Life and Times of a urban railfan

The most important thing is to enjoy your life — to be happy. It's all that matters.  ~Audrey Hepburn~              The above quote has so much meaning, meaning I never took it to heart till this past Friday.  For the most part I have been super busy with work, life and other things that I had to let somethings go, however I am back. With changes at my job with management, getting a new van, and other responsibilities  I just have been too busy to really get trackside like I used to. One thing however that hasn't changed is the fact I get up before the sun rises and go watch trains before work. Now most of my mornings trackside before I became a ham was listening to the scanner, reading my devotional, and something out of the Bible, and before I had a vehicle my usual challenge was to either stay cool during the summer or warm during the winter and spend about 45 minutes riding my bike downtown. Even though now I have a vehicle most of the morning stays th

The real man smiles in trouble, gathers strength from distress, and grows brave by reflection. ~Thomas Paine ~         After a long and much needed sabbatical I am back, to say I was at my wits end when I posted my last post before Christmas would be an understatement. I walked away from almost every aspect of railroad photography and photography in general. To say I was fed up with the hobby in general,  plus having people back in my  life who did not approve of my hobby and set out to make my life a living hell and it would eventually affect my health. I decided to just stick to watching trains in the morning and a few trips while I pursued my new hobby of amateur radio obtaining the highest class license available. Now it is rare that I would ever find what would happen next, but I wound up finding my way back to the tracks. One of my few after work catches Now last summer I joined a local ham radio club but I mostly kept quiet about about my passion for  tr