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Ah, fire trucks and trains. They go together like PB & J. <img src='http://www.firepics.net/groupboards/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
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Seems like 90% of the people I've met around railroad tracks have been involved in public safety in some way. And most all of the railfans I know are also firefighters.
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I wholeheartedly agree. Maybe it's the noise, maybe it's the inherent danger, maybe it's the necessary but unappreciated role they play in the public's mind, but chalk me up: I'm both a Fire Buff & a Railfan (and, since I live in the Great Lakes Region, I'm also a huge Boatnerd...I know the stats for almost every Great Lakes Cargo Ship)!
And, subconsciously, maybe there's a sensory connection: a firehouse has a lot of smells that a rail facility has... oil, bituminous products, rubber, canvas, burnt wood, diesel exhaust...
Ah, fire trucks and trains. They go together like PB & J. <img src='http://www.firepics.net/groupboards/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
' /> Seems like 90% of the people I've met around railroad tracks have been involved in public safety in some way. And most all of the railfans I know are also firefighters.
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I wholeheartedly agree. Maybe it's the noise, maybe it's the inherent danger, maybe it's the necessary but unappreciated role they play in the public's mind, but chalk me up: I'm both a Fire Buff & a Railfan (and, since I live in the Great Lakes Region, I'm also a huge Boatnerd...I know the stats for almost every Great Lakes Cargo Ship)!
And, subconsciously, maybe there's a sensory connection: a firehouse has a lot of smells that a rail facility has... oil, bituminous products, rubber, canvas, burnt wood, diesel exhaust...
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