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Hey, thanks for stopping by!
I have a HUGE line-up of videos from my model railroad that you won't find anywhere else ... Well ok, actually I have only 14 model railroad videos and a couple of others (listed in the top right column). I think you'll enjoy them and they're not long, so I invite you to check 'em out.
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Hey, thanks for stopping by!
I have a HUGE line-up of videos from my model railroad that you won't find anywhere else ... Well ok, actually I have only 14 model railroad videos and a couple of others (listed in the top right column). I think you'll enjoy them and they're not long, so I invite you to check 'em out.
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About Me:
1) ...you slow way down when approaching a train crossing HOPING the gates will go down.
2) ...you use railroad horn signals while driving. (Start driving=2 long beeps; Backing up=3 short beeps; Intersection crossing=long, long, short, long.)
3) ...after driving thru a yellow traffic light (slow approach), you stop at the next light--even though it's not red. (Train signal rules are different from car traffic lights.)
4) ...you have trouble waking up for work & tell your spouse "I'm trying to build steam" or "I'm trying to get my prime mover to turn over."
5) ...you approach traffic lights & call out the signal. (Some RRs require the engineer to vocalize the signal aspect...I mean, color.)
6) ...you move into your house because IT IS next to the tracks.
7) ...you go to a friend's house & picture where they could put a layout.
8) ...you count your paycheck in engines--not in dollars.
9) ...you agonize over decisions like, "Should I buy flowers for my spouse OR switches for my layout?"
10) ...you won't let your children touch the trains they got for Christmas because they don't operate them correctly.
11) ...you plunk-down a ton of money for your model railroad--and then wonder what it would be like to model in a different scale.
12) ...you pour your heart & soul into your layout, only to get frustrated when your friend asks, "How fast can it go?"
13) ...you get offended at the phrase "toy train"--referring to your HO or N scale layout.
14) ...your LHS (local hobby store) is on your phone's speed-dial OR you're on theirs!
15) ...you're setting up a loop of track under the Christmas tree & mentally planning the scenery & buildings that would "make it look right."
16) ...you've gotten pulled over for speeding...chasing a train.*
17) ...you've designed your train layout AND THEN built the house around it.
18) ...you've imagined putting a layout on your dinning room table so it could deliver the food to you.*
19) ...you notice you have more railroad related pictures than family related pictures.
20) ...you're asked why you're not doing your homework and you say, "You never gave me a 'clear signal' (to go)!"*
21) ...your car has more than 5 bumper stickers with different railroad names on it.
22) ...your dream when you retire, is to own a railroad passenger car & travel the country in it.*
23) ...you complain about the number of shoes your spouse buys, BUT when your spouse complains about the number of engines you own--you say, "That's totally different."*
24) ...you send your Christmas list to Walthers (the model railroad supplier) instead of Santa.
25) ...you hang out at your local hobby shop so much that the other customers mistake you for an employee.
26) ...you look at a table or any flat surface & start imagining what kind of layout you could put on it.
27) ...you go "railfanning" (a.k.a. train watching) so much that you consider "The 4 Food Groups"--Dunkin' Donuts, Wendy's, Baskin-Robbins, and...Subway!*
28) ...your favorite restaurants all have large plate-glass windows overlooking railroad tracks.
29) ...your car has a bumper sticker that says, "This vehicle stops at all railroad crossings."
30) ...your email address or screen name is the same as your favorite engine or railroad--or both.
31) ...your radio scanner is on 24/7.
32) ...you've framed your citation for "Trespassing on Railroad Property" as an authentic railroad souvenir.
33) ...you can't decide which vending machine candy bar button to push--E8 or F7--because they're your favorite locomotives. (They're diesel engine model numbers.)
34) ...you see a large "W" on a sign & start honking your horn. (A "W" on a post tells the engineer to start sounding the whistle or horn at a crossing.)
35) ...you've run a model train with 2 or more identical cars, and hoped no one else noticed that the reporting marks (the numbers on the side) were the same.
36) ...you've named the places on your model railroad after family members--mostly out of guilt for spending more time on your layout than with them.
37) ...your I.R.S. tax refund arrives the same day as your Model Railroader magazine--and you open the magazine first.
38) ...your model trains run closer to schedule than real-life CSX trains do.
39) ...you like a railroad so much that you make a model of every engine they've ever had.
40) ... you talk about model trains with the same fervor of an evangelist trying to promote their religion.
41) ...you've calculated the length of your layout in scale miles, and padded the number by adding the sidings, spurs & yard.
42) ...you hear someone say, "I've finished my layout," and you sadly shake your head & say they've missed the whole point of the hobby.
43) ...you've told someone, "I can quit buying model freight cars any time I want!"
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