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c hawkins

January 11, 2002 09:45AM

With all of this talk about generating new interest in railfanning (Thomas events), I am interested to see what the age demographics are for this forum.
I propose an informal poll: How old are you, how long have you been a railfan, and what event(s) hooked you?
I am 40, been a railfan for 35 years, was hooked playing on Tooele Valley RR 2-8-0 #11 on static display one block from my grandfather's house. The illness became terminal when I saw UP#8444 at the 1969 Golden Spike Events.

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Are railfans a dying breed? (A poll)	c hawkins	January 11, 2002 09:45AM
Re: Are railfans a dying breed? (A poll)	Herb Kelsey	January 11, 2002 09:52AM
Re: Are railfans a dying breed? (A poll)	Les Clark	January 11, 2002 04:05PM
Railfan since birth	ncng9	January 11, 2002 07:03PM
Re: Are railfans a dying breed? (A poll)	David Gnuse	January 11, 2002 10:07AM
El Coke's crystal ball	El Coke	January 11, 2002 10:25AM
Re: El Coke's crystal ball	Radar	January 11, 2002 04:41PM
Re: Narrow gauge...aahhh!	Craig Kumler	January 14, 2002 12:07PM
Re: Narrow gauge...aahhh!	Skonk	January 14, 2002 04:59PM
Re: Are railfans a dying breed? (A poll)	Brian Fritz	January 11, 2002 11:34AM
Re: Are railfans a dying breed? (A poll)	Mark Stoeckel	January 11, 2002 11:40AM
Re: Are railfans a dying breed? (A poll)	Richard Smith	January 11, 2002 12:01PM
Re: Are railfans a dying breed? (A poll)	Curtis F.	January 11, 2002 12:18PM
Re: Are railfans a dying breed? (A poll)	Kevin	January 11, 2002 12:44PM
Re: Are railfans a dying breed? (A poll)	little stan	January 11, 2002 12:56PM
Re: Are railfans a dying breed? (A poll)	Don C.	January 11, 2002 07:05PM
Re: Are railfans a dying breed? (A poll)	DvV	January 11, 2002 12:38PM
Re: Are railfans a dying breed? (A poll)	Ben Quirk	January 11, 2002 01:14PM
Re: Are railfans a dying breed? (A poll)	Trevor Hartford	January 11, 2002 01:29PM
Re: Are railfans a dying breed? (A poll)	John Templeton	January 11, 2002 02:17PM
Re: Are railfans a dying breed? (A poll)	Matt Hutson	January 11, 2002 02:29PM
Matt & Young Railfans	roger hogan	January 11, 2002 07:01PM
Re: Are railfans a dying breed? (A poll)	Carl Hess	January 11, 2002 07:48PM
Re: Are railfans a dying breed? (A poll)	Bill Calmes	January 11, 2002 03:24PM
Re: Are railfans a dying breed? (A poll) PIC	Shane Schabow	January 11, 2002 04:23PM
Re: Are railfans a dying breed? (A poll)	slimjim	January 11, 2002 04:06PM
Re: Are railfans a dying breed? (A poll)	J.B.Bane	January 11, 2002 04:25PM
Re: Are railfans a dying breed? (A poll)	Casey Carlson	January 11, 2002 05:27PM
Re: Are railfans a dying breed? (A poll)	Taylor Rush	January 13, 2002 04:44PM
Re: Are railfans a dying breed? (A poll)	Glenn Butcher	January 11, 2002 05:49PM
Re: Are railfans a dying breed? (A poll)	Doug Junda	January 11, 2002 06:19PM
Are railfans a dying breed?: A summary thus far	James R. Temple	January 11, 2002 06:37PM
Re: Are railfans a dying breed?: A summary thus fa	DvV	January 11, 2002 06:56PM
Yakima answered PIC	Greg Scholl	January 12, 2002 08:01AM
Re: Are railfans a dying breed? (A poll)	Rich Muth	January 11, 2002 06:38PM
Re: Are railfans a dying breed? (A poll)	Mik	January 11, 2002 06:54PM
Re: Are railfans a dying breed? (A poll)	Tommy Gray	January 11, 2002 08:33PM
Re: Are railfans a dying breed? (A poll)	John Bush	January 11, 2002 08:26PM
Re: Are railfans a dying breed? (A poll)	Brian Davies	January 11, 2002 09:01PM
Re: Are railfans a dying breed? (A poll)	Glen Brewer	January 11, 2002 08:50PM
Re: Are railfans a dying breed? (A poll)	Brent Burger	January 11, 2002 11:06PM
Re: Are railfans a dying breed? (A poll)	Sam March	January 11, 2002 11:27PM
Re: Are railfans a dying breed? (An answer)	George Gaskill	January 11, 2002 11:31PM
Re: Are railfans a dying breed? (A poll)	freddyb	January 11, 2002 11:50PM
Re: Are railfans a dying breed? (A poll)	Eric Dowty	January 12, 2002 02:20AM
Us Railfans	Bob Keller	January 12, 2002 05:23AM
Re: Us Railfans	Kathy Stewart	January 12, 2002 05:17PM
Re: Are railfans a dying breed? (A poll)	Jeff	January 12, 2002 09:17AM
Re: Are railfans a dying breed? (A poll)	RBrinton	January 12, 2002 09:51AM
Re: Are railfans a dying breed? (A poll)	Trevor Hartford	January 12, 2002 09:57AM
Re: Are railfans a dying breed? (A poll)	Tom Stewart	January 12, 2002 12:11PM
Re: Are railfans a dying breed? (A poll)	Skonk	January 12, 2002 01:06PM
"that godawful thing", is not so awful	Mik	January 12, 2002 01:38PM
Re: "that godawful thing", is not so awful	Tom Stewart	January 12, 2002 05:19PM
Anything that holds their interest	Mik	January 12, 2002 06:39PM
Re: Anything that holds their interest	Skonk	January 12, 2002 07:53PM
"Hate" is a strong word	Mik	January 12, 2002 08:51PM
Re: Are railfans a dying breed? (A poll)	Jim Adams	January 12, 2002 10:19PM
Re: Are railfans a dying breed? (A poll)	Glenn Butcher	January 12, 2002 10:25PM
Re: Are railfans a dying breed? (A poll)	chile john	January 13, 2002 08:26AM
Some details	James R. Temple	January 13, 2002 02:01PM
Re: Are railfans a dying breed? (A poll)	Chile John Pritchard	January 12, 2002 09:48AM
Re: Are railfans a dying breed? (A poll)	Grant Houston	January 12, 2002 10:41AM
Similar thread	Grant Houston	January 12, 2002 11:08AM
Re: Are railfans a dying breed? (A poll)	Jim Wickham	January 12, 2002 11:47AM
Re: Are railfans a dying breed? (A poll)	Jim Adams	January 12, 2002 02:47PM
Re: Are railfans a dying breed? (A poll)	Mike Ramsey	January 12, 2002 04:45PM
Re: Are railfans a dying breed? (A poll)	John West	January 12, 2002 11:56PM
Re: Are railfans a dying breed? (A poll)	Boris Serena	January 13, 2002 01:52AM
Re: Are railfans a dying breed? (A poll)	Dan H	January 13, 2002 06:12AM
Re: Are railfans a dying breed? (A poll)	Art Chase	January 13, 2002 12:02PM
Re: Are railfans a dying breed? (A poll)	Frank Martindell	January 13, 2002 02:52PM
Re: Are railfans a dying breed? (A poll)	Mike Trent	January 13, 2002 06:48PM
Re: Are railfans a dying breed? (A poll)	Dan Markoff	January 13, 2002 07:22PM
Re: Are railfans a dying breed? (A poll)	Jeff Johnson	January 13, 2002 10:34PM
Re: Are railfans a dying breed? (A poll)	Fred T	January 13, 2002 10:07PM
Re: Are railfans a dying breed? (A poll)	Steve Eriksen	January 13, 2002 10:32PM
Re: Are railfans a dying breed? (A poll)	G.W. Laepple	January 14, 2002 09:21AM
Re: Are railfans a dying breed? (A poll)	James C Patten	January 14, 2002 09:18AM
Re: Are railfans a dying breed? (A poll)	Bill Colley (Hollywood Hoghead)	January 14, 2002 10:09AM
Re: Are railfans a dying breed? (A poll)	Duane Richardson	January 14, 2002 03:09PM
Re: Are railfans a dying breed? (A poll)	Don Richter	January 14, 2002 06:01PM
Re: Are railfans a dying breed? (A poll)	Rick Steele	January 15, 2002 07:50AM
Re: Are railfans a dying breed? (A poll)	Glen Brewer	January 15, 2002 09:51AM
Re: Are railfans a dying breed? (A poll)	Mik	January 15, 2002 03:49PM
Re: Are railfans a dying breed? (A poll)	Rick Steele	January 16, 2002 07:57AM
Re: Are railfans a dying breed? (A poll)	Mik	January 16, 2002 02:46PM
Re: Are railfans a dying breed? (A poll)	dan	January 15, 2002 09:02AM
Re: Are railfans a dying breed? (A poll)	Art Gibson	January 15, 2002 07:23PM
Re: Are railfans a dying breed? (A poll)	Ted Miles	January 15, 2002 08:39PM

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