You know you're a model railroader when...

Model Railroader General Discussion (Model Railroader)
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You know you’re a model railroader when…

  1. The only time you did anything resembling weeding the garden was when you were looking for model tree material.
  2. You lie awake at night thinking… “So much basement… so little time!”
  3. You spend $15 and eight hours adding brake details to that shake-the-box freight car kit you got for $4 at the Swap Meet.
  4. Friends don’t dare mention anything in your presence that is remotely connected to trains.
  5. A blond supermodel comes up to you and says “Hey there Big Boy” … and you immediately think “Wow, a 4-8-8-4? Where!?!”
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you evaluate EVERYTHING for possible use on the layout.

You search prototype photos with a magnifying glass for obscure little details to add to your models.

Your junk box (or, more PC, potentially useful odd parts box) is the size of a steamer trunk - and not big enough.

3

I knew I had bad when I was at work standing at the rear rolling door faceing the alley talking to a customer, when I comepletly ignored what he was saying when I say my neighboor drive by with a bunch of foam peices in theback of his truck goign to the dumpster. Yeah, I got the dumpster as soon as my customer left.

[:I]

4

You spend half the day on the forum here and the other half playing with your choo choos…

TL

5

You go to sleep at night thinking about track layouts !

6

When you buy a new house and the first thing you do is work out how far away the nearest railfanning spot is!

7

Building a new layout room, and your only concern is–what to keep the elements out… Maybe a house on top of it…

8

And the wife can’t, for the life of her, figure out why coved corners and 27 electrical outlets are suddenly so important…[:D]

9

You buy a house just because it has a big basement and a train track in your backyard.

10

You simply just cant understand how some people dont find model railroading facinating.

When you say your prayers with your son, Its always somewhere in the thank you list.

If you see a train in a movie (even if for a sec) You feel like …Hey, thats my buddy that played this part.

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when you smoke and eat dinner in the lounge
and the room at the end of the hall has a sign reads
beware of trains
private
no smoking
no food and drink
keep off the grass
don’t touch
please present your ticket on demand
Passangers traveling without tickets
fine $50
ect
and finishes Do Not Disturb

12

…your Chevy has a control stand and an EMD builders plate.
…you owe the hobby shop more than your annual income
…hobby shops call you for advice
…EMD and GE call you for advice

13

When you detour going to work or going home, just to get to a crossing, hoping a train will stop you.

14

When you want something out of the case at the hobby shop and they know you well enough they just give you the keys!

15

You find yourself excited about a train show and it’s still a month away! [:D]

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That’s frightening, because it’s literally 100% true for me. Almost word for word…

My input: You’ve spent so much on trains that even the people on the phone at Trainworld are nice to you!

(Okay, okay… They’re actually pretty nice all the time, as long as you dial their 718- number and don’t call their “orders only” 800 number with lots of questions.)

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Wondering why your brother’s think your industry tracks are dead end tracks.

18

Complain about the new brass locomotive your wife gave you as not being the right phase and detail for the era you are modeling.

19

You take inventory of your unbuilt structure kits and find you have three duplicates.

(True story).

20

You need to go for carpal tunnel surgery from using you hand held remote too much.