I thought posting some jokes about railroads and railfanning would be a fun idea. Don’t worry, I’m not quitting my day job.
Why did the railfan cross the road?
A. To get onto public property. [(-D]
Two guys are talking by the watter cooler, the first guy says: “I’m going on vacation tomorow.”
“Oh, Where are you headed?” The second guy says
“I’m going to Jamaica.”
“Why Jamaica? I change trains there every day and it’s not all that nice.”[zzz]
I know you guys can come up with better stuff than this.
Originally heard those jokes in an airline pilot context as in “#3 engine missing” followed by “#3 located on inboard position of starboard wing.” The person telling me that one didn’t get the “engine missing” thing and I explained it must have applied to the piston-engine days of rough running – doesn’t make any sense to describe a jet engine as “missing” because it doesn’t have piston pulses, although I have heard a loud bang come from the back of a DC-9 on one occasion.
I think the jokes work better as airline pilot jokes because pilots have a reputation for having a high opinion of themselves while I think of locomotive engineers as being regular guys who would go out for beer with the mechanical guys (am I right on this?)
yes i suppose that’s true. that’s what makes train engineers more fun to hang out with than pilots (aside from the ones who also go for a beer and know how to have a good time.)