Dress the part for Train shows

Never have and absolutely never will. 

It's nice to see a carpenter dressed in the correct attire.

Most of the guys around here don't even shower before they go to the shows (seriously, my wife won't go anymore because of the "stench"). Getting them to dress the part is probably asking a bit much.

I do wear my helmet when running trains.  You saw what happened in Baltimore the other day!!  Amidoinitrite?

Yea but they wouldn't let me in.

 

It is neat to dress as a conductor or engineer. Dressing as an O-Gauge guy cliche not so much.

I bring my girls to every train show! Cannot miss us! 

 

 

 

This!  I swear I do not understand how people can go out to a crowded public event without performing some personal hygiene.   The last show I went to with my then ten year old daughter she even noticed and commented, "daddy these people are gross."

 

 

Anyway, I think it's kind of fun to dress the part, especially if you're running a display layout.   The kids love it.

J Daddy, I believe they said train show not tranny show!

easy now, you will hurt their feelings

LOL, I'm not that nerdy when it comes to trains. 

Isn't that the truth!

 

Rod

Back in the early days of this forum we had my all-time favorite thread about nerdiness and hygiene as they pertain (or not!) to model/toy train enthusiasts. It never got "personal" and there were some hilarious posts and good natured self-inflicted wounds all around.

 

But the undeniable concensus was that en masse we (collectively) are a smelly lot of nerds who really do need a good wash and a fresh set of undies before we go forth from our basement kingdoms and wreak havoc and odor on the innocent masses.

 

before i go to the train show i make sure i find the soap and water to bath with  

 

So many cynical, and negative, comments, don't you guys look at the bright side? Popi's having fun.

Good on you Popi!   

You should go to York, I never seen so many unbathed people in my life. The smell is awful especially if it rains Or the humidity is high. 

I've been to York many times, never experienced that.

Wearing a Lionel or railroad shirt to a train show, ok. Even painting your car in a railroad scheme is kinda neat. But showing up with bib overalls and a conductor cap? Sorry, but people are just going to snicker at you, and it only promotes the stereotype of the hobby as being filled with a bunch of old geeks still living in their parents' basement.

 

As for York, the one time I went there was the fair share of "conductors" and smelly people. But what I noticed was the smelly factor is only noticeable in the crowded member halls, where both the trains and the attendees are generally older. The younger crowd in the dealer halls seems to wash a bit better, and more space for things to air out helps as well.

 

I was hit with one of these one train show and I thought I was going to die!

 

OK I'll confess my 'show' attire: I sometimes wear a denim shirt with a PRR patch as a light jacket if it's chilly. Sometimes I'll wear an engineer's cap too.

Were you heading North by Northwest, perhaps?

 

Rusty

My wife, a health care professional, observed long ago that as a group, toy and model train enthusiasts are a rather unhealthy bunch. Walking around a crowded train show is probably the most rigorous exercise many get. So they could leave the house fresh and clean as can be, and still be a smelly mass of sweat within a short time after arriving at a show.

Maybe we need a new subforum on health and exercise for train folks.

Maybe that's also a negative for those that operate conventionally.  Spending hours operating trains sitting behind a transformer instead of walking around with a remote and getting more exercise.  

I'll wear a railroad related shirt, but my actual railroading attire is for work only.  Plus my bibs and shirt are covered in oil/grease/who knows what else stains anyway.

That's it, boys and girls!  Finally a new forum sub topic.  Trains and health!  Discuss.

That THAT is how EVERYBODY should dress when going to a "train show"!

OK so Im 6' 7" and 300 lbs

and wear a cowboy hat, so I dont

think anybodys gonna give me

a hard time, or Ill hit em with

my 23 oz framin hammer I carry

in my hammer loop,(just kidding)

 

My wife has a hard time with the hygien(sp)

also. She says "these guys stink".

I have gone to every York since April 1985 and believe me there have many times where I have the left a area because of the smell of people who don't bath very often. Soap and   Water are cheap, I wish some would use it. 

 

It can also be Hot or cold the smells are still there. 

 

LOL....unfortunately, I think that's right on the money.  I can't shake the feeling that if I start dressing for train shows, I'll start feeling like this!

 

 

 

- Mike  (Live Long and Prosper)

quote:

But what I noticed was the smelly factor is only noticeable in the crowded member halls, where both the trains and the attendees are generally older.

 

So, is it the crowd density, or is it the age of the attendees?

Perhaps older attendees have a diminished sense of smell, and don't realize they stink?

Or maybe its the trains themselves that have an odor.

Then there is the possibility that the tableholders in those halls have so much money tied up in trains that they cannot afford the soap and water to shower daily.

Do them a favor, and buy some of their trains! 

 

 

      I know Popi personally and he does not stink or smell!!

 

         

What a great thread, how'd it go from dressing to smelling?

Don't see what you're concerned about.    Is that Nurse Chapel in the front right?

 

- Chris (The needs of the many...........)

 

Hmm, could be.  All I know is the guy next to her sure as **** ain't Mr. Sulu!  

I, too, have been at York every session since 1985, and I have not noticed if I was

downwind in the wrong place.  And, I shave, brush, and wash up before I am out to

breakfast from the motel.....

All of the above