What you non-train watchers are missing is the social aspect out there. Go to a popular spot-EVERYONE is friend !! Nice people from all over. I met Casey Thomason from NS at South Fork one chilly damp afternoon, met a road foreman of engines and a foreman of tunnels and buildings one afternoon. Both NS. Have met off duty RR engineers watching trains too. Have been invited in to the cab of a CSX freight waiting at a long red signal. Talked to a MOW foreman while they rebuilt some track at a derailment site. Also, I met a female model in a bikini, talked to her while the photographer took photos of the other one. Got pictures too !! There is a lot out there.
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