05-31-2016, 07:14 PM
While I am very humbled by your post, I fear I am already hogging far too many resources on this forum toward my absolute lifelong love of trains* 
In addition to the main ION thread, I've participated in or started a great number of other transit threads here, both in the Transportation and Infrastructure section (which really is dedicated to that topic and how it relates to Waterloo Region), as well as a number of threads in the Outside Waterloo Region section.
For fun, here's a neat list of the 36 different types of train Otaku, or nerd/enthusiast.
http://en.rocketnews24.com/2014/04/21/be...sha-otaku/
I firmly identify with numbers 1-4, 6 (!), 7, and 8. Are there any other Otaku on the forum?
* - It's really only a very specific subset/niche of trains that I absolutely love, which makes me even crazier - mostly urban passenger systems, with a special soft spot toward automated systems, like peoplemovers. My trip to Japan was heaven for this reason.
In addition to the main ION thread, I've participated in or started a great number of other transit threads here, both in the Transportation and Infrastructure section (which really is dedicated to that topic and how it relates to Waterloo Region), as well as a number of threads in the Outside Waterloo Region section.For fun, here's a neat list of the 36 different types of train Otaku, or nerd/enthusiast.
http://en.rocketnews24.com/2014/04/21/be...sha-otaku/
I firmly identify with numbers 1-4, 6 (!), 7, and 8. Are there any other Otaku on the forum?
* - It's really only a very specific subset/niche of trains that I absolutely love, which makes me even crazier - mostly urban passenger systems, with a special soft spot toward automated systems, like peoplemovers. My trip to Japan was heaven for this reason.