You might be a railfan if…
1.you’ve been questioned more than once by the police asking, “What are you doing parked by the tracks?”
2.the crossing lights start flashing in your review mirror and you make a “U” turn to be first in line at the grade crossing.
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3.when you are parked and getting ready to back out of your space you give two long blast of your horn when releasing your parking brake, three short honks before backing up, and then two honks before moving foreword.
4.you time your errands around town based on the train schedule to spot trains and get groceries,
5.you have a scanner in your car tuned to the train channels to have a heads up on their locations to intercept them at crossings.
6.while stopped at a RR Crossing for a long train, the other drivers are swearing and shaking their fists, but you’re smiling and waving at the engineer & conductor.
7.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.
8.you rent certain movies at the video store because you know there is a very cool train scene in it.
9.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.
10.at gas stations you climb out the cab window and up over the back of the truck to get to the gas cap.
11.you sit in front of your TV with your computer beside you and watch the screen saver of trains instead of the TV!
12.you enjoy being woken up at 2:36 AM by the sound of a train passing by.
13.people look at you funny as they drive by while you are standing out in the middle of nowhere by a railroad track with a tripod and a camera
