TrainDad

It seemed so inno­cent when it started. We saw a train on acci­dent, and my son fell in love; so we started look­ing for trains “on pur­pose.” Now we are hunt­ing them down when­ever we can find them. The most frus­trat­ing thing for all of us is a chase that ends with… nothing.

If you find your­self con­stantly “chas­ing trains” but not find­ing them, try lis­ten­ing to their radio com­mu­ni­ca­tions to find out where they are and where they are going. You do this with a “scan­ner” radio receiver—a hand-held radio that rapidly searches all of the rail­road radio chan­nels, and lets you hear any­one talk­ing on them.

It’s easy, inex­pen­sive, and (depend­ing on your cir­cum­stances) might dra­mat­i­cally increase your suc­cess rate. With this new series, I’ll give you all the details.

On to part 2…