Crisscrossing and railfanning

[KarenSusan]

I may be totally off base with this but I have had a fascination with trains and crossdressing all my life. I was wondering if anyone of you may have noticed a correlation between crossdressing and railfanning.

[susanmichelle]

I personally don?t but could it be like a fantasy maybe such as with Tom Cruise in Risky Business? May be off topic a bit just what popped into my head on the subject put forth.

[Crissy 107]

Not myself but I know we have some members who love both as you do.

[1Ladyjade]

That's me crossdressing railfan. Watch Hobo Shoestring on YouTube and Distant Signal. Have taken my grandson to several railroad museums.

[Brianne_bc]

I may be totally off base with this but I have had a fascination with trains and crossdressing all my life. I was wondering if anyone of you may have noticed a correlation between crossdressing and railfanning.

Many boys on the autism spectrum like trains. Many boys on the autism spectrum seek out a feminine side sometimes around age 4 or 5. Im on the spectrum, like trains and crossdress.

[AngelaYVR]

I like steam engines because they clank and chuff and hark back to another era, beyond that I do not know too much. My cousin who transitioned was an absolute train nut and could talk about them all day.

[Helen_Highwater]

I suppose I can break this into two. Yes I do love seeing an engine in steam and two, any modern train as a way to get Helen to the shops!

[Maria 60]

If this means anything when I was younger and early in my marriage I had build a train set with a mountain and bridges and it had two tracks and I was starting to make small towns. When I moved out I never had the room or with the kids I never really had time for it anymore. Now that you reminded me next time I go to my parents I have to ask if it's packed up somewhere. Well then again I still don't have the room for it.

[Karren H]

Yep! Love both! We have financially supported getting the new old steam engine rebuilt on the Western MD Scenic RR. Plan to take a ride on her soon. And we always are our watching local trains through Pittsburgh. Do not really crossdress and tail fan at the same time.

[Wendy-Lyn]

Hi to my fellow rail-fans!

I'm a former railwayman (I was a guard on freight trains) who's been mad about trains since I was a toddler, but I'd never really associated the two, or mixed them together until quite recently. Since my first foray out into the world while dressed, which was only 4-5 months ago, I've been out several times filming and photographing trains while dressed and presenting as Wendy. I find I get quite a kick out of it, tbh. Standing track-side with the breeze blowing up my skirt and around my legs is a good feeling.

I do have to be careful though - a couple of times I've gone to places which were frankly unsafe for a woman to be while alone. Whether it was the pink fog or whether I was simply so focused on what I was doing that it didn't 'click' that I was dressed, I don't know. Or perhaps I just felt 'normal' dressed and didn't think about it. But both times I quickly left those locations, at which I feel perfectly safe when in drab, and moved to more woman-friendly locations closer to town.

For many years I'd wondered what it would be like to go out presenting as a woman, but never did, although I always had this nebulous idea of one day getting onto a long-distance train and changing into Wendy once I'd boarded, then doing the trip en-femme. It never happened, but now that I'm more confident about going out while dressed, who knows? It might happen yet.

Sorry for the novelette - fingers got away on me.

[Sabine Janus]

You may have hit on an idea- a multi-day train trip with crossdressing events.

[Jane G]

Who doesn't love a steam train. Nothing at all to do with crossdressing for me though.

[docrobbysherry]

No, Karen. Whoops! Well, maybe?:heehee:

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[Gillian Gigs]

Many boys on the autism spectrum like trains. Many boys on the autism spectrum seek out a feminine side sometimes around age 4 or 5. Im on the spectrum, like trains and crossdress.

Asperger's syndrome is a part of the spectrum, and I'm into both. First it was trains, then it was lingerie and dressing. It is possible to have both at the same time!

[Larissa Cassandra]

Kind of an odd correlation, but it definitely fits me! Had electric trains as a kid and still have a little set that I set up around the Christmas tree every year. Have taken several Amtrak trips but disappointed at their inconsistent levels of service and speed compared to European trains. Anyway, I've also never mixed trains with crossdressing, though Wendy-Lyn's idea of taking a long train trip en femme is appealing.....

[Secret Sis]

Another railfan here... My wife and I have been to many popular railfanning locations although I never leave the house dressed. I have a model railroad layout that keeps growing and is taking over my basement. I've enjoyed countless hours of working on it while dressed, my two favorite hobbies!

[Princess Chantal]

I have had some fun mixing crossdressing and trains. Not only have I crossdressed on the several Prairie Dog Central steam train trips, but as well as visiting train museums and stations. Oh not to mention staying an evening at the Train Station Inn in Tatamagouche, Nova Scotia where we enjoyed eating supper in the dining car and then sleeping over night in a caboose! One picture is from one of my PDC trips, another is by the Countess of Dufferin in the local museum and the other picture is from the caboose that we stayed in.

[AnelineM]

I like trains and crossdressing, but have never mixed the two. There was a time when I was starting to build a model train layout, but quit for various reasons. In any case, I can't afford to collect model trains and cross dress. But enjoying train museums and such is still in the picture.

[AngelaYVR]

This video I found combines the two:

(and Chantal, I always admire how much fun you have!)


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXiZbPQW1Qo&t=14s

[Princess Chantal]

Love the video Angela

[Lacy PJs]

I fall into this category as well but must admit that I'm more of a railfan than I am a crossdresser.

Lacy PJs

[Vintage4sarah]

It is so pleasant to know that there are so many other Tgirls who also have an interest in railroads. I know that trains came first as a youth as I lived fairly close to main line in the communities where I grew up in New Hampshire. I still maintain the interest in trains to this day. I have yet to really railfan and/or ride on them yet; but the urge is strong. My best 2 Tgirl friend is an avid train buffs and we dream about going enfemme. Lots of ideas but no actually plans as of yet. I am also very involved in a HO layout at home that is in the stage of expanding. Thankfully, being retired there is time for this.

[MarinaTwelve200]

Interesting, I am working on a train set myself. I enjoy building the landscapes, etc. Like creating another (although small scaled) world. It has been noticed that many people involved in traditional "manly" pursuits ---and especially those who wear uniforms or clothing related to the job are often also CDers. The "pressures" of "manhood" make us want to "ESCAPE" it every now and then.-------Come to think of it, does ANYBODY know or have ever heard of aby GG model railroaders? Seens ALSO to be a "Man thing" for some reason.

[TAG]

There used to be a girl here that was big into model trains and had quite the track set up.
Don't recall her name.

[Debbie Denier]

@docrobbiesherry, Thats such a big improvement on Casey Jones.

[Stephanie47]

I think any little boy loved trains. My brother and I had Lionel trains as kids. My brother still railroads in his former garage. If I was to deduce on the experience of my brother and me, then 50% of men are cross dressers. If I deduce that, then I'd get an "F" is Logic 101. My father use to take my brother and I down to the "cut' in the Bronx to watch the steam engines. When I went to high school and college in New York City I use to take the #7 Flushing Line that went by the Sunnyside freight yards. I'd always look for new liveries on the box cars in the yard, and, loved seeing the Pennsylvania RR GG's. My Lionel 736Berkshire locomotive and Santa Fe Double A train set is still in storage. No room to set up anything. Sad

[Michaela Jane]

I used to be a big fan of trains, proper steamers of course but later on, that interest waned a little. Now I am more interested in crossdressing than trains but I still get a little bit of fun out of trains, driving them virtually in Train Simulator. :D https://store.steampowered.com/app/24010/Train_Simulator_2022/

[Phoebe Reece]

Count me in as a crossdresser that loves trains. Other than a few visits en femme to the local NRHS train museum I haven't combined the hobbies yet.

[ShirleyN]

Been a fan of trains ever since I was a kid and still am. Never gone hand in hand with my CDing though.

[Mermaiden]

Trains are fun, CD is fun, but hard to see a causal connection. My guess is there are a lot of us CDers out there and our interests cover the waterfront from trains to scuba diving to muscle cars and so on.

[Andrea Renea]

I love riding trains. Never done it cross-dressed though. I would love to do it.

I may have to visit the NC train Museum in Spencer NC dressed.
I hear it's really neat.

https://www.nctransportationmuseum.org/

[April Rose]

I am reluctant to suggest this, but it probably has more to do with age than CD. All the train fans I know are my age or near. My son's generation seems to have little interest.

I'll go hide now, before the missiles start flying....:straightface:

[LilSissyStevie]

When I was a kid, my father was in the State mental hospital in Sykesville, Md. (Psychsville !!!! You can't make this up!) My grandmother decided the sissyboy still needed male influence, so she would take me, but not my sisters, out to visit him once a month or so. I don't remember much from the visits, but I do remember the journey. She didn't drive so we would take a cab to a bus stop just inside D.C., catch a bus for a couple of miles, then take the street car to the train station, catch a train to Baltimore, switch trains to Sykesville and then take a cab to the hospital. Then do it in reverse to come home. That was quite an adventure. I especially loved the train rides. Too bad it didn't work. I became a crossdressing sissy anyway.

[JoanneB]

Yes, I like both crossdressing and trains. I have more HO trains than I have the tracks to run them on. Sometimes I will build models while crossdressed. I also enjoy riding on trains.

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April, you are correct. Most model railroaders are up in age and I don't see many young people getting into trains. No need to go hide:shades:

[sometimes_miss]

No correlation; I liked trains from a very early age, likely because my grandfather worked for the railroad, and would take me for lots of rides since he knew everyone on the trains and would ride everywhere for free. At 4, dad bought me a Lionel train set, which we would set up for Christmas that year around the tree, and over the next few years, I would have a small layout in the attic where I could go to run trains whenever I wanted.
The crossdressing started at 7, same as when the sexual abuse started, and would change my own self image forever, though altering a bit along the way during all these years. When young, I was told that I was supposed to be a girl, and that god would probably come back and fix me. So for many years, I believed that I was supposed to be a girl, and prepared for that to become reality. Of course, it never did.
Trains and crossdressing never really existed during the same place and time; I never remember playing with or riding trains when dressed as a girl.

[Beverley Sims]

I have also got my self into unsafe areas without realising it.

When dressed I must not take shortcuts through the many lane ways or be near the El when in Chicago late at night.

[Lacy PJs]

Since my train room is 1000% private, I have been known to don a leotard & tights while I work away on my layout. Kind of fun and after a while, I don't even think about it. But I am careful with the plaster & paint!

Lacy PJs

[Femi9]

I used to like tractors, but now I'm an extractor fan! :laughing:

[docrobbysherry]

I used to like tractors, but now I'm an extractor fan! :laughing:

Aghh!:doh:

[Barbara Jo]

At the risk of sounding like Sheldon Cooper, I have always liked trains :)
Perhaps this is because I grew up in a three RR town... two major RRs and one local one
Only a bit of the local RR is left and the two major RRs are long gone.

When I was about 7 years old, my parent got me a Lionel train set for Christmas.

I would love to go on a rail excursion, preferably with a steam loco but, there are no rail excursions in my area.

I would even like to build a detailed "N" scale layout but, I am now living in an apartment.

[JulieC]

@Barbara Jo; you didn't say WNY, Southern Tier, or North Country...so I'm wondering if you're within driving distance of Utica? If so, there's the Adirondack Scenic Railroad.

[char GG]

Mod note:

The thread is about CDing and railfanning. Please make sure to not get "off track" and only talk about railroads, or the thread will have to be closed.

Anyone is free to start a railroad only thread in the Lounge.

[Misty_cder]

I have been a model railroader for longer than a crossdresser. Started off with HO trains when I was a young kid, eventually switched to N scale. Currently an "armchair" model railroader and slowly creating a space in the garage to start a layout. Also have a G scale Christmas train that we place under the tree. The only mixing I have done is read model railroading magazines while dressed. Might have a chance to wear yoga like outfits when I start building my layout.

[RobynG]

I am also a railfan and ride as many tourist lines as I can, I will not try to ride while being dressed as Robyn though. That would be a really scary ride.

[Barbara Jo]

@Barbara Jo; you didn't say WNY, Southern Tier, or North Country...so I'm wondering if you're within driving distance of Utica? If so, there's the Adirondack Scenic Railroad.

No.... I 'm in Orange County... about 50 miles up the Hudson from NY City.

BTW , the major RRs I spoke of was the "Erie" and O&W RRs

[Gillian Gigs]

One aspect of CD'ing along with a model RR is that when I am sitting at my work bench my skirt catches anything that I may have dropped. It ends up in my lap making it so much quicker to find the dropped part. My life long obsession with trains and CD'ing is still going strong.

I must admit that riding a coach in a theme park dressed in period costume would be on my bucket list, if I had one.

[Richelle423]

Pan Am railways goes through the back of my house. Every time I hear the train I run out of the house to try to get a glimpse and I?m always wearing leggings . My ultimate fantasy is to build a HO scale layout but I don?t have the time or space right now. So I watch real trains and model trains on YouTube

[Melanie Sykes]

I was really into trains as a kid, until I discovered crossdressing. I still love both, though I've never managed to combine them, which remains both a dream and a goal. In May 2021, after a year-and-a-bit of lockdowns, I managed to get away on my own to an airbnb for four days in a city about two and a half hours away from home. I took only my femme wardrobe, and changed en route in our caravan storage area, leaving my male clothes there. For one of the four days I had booked a return train journey down to the south coast of England, to travel along a beautiful section of railway through Dawlish Warren, right along the side of the sea. But with unbelievable timing, a bogie in a GWR train was found to have a crack in it, and the entire fleet was grounded for a couple of weeks so they could all be checked. They started running again a couple of days before my trip, but with severe disruption and there were no guarantees that any train would run on time - or even at all. With the thought of being stuck on a railway station en femme (with the risks that could entail) combined with the still significant risk of catching Covid on the train (we hadn't had vaccines at that point) I decided to give it a miss. So it remains something to do in my future, and I I'm definitely still looking forward to it!

[Jane G]

This video I found combines the two:

(and Chantal, I always admire how much fun you have!)


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXiZbPQW1Qo&t=14s

That looks like fun.:daydreaming:

[Wendy-Lyn]

Went out rail-fanning as Wendy today, chasing a vintage Baldwin 'Mikado' about 50 miles from my home.
Dressed casual, with jeans instead of a skirt. Got clocked by one guy - didn't care. Didn't manage a ride, but had a great day anyway.

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