You know you've been TrainSimming too much when

- You're sitting in your easy chair watching your favorite railroad video and you press "4" on the remote, hoping for a trackside view instead of a cabview- While watching a fast scene on that video, out of curiosity you're subconscoiusly looking in the lower-right corner for the fps display- You're amazed at how "authentic-looking" the tracks on the video look, thinking "Gee I wonder if they used ScaleRail"- You visit railpictures.net, see a cabshot of an F7 and say "Hey - looks just like the one in MSTS!"- You have more miles of track on your computer than all the real railroads combined- Those 250GB hard drives sure look attractive, now, don't they? - Your e-mail inbox is flooded with new message notifications from each of the multitude of forums you're subscribed to.- You actually read each message.- And take notes!Enjoy, Frank

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Haha, good ones Frank!

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- You check the horsepower to ton ration after loading up at the Wal-Mart Supercenter.- You blow the horn, 2 long, 1 short, and 1 long at a major intersection.- You hear a knocking sound and ask the conductor (wife) to inspect.- You comment just how nice of a job they made that Tehachapi Pass route look like the MSTS version.- You put a numberboard on top of your SUV.- You paint "4723" on both sides on your car- You have a timetable printed up when you run errands
12:37 Wal-Mart
13:22 McDonalds
13:31 Exxon
13:35 Barnes and Nobles
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Syracuse New Yorkwww.msnusers.com/cnytrains
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- When you say to yourself while railfanning,"Hey! I have got to make that consist when I get home."Guilty...............................................

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MASW Founder and President
The MASW site is www.freewebs.com/klwtrainsim

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>- When you say to yourself while railfanning,"Hey! I have
>got to make that consist when I get home."
>
>Guilty............................................... I'm guilty too. Here are some more:You wonder what happens when a railroad has more than 900 trains on it's system.When you see a rare engine or car, you say "I'm gonna make that for MSTS" (Guilty).You wonder where the "Print Screen" key is on your camera.

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>- You blow the horn, 2 long, 1 short, and 1 long at a major intersection.LMAO!!! I do when there is no other traffic around...just for fun! >Mike Forster<
Perth, Western Australiapacificnational_nr103@hotmail.com
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>>- You blow the horn, 2 long, 1 short, and 1 long at a major intersection.
>
>LMAO!!! I do when there is no other traffic around...just
>for fun!
>
No traffic ? I say Bah at you When I can drive I am going to do it when I am foaming . - How bout when you are sitting at a redlight and it turns green and you have to hear "Highball" before you actually take off Shane

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>- How bout when you are sitting at a redlight and it turns green and you have to hear "Highball" before you actually take off LMAO....yeeeeahhhh....<looks around room>>Mike Forster<
Perth, Western Australiapacificnational_nr103@hotmail.com
http://www.trainweb.org/aussiepix

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- You consider buying video of a line in order to replicate the consists shown. (No, I haven't thought about Alcos in the Highlands for this very purpose...)

- You spend hours on the Internet trying to find passenger consists, and then get stuck because you can't decide whether your generic Budd lounge car can substitute for a special-build Bar-Dorm-Lounge or not.- You research arcane individual railroad locomotive classification schemes for personal use, just so your roster in ConBuilder will be neat and orderly. (Canadian National, I'm talking to you. Anyone know what they called their C-Liners?)- You retitle over eight hundred railcars solely to make the creation of ConBuilder random consists easier.

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Re the CNR C-liners. I think the Canadian Locomotive Company's CN designation was CFA-16a or CFB-16a for freight and CPA-16a or CPA-16a for passenger. The breakdown was that the CLC had the designation "C", the "F" stood for freight, "P" for passenger, 16 for 1600 horsepower, and "a" (or b,c,d,...etc) for the series delivery. Hope this helps. cheers,
Ernie

Here's a bit of info for engine number/ drawings I found on Google.
http://membres.lycos.fr/trainmaster/page-fm.htm

Ahhh, the light at the end of the tunnel.

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- You ask the yardmaster (wife) is there are any pick ups or set outs while making the "local run".Chris Bogley
Syracuse New Yorkwww.msnusers.com/cnytrains
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Yep, I'm a guilty of those. (especially that F7 cab - Marc )Chris

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Speaking of F7 cabs, I just bought that new ATSF war/yellow/bluebonnet set from 3dtrains - wow. The rounded carbodies look totally authentic.

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Here's my guilty charges!!!Your wife tells you to spend my time with your kids, so you paint up an engine with your child's pic on the side so he plays train sim with you!!!While sitting in front of your train game at 12:30am, your wife stamps in and asked ""When you coming to bed??"" you reply,"Just as soon as I get to my station."" You fail to tell her you just started running the complete route of the ADFRR!!You start refering to those jobs around the house that you get as ....Activities!The letters W,S,D,A, are worn off the keyboardYour wife wants to know when you will play with her that long...and all you can say/ask is where do I plug the raildriver in!

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Great! LOL!I have one.You daydream at work about getting home and starting the Route Editor so you can finish the route you've been working on for a year and a half.It really is fun for me.

Modeling CSX, Metro North(ex CR, PC, NYC) Hudson Line, West Albany to New York Penn Station, 150 miles.
Mainline 100% complete.

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While drive I've commented to my conductor (wife), "This intersection needs an Advance Approach signal." Meaning a special sign that has flashing yellow lights to warn traffic on higher speed roads (usually 70 km/h and above) here when the next light is about to change from clear to approach. (I have no idea what else to call these sign/light combos.)I have considered designing a cab view based on the dash of one or both of my vehicles. I figure with minor adjustments to the idiot lights and guages, a Ford Ranger or Mustang display would look just fine. Perhaps not show any of the brake or throttle levers but who cares? Any comments?Cheers,
Gary Cameron
Grande Prairie "The last civilized stop before Alaska," AB
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>I have considered designing a cab view based on the dash of
>one or both of my vehicles. I figure with minor adjustments
>to the idiot lights and guages, a Ford Ranger or Mustang
>display would look just fine. Perhaps not show any of the
>brake or throttle levers but who cares? Any comments?
>Great idea - a possible use would be for a hy-railer cabview, lower down to the tracks than the standard cabview. For the bell we could use the chime that's in all late-model Fords, the horn, etc.I think I've seen speeders done, but never hy-railers.

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WCHobo -ROFL!! You know you're really in the soup when your wife wakes up Saturday morning and hands you a list of things to do and says, "Here are your work orders for today, Hon"

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Looking at a screenshot of someone elses route taken in Route editor, then trying for the next few seconds to understand why said screenshot does not pan!(Guilty- several times)Looking at trees in a whole different way!Actually staring at ain industrial plant, marvelling at how the light falls on the Aluminum siding and how it would look in MSTS - Sad really but I bet I'm not the only one....

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>Great idea - a possible use would be for a hy-railer
>cabview, lower down to the tracks than the standard cabview.
>For the bell we could use the chime that's in all late-model
>Fords, the horn, etc. Door chime. Noted. Hadn't thought of that one. It's even more annoying than a loco bell. Especially when it dings every ten seconds when your seatbelt isn't plugged in.
>I think I've seen speeders done, but never hy-railers. I have not seen any hy-rail vehicles in the file library. A Ranger or F-150 would work nicely. Cheers,
Gary Cameron
Grande Prairie "The last civilized stop before Alaska," AB
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On the RE side, While surfing the net you drag the right mouse button to pan the screen.

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-When taking a train trip you take notes on scenery, static consists, and AI traffic just to duplicate in your MSTS routes and activities.I actually did this today while taking a short trip on the Surfliner
Matt Doti

http://pages.sbcglobal.net/fdoti/index.html

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You're at a crossing while a freight passes by, saying to yourself"Got it, got it, get it, got it, get it, get it......" Paul Watson
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I hear my train a comin'--Jimi Hendrix

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LMAO Paul!!!I love these ones....You know your an idiot railfan when...A) You call your cat Chessie
B) You call your dog Conrail
C) Your wife wants a divorce because you want to die Conrail's fur blue.
D) You only believe Big MAC's occur on CSX, BNSF and Alaska Railroad...not at McDonalds.>Mike Forster<
Perth, Western Australiapacificnational_nr103@hotmail.com
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Stop spying on me! That is, er...I wouldn't know anyone that does that, no sir.

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1. When your driving down the road in Missouri and pass one of the many Route W's in the state. You give your horn 2 Long, 1 Short, and 1 Long Toot as you pass Route W or go down it. (The Default MSTS Whistle Posts do really look like Missouri Route W shields)2. You actually believe that a Dash 9 Locomotive can take a very sharp curve at 70 MPH (But you realize you have derail realism turn off)3. After you run a yellow light. You only go 30 MPH in a 45 MPH zone to the next stoplight to be prepared to stop. (I think everyone is addicted to MSTS now)4. You always wonder why in the heck does the conductor has to get out of the train sometimes to throw a switch when you think they can always do it in the comfort of their cab. (There actually many mainline switches that can be thrown in the comfort of your cab by dialing it in or calling a dispatcher to automatically throw it)5. You are just amazed that you can see a railroad signal from a mile out (Many people don't have Sig view yet)6. You wonder how they can have over 256 different cars and locomotives in a rail yard at once without having to phone to Microsoft. 7. You actually believe that track stays together when a train derails. 8. You wonder how that there can be more than 256 Lights in one location and the Railroad Signals still work. 9. You actually believe that Mega Roller Coaster is an actual route. 10. You wonder why you don't always see the smoke coming out of a locomotives stack. 11. When I pull out of Doc's Caboose Train Warehouse in KCMO I pretend I'm driving a Hy-Rail down the track and I give my crossing horn signal (Seen in 1). I do this all the time. 12. When you see a sign that say signal ahead with a flasing yellow signal and then see a red signal ahead, you wonder what is wrong with the SigCfg.dat on the signal system.

Chris Knight
UP fan since I was a kid!

I still believe Surfliner is a real MSTS route not Vaporware
Coming Soon Amtrak Superliner Coach #35005.

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Good Morning:When your drive past the Union Pacific Roper yard in Salt Lake City that seems to full of cars and you think “Wow, what a frame rate hit that is going to be”Chandler

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totally enjoyed reading all your responses members, LMAO!Im my semi, when i park and put the maxi brake on, ive gone into emergency. LOLthanks all.

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When you're in bed with your wife and you say, "Pantograph is up - OK to proceed!"

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HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!That is hilarious! ROFLMAO!HAHAHAHA!When you wife/girlfriend says "boy that was quick", you say "my track warrant expired".When you wife/girlfriend says "boy that was quick", you say "UP finally got my train out of the hole" -Dave

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RE:"Actually staring at ain industrial plant, marvelling at how the light falls on the Aluminum siding and how it would look in MSTS - Sad really but I bet I'm not the only one...."Extremely guilty!!...your not the only one..lolwww.lhwfoundries.com
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>When you're in bed with your wife and you say, "Pantograph
>is up - OK to proceed!" To which she replies, "Premission denied!"Cheers,
Gary Cameron
Grande Prairie "The last civilized stop before Alaska," AB
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Ha! Great stuff here.How about:When the commuter train you're really riding in comes to a sudden halt in between stations, and you curse at the thought of receiving another pop-up message that reads "Activity over, coupler broken".or:Your wife calls you for dinner, but you must get to a station or a tower before you can hit the "pause activity" button and go eat. She just does'nt understand!Or even:During a long activity, you find yourself having conversations with your imaginery conductor, fireman, and brakeman; like hitting number 5 to switch to the caboose view, and at the same time saying "How's it going back there, George?"

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>During a long activity, you find yourself having
>conversations with your imaginery conductor, fireman, and
>brakeman; like hitting number 5 to switch to the caboose
>view, and at the same time saying "How's it going back
>there, George?"
You're probably safe until George actually *answers* you - then I think it may be time to line the switch, lay over on the siding and head on home.

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Or when your train goes into emergency because the alerter didn't reset, then you realize it's the alarm clock!Bob

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>During a long activity, you find yourself having
>conversations with your imaginery conductor, fireman, and
>brakeman; like hitting number 5 to switch to the caboose
>view, and at the same time saying "How's it going back
>there, George?"Ahem! I actualy call my conductor "Sally". /JonatanSteam rules!

Train gifs from Dans Railroad Gif RoundhouseNever trust computers. If you do, they will betray you.I'm the steam freak, ph34r me!!

My E-mail jonatan.gronoset@telia.com

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