Worlds colliding

[nachoman]

If you are like me, you have separate "train" and "non-train" worlds. My train world encompasses my train hobby, people I know who enjoy trains, watching real trains, and reading about trains. The "non-train" world are careers, family, other hobbies, and activities that have nothing to do with trains. But, occasionally and unexpectedly train subjects enter our non-train world. Anyone got any of these stories? Here's mine:

1) I was on a jury a few years ago, and another juror broke out a Model Railroader before trial started.
2) I sold some old ford wheel rims a few weeks ago on craigslist, and the guy who bought them was wearing a Lionel Trains shirt.
3) One of my beer drinking friends often remarks how she can hear the train horns a few miles away, and nobody else believes her.
4) A few years ago, a work project of mine suddenly required an understanding of the legal ownership of railroad rights of way. Actually, it was my interest in railroad history that discovered the problem, and forced the department of justice and the bureau of land management to get their act together.
5) One day I saw a teenage kid walking down the street with a g-scale gondola under his arm

I've probably got more, but what about you?