1. When planning your next vacation, you choose your travel route based upon the location of active railroads and railroad museums.
   by Priya | January 11, 2009 at 12:46pm. | add comment

   8 up, 4 down
2. Speaking of intersections, you call the signals as you go through them.
   by Priya | January 11, 2009 at 12:46pm. | add comment

   9 up, 6 down
3. When riding with someone who's backing into a parking space, you say, "two cars...one car...far enough.".
   by Priya | January 11, 2009 at 12:46pm. | add comment

   5 up, 3 down
4. Your wife opens her wallet to show the relatives photos of the children while you open your wallet to show them your latest rail photos from last weeks fan trip.
   by Priya | January 11, 2009 at 12:46pm. | add comment

   5 up, 3 down
5. ) You're in your car and you come up to a railroad crossing. The crossing lights are not flashing and no trains are coming, but you slow to a crawl and look up the track both ways in hope of seeing a train.
   by Priya | January 11, 2009 at 12:46pm. | add comment

   5 up, 4 down
6. You barbecue using tie butts, for that special flavor!
   by Priya | January 11, 2009 at 12:46pm. | add comment

   3 up, 3 down
7. ) You wonder why automobiles don't come equipped with couplers.
   by Priya | January 11, 2009 at 12:46pm. | add comment

   4 up, 5 down
8. When being served dinner, you say, "Easy, easy, that'll do!" as you've gotten enough.
   by Priya | January 11, 2009 at 12:46pm. | add comment

   4 up, 5 down
9. You curse the dispatcher when you're held up in traffic.
   by Priya | January 11, 2009 at 12:46pm. | add comment

   3 up, 4 down
10. You tell your wife you are going down to the corner bar to have a few drinks with the guys, however, you go to your favorite train watching spot to take a few photos.
    by Priya | January 11, 2009 at 12:46pm. | add comment

    3 up, 4 down

More reasons You know you are a Railfan

11. You are on a highway overpass, at 60 mph you suddenly shout,"that's the Seaboard down there!", and you can't believe the others in the car didn't recognize it by the color of the ballast.
    by Priya | January 11, 2009 at 12:46pm. | add comment

    2 up, 3 down
12. You tell your wife you would like take a nice ride to look at scenery, and she asks you,"Shall I'll take some magazines to look at while you look at the scenery in the rail yard?".
    by Priya | January 11, 2009 at 12:46pm. | add comment

    4 up, 5 down
13. You call zoning to ask if you can use a boxcar for a shed.
    by Priya | January 11, 2009 at 12:46pm. | add comment

    4 up, 6 down
14. When you get a shopping cart with a bad wheel, you tag it and set it aside for the shops to repair, or park it in an aisle and put up a blue flag in front of and behind it.
    by Priya | January 11, 2009 at 12:46pm. | add comment

    2 up, 4 down
15. You install a pedal operated bell in your car and ring it while driving across railroad crossings.
    by Priya | January 11, 2009 at 12:46pm. | add comment

    4 up, 6 down
16. You find yourself looking for old locomotives and color schemes during the obligatory chase scene through the rail yards when you're watching old cop shows and movies on TV.
    by Priya | January 11, 2009 at 12:46pm. | add comment

    2 up, 4 down
17. You shop for a house by the tracks instead of away from them!
    by Priya | January 11, 2009 at 12:46pm. | add comment

    3 up, 6 down
18. When you blow your horn two longs, a short, and a long through every intersection.
    by Priya | January 11, 2009 at 12:46pm. | add comment

    2 up, 5 down
19. When you end every phone conversation with "Roger".
    by Priya | January 11, 2009 at 12:46pm. | add comment

    2 up, 5 down
20. You open your refrigerator door only to find it full of film for the next fan trip.
    by Priya | January 11, 2009 at 12:46pm. | add comment

    2 up, 5 down
21. The efforts of Hollywood to re-create an earlier era using trains is met with your derisive snort, "They didn't have GP40-2's in 1970! Can't they get it right?".
    by Priya | January 11, 2009 at 12:46pm. | add comment

    1 up, 4 down
22. You're on Amtrak, you find out that the guy across the isle is a Railfan, and your wives look at each other, roll their eyes and sigh.
    by Priya | January 11, 2009 at 12:46pm. | add comment

    2 up, 5 down
23. You rent certain movies at the video store because you know there is a very cool train scene in it.
    by Priya | January 11, 2009 at 12:46pm. | add comment

    2 up, 5 down
24. You refuse to cross the tracks until your favorite train has passed by.
    by Priya | January 11, 2009 at 12:46pm. | add comment

    1 up, 4 down
25. While engaged in intimate relations, you suddenly find yourself mentally debating the relative merits of Genesis vs. F40's.
    by Priya | January 11, 2009 at 12:46pm. | add comment

    4 up, 8 down
26. While driving your car, you put your arm on the window sill and wave your hand and blow your horn to all kids standing on the street.
    by Priya | January 11, 2009 at 12:46pm. | add comment

    1 up, 5 down
27. You are on a rail facility tour and start talking to one of the mechanics on the shop floor only to find out that you know more than he does.
    by Priya | January 11, 2009 at 12:46pm. | add comment

    2 up, 7 down
28. Your wife tells you her water burst, and your first reaction is, "My God, her boiler will be ruined!"
    by Priya | January 11, 2009 at 12:46pm. | add comment

    2 up, 8 down