Train museum in Japan?

Yup.

https://www.google.com/maps/preview#!data=!1m4!1m3!1d4994!2d139.6177911!3d35.9202806!4m12!2m11!1m10!1s0x0%3A0x975ff2f3c42b0e88!3m8!1m3!1d90325!2d-93.2614785!3d44.9706969!3m2!1i1024!2i768!4f13.1

The left picture was taken in front of a Series 0 Shinkansen (original bullet train). I love trains, even now.

Quote from: Misato on January 17, 2014, 06:09:17 PM
  I love trains, even now.

Good, I'm not alone.

Quote from: Misato on January 17, 2014, 06:09:17 PM
I love trains, even now.

Choo choo trains have always made me happy for some reason.  I also have a MTF friend who collects model trains and is an expert in all things planes, trains and automobiles.  What's up with trans* and trains?

Quote from: Jill F on January 17, 2014, 07:51:25 PM
Choo choo trains have always made me happy for some reason.  I also have a MTF friend who collects model trains and is an expert in all things planes, trains and automobiles.  What's up with trans* and trains?

lol go figure, I also have quite an obsession with trains :p

This topic has gone off the tracks....hehehe

Quote from: Violet Bloom on January 17, 2014, 07:45:15 PM
Good, I'm not alone.

I had my first kiss after hours at the Halton Radial Railway Museum

The one topic that we can't derail?

Quote from: Jill F on January 17, 2014, 08:12:47 PM
The one topic that we can't derail?

LOL...

I've always liked trains and had an Ho scale 4'x8' train board that I really enjoyed as a child 

I also love the movie Planes, Trains and Automobiles 

Hey! How did we end up in the siding? 

Quote from: Jill F on January 17, 2014, 08:12:47 PM
The one topic that we can't derail?

Nope,

https://www.susans.org/forums/index.php/topic,111567.0.html

Quote from: V M on January 17, 2014, 08:13:56 PM
LOL...

I've always liked trains and had an Ho scale 4'x8' train board that I really enjoyed as a child 

I also love the movie Planes, Trains and Automobiles 

How about Murder on the Orient Express or Throw Momma from the Train?

Really now guys? XD

I guess trains are ok ...

Not a fan of trains in particular, but...I strangely like riding trains. I will make excuses to park my Prius and take the metro even though I know that It will cost me more on my smarttrip card in many circumstances than it would to just pay for the gas. And I know I will just deal with traffic out of Huntington, or Franconia-Springfield, etc so it isn't like I am really avoiding traffic, though I do find good parking in Downtown DC to be rare. Also for anything that isn't cross country I will take Amtrak, for some reason, I find it better than flying or taking a bus.

I only have a passing familiarity with trains themselves, the freight trains go about their business and I don't pay much attention to them, then again I drive a tractor trailer, and I don't really pay much attention to the models or technology there either. I just want to know how comfy the seats are

I like to combine what I enjoy about computers and radio... then tie that in with trains.
Trains use something known as ATCS or Automatic Train Control System... It basically sends computer data over radios so that dispatchers can see where the trains are.

If you have a proper receiver and a computer with the right software you can decode it and track the trains in real-time.. It's awesome.

Our local railroad

how about Thomas The Tank Engine

Quote from: stephaniec on January 17, 2014, 09:22:38 PM
how about Thomas The Tank Engine

Not a fan of Thomas.. but thats because they constantly go on about how you are useless unless you can be productive and a 'useful engine'.
That being said I love George Carlin (the conductor..) Check out his stand-up.

Quote from: Sarah Rose on January 17, 2014, 09:24:04 PM
Not a fan of Thomas.. but thats because they constantly go on about how you are useless unless you can be productive and a 'useful engine'.
That being said I love George Carlin (the conductor..) Check out his stand-up.

How about Ringo Starr

They're ok. I once took a ride on a train pulled by a coal fired steam locomotive, but it broke down about a hundred miles into the trip and had to be towed backwards by a modern locomotive back to its starting point.

used to load bulk borate on railcars at the port, that was fun...   Our company also ran the port locomotives, so have ridden on one as well, but not driven it. Hot and noisy, but great when it was freezing outside, lol. 

Quote from: V M on January 17, 2014, 08:13:56 PM
I've always liked trains and had an Ho scale 4'x8' train board that I really enjoyed as a child 

I also love the movie Planes, Trains and Automobiles 

Yeah, I had a train set when I was a child. It wasn't an elaborate one. It was just your basic oval shape. We didn't have the space to set up one that had any cool twists and turns.

I LOVE that movie too! I especially love that sequence when Steve Martin's character goes off on that car rental agent. If I had to endure what he did, I think I would be more than just a little miffed as well.