Railfan
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A railfan, train fan, rail buff, train enthusiast, or train buff, railway enthusiast, railway buff, anorak, gunzel, trainspotter or ferroequinologist is a person who is recreationally interested in tr
Railfan photographers in Belgium in September 2003, at the farewell of the NMBS/SNCB Class 51 locomotive
Preserved steam locomotive ČSD 498.104 at a festival in Dresden railway museum
Bill Nye looks over the model railroad display at the Pasadena, California model train club
Steam locomotive hauling a rail fan train for the Uruguayan Railfan Association
Densha otaku
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Densha otaku are railfans in Japan who participate in a variety of activities as part of their interest in railways. Alternatively named tetsudo fan, the culture is estimated to have up to 2 million p
Railfan
…In Australia, they are sometimes referred to as "gunzels". In Japan rail enthusiasts are known as densha otaku, although numerous terms exist to describe activities falling within the category including Toritetsu for fans of photographing and/or filming trains…
A group of densha otaku crowd the lineside outside Minami-Urawa Station, Saitama
An issue of Railway magazine from 1936
Toritetsu at Ageo Railway station, Saitama.
Tetsuko gather by a Seibu 10000 and 4000 series at Higashi-Agano railway station