why do you railfan?
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why do you railfan?
i go to get away from my job.
also i go to see as many trains as possible.
also i go to see as many trains as possible.
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Re: why do you railfan?
For the partying...
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Re: why do you railfan?
DittoMr. Tops wrote:because i like trains
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Re: why do you railfan?
Im not a railfan. My hobby is racking up insane mounts of miles on my vehicle while wasting money on gas, scanners and books and going to small towns that no regular person has ever heard of as vacation spots.
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Re: why do you railfan?
Excellent question, it's in my blood going back to granddad taking me to Durand to watch the steamers as a kid, now I'm doing my part to pass it on to My grandkids.
Re: why do you railfan?
I LIKE TWAINS!
i do it because it's fun for me... always has been, and hopefully always will be.
i do it because it's fun for me... always has been, and hopefully always will be.
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Re: why do you railfan?
Seems like all little boys (and a few little girls) go thru a phase where they like trains, then they outgrow it. I never outgrew it -- guess it means I haven't grown up!
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Re: why do you railfan?
Because I am sick in the head, and everywhere else. And as others have said, I like sitting around in towns like Hicksville, Oh, or Plant City, FL, or even Foley, Roddys Sag, or even Maxwell, PA (the last three), so people can look at me and say WTF is that? Also to be harrased by the cops. And most absolutly the partys. But mostly to get away from work!!!!!!!
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Re: why do you railfan?
That would be like me going to an office building to watch sales people so I could get away from workBut mostly to get away from work!!!!!!!
PatC created a monster, 'cause nobody wants to see Don Simon no more they want AARR I'm chopped liver, well if you want AARR this is what I'll give ya, bad humor mixed with irrelevant info that'll make you roll your eyes quicker than a ~Z~ banhammer...
Re: why do you railfan?
I guess I just like trains, been "playing" with trains for over 48 years, been "workin" on trains for over 42 years and been railfanning for too long to remember ! Railfanning with your buddies results in good times and lots of laughs, and then more good times and laughs later at the slide show.
Re: why do you railfan?
Don Simon wrote:For the partying...
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GRHC - you know every night I can imagine he is in front of his computer screen sitting in his underwear swearing profusely and drinking Blatz beer combing the RailRoadFan website for grammatical errors.
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Re: why do you railfan?
I LIKE BEER.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
PULL MY FINGER.!!!!!!!!!!!!!
PULL MY FINGER.!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Re: why do you railfan?
I agree the fan meets are going to go from train watching to beer tasting meets lolPAT.C wrote:I LIKE BEER.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
PULL MY FINGER.!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Re: why do you railfan?
For the enjoyment of seeing such massive machines rocketing by you. AND CUZ ITS KOOL.
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Re: why do you railfan?
That just about sums it up for me as well.1225hubbard wrote:Im not a railfan. My hobby is racking up insane mounts of miles on my vehicle while wasting money on gas, scanners and books and going to small towns that no regular person has ever heard of as vacation spots.
You really need to go to an office building just to do that Don? For a change of pace, you could spend a day at a Home Depot or a Menards or something just to shake things up a bit...Don Simon wrote:That would be like me going to an office building to watch sales people so I could get away from workBut mostly to get away from work!!!!!!!
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Re: why do you railfan?
History.
My Grandkids will be seeing Mag-Lev and 300+ mph trains. They'll want to know what it was like to see 4449 clocking 60 mph on an excursion, and what a GP30 Slug looks like. And why everyone hung out to just see trains.
Its a dying hobby folks... lets all face it.
Our Grandfathers who worked for NYC, PC, PRR, NH, ATSF, UP, SP, they showed us the only real thing thats built that tiny throng of 13 colonies, into a Raging world superpower. They spent time explaining what is was like to work Chicago Union with an UP 0-6-0 building that infamous Trans-Con streamliner, thats was hearlded as a new faster way to travel. No old steam locomotive that takes loads of Coal and Water, but sleek streamliners, that race by at 80+ mph, horn blaring....
Yea, they'll all be in museums. But for those of us railfans how appreciate the man-hours, the crews, and just the fact of railroading itself, its something more. Its a way of life, thats gonna be hard to replace. Aircraft can only to so much, and so can trucks. Railroads? Always changing.
My Grandkids will be seeing Mag-Lev and 300+ mph trains. They'll want to know what it was like to see 4449 clocking 60 mph on an excursion, and what a GP30 Slug looks like. And why everyone hung out to just see trains.
Its a dying hobby folks... lets all face it.
Our Grandfathers who worked for NYC, PC, PRR, NH, ATSF, UP, SP, they showed us the only real thing thats built that tiny throng of 13 colonies, into a Raging world superpower. They spent time explaining what is was like to work Chicago Union with an UP 0-6-0 building that infamous Trans-Con streamliner, thats was hearlded as a new faster way to travel. No old steam locomotive that takes loads of Coal and Water, but sleek streamliners, that race by at 80+ mph, horn blaring....
Yea, they'll all be in museums. But for those of us railfans how appreciate the man-hours, the crews, and just the fact of railroading itself, its something more. Its a way of life, thats gonna be hard to replace. Aircraft can only to so much, and so can trucks. Railroads? Always changing.
Re: why do you railfan?
C'mon - watching sales people can be entertaining! At a former employer we had a sales woman that took her top client out to bars & strip clubs & "entertained" him...Don Simon wrote:That would be like me going to an office building to watch sales people so I could get away from workBut mostly to get away from work!!!!!!!
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Re: why do you railfan?
Whatver it takes to close the saleC'mon - watching sales people can be entertaining! At a former employer we had a sales woman that took her top client out to bars & strip clubs & "entertained" him...
I also railfan to discuss PR&E topics...people who know me will know what I'm talking about
PatC created a monster, 'cause nobody wants to see Don Simon no more they want AARR I'm chopped liver, well if you want AARR this is what I'll give ya, bad humor mixed with irrelevant info that'll make you roll your eyes quicker than a ~Z~ banhammer...
Re: why do you railfan?
I railfan because it seems like it would be silly not to.
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