Hi,
Just ran across this in case you haven’t seen it yet.
http://www.rr-fallenflags.org/railfan.html
There is one item that talks about the color of the ballast on the Seaboard. I guess I don’t qualify on that point! [:)]
What color was the Seaboard Line ballast and why?
Thanks!
Dennis
You MIGHT be a railfan If:
You don’t have a dining room in your house,but a Railroad Room[:)]
With a layout[:D]
When your son knows what day the train programs are on and looks for them on the tv by himself.
stay safe
Joe and matt
wife looks for railroad themed movies.
You know you are a dyed in the wool railfan when the real reason to go to grandmom’s place at the then age of 5 is to see the train The Gainsville Midland in Athens (GA) running Decapods or the Savannah and Atlanta in Newington (GA) running old Alco’s and then only twice a day. Getting to see the Seaboard or the ACL as a bonus was never forgotten. Now that was a childhood[swg], or more to the point, a railfan childjhood
You don’t work for a railroad,but your boss catches you riding the cab of a CF7 anyway[:p]!
When you come home after a steam excursion and bru***he cinders out of your hair and save them.[:P][swg]
That is great,and that one means YOU ARE hooked![:D][8D]
And BTW,have you gotten all them yet[?]
You take off running to get a clear view when you hear a train coming… leaving your grandkids behind…
You excuse yourself to go to the window of the boardroom to watch a train… leaving the rest of the meeting stalled because nothing happens without the CEO…
That one is interesting,did that really happpen?
If so, sorry about the boss,hope you had a good time![:)]
BTW what was the color of the SCL ballast?
Coral pink?[:)]
Oh yeah, the trip was back at the beginning of July, behind Milwaukee Road 261.
This is me collecting them…
And here is the “harvest”…[:0][:p][;)][:o)][8D]
By the way Locomutt, congrats on that fourth star.[:D]
Your watching a nascar race and you notice the NS has a mainline right by the speedway, and you watch for trains all day instead of the race.
When every book you learned to read with focused on trains.
AND I BET YOU ALL THOUGHT HE WAS KIDDING.[:D][:D][:D]
What’s NASCAR, and why would anyone want to watch something go in circles???[}:)][:D][;)]
Congrats on collecting the cinders,I wish.
Man,I NEVER thought he was kidding,I’m jealous.
You got to do something I’ ve always wished.
Thank you,I try.
hows this:
You might be a railfan if when your driving someone somewhere and come into sight of tracks, you ramble off the whole history (Or how much you can) before even geting to the crossing, and then notice the person is asleep.
…If you go to a national park and spend most of the day at the station.
…Stand in the middle of a thunderstorm because the signal went to clear.
…spend half an hour searching for a particular crossing.
…Have a pre-construction promotional poster of the Acela, an operation Lifesaver poster, and a PRR stock certificate from an antique store on the wall of your house where evryone who comes can see.
…seea train coming, ang stop to get out your camera to take a photo, even though the train is on speed restrictions and the gates aren’t down.
…Even though the only way out of town is north, you go south and take the roads back north just to see if there are any trains in town before you leave.
…Whenever you leave the house, you bring your camera on the offchance you will see a train.
and yes, these all are personal experiance.
1/ You have to go to the bathroom but an intermodal is coming so you giggle and watch.
2/ Police dispatcher tells directs you to a call but you tell dispatch you are responding to a call already (train watching)
3/ Everytime the crossing gates go down you drool
4/ You take your wife out for diner and end up watching trains first.
5/ You watch the Fugitive and more interested in the locomotives than Harrison Ford.
6/ You name your animals after locomotives
7/ You buy beds for your kids shaped as trains wheather they like trains or not.
8/ You try to avoid talking long on the phone just in case a train will be coming.
9/ You buy paint to paint your house and you refer to colours based on paint schemes like conrail blue and cp red.
10/ You pretend when you are driving a car that its a train and beep for intersections.
11/ You here a horn and can tell what locomotive it is and who it belongs to.
12/ Your idea of a romatic setting is 2 lawn chairs at Fostoria.
13/ You can’t imagine anything wrong with wanting train stuff as a wedding present
14/ Railroad employee greet you by name.
15/ Your dreams include you as an engineer
16/ You look for resteraunts that are close to tracks.
17/ You pretend you are fixing your car on the side of the road so you can look for trains without getting in trouble with the police for illegal parking.
18/ You become depressed if you can get out to watch trains
19/ You go to an equestrian club and when they talk about thourghbeads you think they mean NS
20/ You drive down the highway and point out trucks and containers that you have seen on trains
21/ You shape your mashed patatoes into a locomotive
22/ You hum train songs everywhere you go
23/ Your family movies have trains in them
…you willingly accept “Jury Duty” in a location your co-workers avoid, because the the Jury Pool Room has a view of the tracks. [Compton, CA for those who know L.A.].
FWIW I’ve been called for jury duty twice at that location and never had any problems in the area