Model Railroading - It's a Way of Life!

When one is a model railroader you might expectbasement. A train running around the top of the
to see some train pictures on the wall and maybewalls going from room to room throughout the
train and model railroader magazines laying aroundwhole house. Model railroad dioramas mounted on
but, there just might be a little more to it thanthe walls. The yard outside of a model railroader's
that. In this article we will reveal some of thehouse is occupied by a G-scale garden railroad.
obsessive qualities a model railroader may exhibit.There might even be a z-scale model railroad
1. Talk Of The Model Railroader-A model railroaderfound in his briefcase. Yes, also the coffee table
probably at some time will be mumbling andN-scale railroad as mentioned earlier.
rambling on about numbers and letters such as4. Model Railroaders Shopping Habits- A model
2-6-0, 4-8-8-4, GP38, SD40-2 just to name arailroader will not go shopping willingly unless it is to
few. If one is unfamiliar with such terms thosea hobby shop. If he goes to the grocery store it
are descriptions of steam and diesel locomotives.is the one located closest to the hobby shop. If
The names of several different men who havesent to the hardware store for the wife to pick
been a big influence on the hobby will most likelyup vacuum bags for the vacuum he will most
come up in conversation such as John Allen andlikely come home with tubs of plaster or any
George Sellios. Of course they are always talkingother materials he can use on the railroad. He
about expanding the model railroad layout atprobably have to go back to the store because
some point.he forgot the vacuum bags the first time.
2. Model Railroader Furniture-In the home of a5. A Model Railroader's Vacation- Of course there
serious model railroader you might walk into thewill not be any vacations that do not center
living room and find him sitting there watching thearound a railroad somewhere. Either to ride the
latest model railroad DVD by Allen Keller on histrain or to take pictures of it or both. Maybe it
custom built cabinet TV that looks like a boxcarmight be to go see the world's largest railroad
and his remote to the TV looks like a railroadclassification yard. Sometimes a vacation might be
flatcar. Of course there is a G-scale train thatto spend several days at a model train show and
comes from the kitchen right to his chair sideswap meet.
hauling a special load of refreshments in coal carsSo as you can see when model railroading
such as chips and dip, oh and a ice cold glass ofbecomes A Way Of Life it can be quite
ice tea. A coffee table with a glass top so youconcerning for family members or friends or the
can see a N-scale model railroad inside it. His decorneighbor who is looking in awe when the caboose
on the walls consist of railroad memorabilia he hasis being delivered next door who doesn't know
collected over the years and at train show swapthat this hobby is quite addictive. A a side note if
meets. He waters his plants with an old railroadyour are wandering about the wife in all of this.
oiler's can. His dinning room is of course decoratedMost likely this guy is a bachelor or has taken the
like that of an old Pullman dinning car. And if atime yet to look for a wife that would put up
model railroader can score one, a restoredwith all of this. Yes there are wives that have to
wooden caboose sitting beside the house. As youlive with this obsession and we thank you for
can see it can get quite compulsive.putting up with us. Until next time keep the trains
3.Model Railroads Everywhere-Of course there is arunning!
HO scale model railroad consuming the entire