you watch the Rochelle webcam at night.
Yes that is true!
How about going 2,000 miles or so to watch trains. Does that qualify? [:o)][:p]
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Originally posted by Dayliner
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You don’t use names for DPM , JDI , or MWH .
Almost all four digit numbers remind you of a locomotive you once knew.
You always look both ways, even crossing lines that have been abandoned for 60 years.
your son knows which way to turn before you actually get to your favorite spot.
stay safe
Joe
You know you’re a railfan when…
You purchase a home track-side.
You pay the extra $60 for Virginia & Truckee license plates for your car.
(In Nevada, the state issues a Virginia & Truckee license plate. The extra money goes to rebuilding the line to Carson City.)
Your coworkers report unsual railroad happenings to you that they have witnessed.
Your favorite coffee cup has a railroad logo on it.
Jim
Whe…Whe…When you hav…havn’t see…see…seen a tr…tr…train in a few d…d…da…days and you start sh…sh…shaking like a heroin addict on the down side.
Doc says only cure is to go see some trains !!!
You come home from a thoroughly brutal day at the yard, and immediately check out the Trains forum!
You actually look forward to traveling through Nebraska so you can catch some action on the UP! [;)]
Chris
Denver, CO
You travel several hundred miles to go to a family event only to get distracted at the local yard and not make it.
Yes you bet. My most fervent wish on this trip is to catch the BNSF/UPRR under/over at GIsland. Hopefully luck will be on my side. Look for the pixs next Sat or Sun depending on what I will be doing on Sat. [:o)][:D][:p]
PS: End of May I will be checking out the UPRR in UT/ID & Western WY including Granger. [:o)][:D][:p]
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Originally posted by CopCarSS
…Your local train crews say hello to you by name over the scanner when they see you.
You take the Sunset Limited.
Having breakfast at the Denny’s restaurant next to the La Quinta Motel in downtown Denver on the morning of the 8444 trip to Laramie and hearing the Grateful Dead’s “A Touch of Grey” on the radio.
That is from the January 1988 Railfan & Railroad magazine. It makes me feel like I was there.
Wading 2 miles through swamp and bog, through thousands of ticks, through pouring rain, almost gettign arrested just cause your 13 and like watching trains.
Oh yeah, I also got a job on the North Shore Scenic Railroad as a utility man. I asked to come down as much as i can.
I think im a railfan!
You know your’re a railfan when you run to see a train that is coming past. It doesn’t matter what you are doing at the time you just have to see it. Even if you have seen the Engine a half a dozen times!!![:D]
Wow Chad , thats hardcore and too cool…
For me,
Your a railfan when you go through a grade crossing and look in your rearview mirror just in case you see the red lights blnk… Then when you get lucky, you ripoff a U-turn so you can be in front… [:D] Hey , before you luagh, I have only done twice.
You have a closet stuffed with 1400 magazines about railroads and you think about issues you don’t have instead of the ones you do have.
OK your a railfan when you . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Draw up your own imaginary railroad and actually print out operations, layouts, construction plans, rosters both cars and locomotives, maps; that you took the time to think up and type. lol
You really know your a railfan when you blow off work or school (and end up getting a F on a homework assignment) to go watch trains !!! There is an exception though. If your job is on a railraod you don’t have to blow work off.