was made a doublely happy guy.

Great piece. Cracked me up. Thanks for sharing this.

Richard

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Hilarious! . . . .But great to see!

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ROFLMAO!

73

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Dave, I concur… ROFLMAO!! It almost looked like he was getting on the locomotives’ nerves…

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You could douse a good sized fire with all that foam …

Randy

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That “depends”.

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I agree. He was saying “Listen to that bell!” but all I could hear was him yelling.

Kevin

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I could hear the bell and it sounded like any other locomotive bell…

Of course that’s called “railfan hearing”…You gain that after 50 years of railfaning-that’s a year or two before you become deaf from listening to loud horns…[(-D][swg]

I wonder what he would sound like if he saw NKP 765?

On second thought I don’t really wanna know…[:O]

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He might hit soprano! High C even.

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I hate to be the party pooper, but this “excited guy” is poking fun at a few other videos circulating around the internet. His “excited” reactions are a spoof/parody of these:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQSNhk5ICTI which was posted in Jan 2010 and

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhYXNwvcl6A which was posted back in Feb 2012.

This “excited train guy” was on MSN’s home page a few days ago. It’s a shame that MSN is a little behind times, because this parody was made a few months ago.

If you’re still not convinced, CNN did a story on this parody:

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2012/08/03/tsr-moos-excited-train-gag.cnn

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I hope he saw a doctor if his “excitement” lasted longer than 4 hours!