foamers

Around the train car lounged Americans traveling for work and others for family, people for whom train travel is a necessity and those for whom it's merely quaint, first-time riders and probably even a few "foamers" - the nickname that train workers privately give the buffs who salivate over the sight of a locomotive.

NYT > Travel 2009

Around the train car lounged Americans traveling for work and others for family, people for whom train travel is a necessity and those for whom it's merely quaint, first-time riders and probably even a few "foamers" - the nickname that train workers privately give the buffs who salivate over the sight of a locomotive.

NYT > Travel 2009

Around the train car lounged Americans traveling for work and others for family, people for whom train travel is a necessity and those for whom it's merely quaint, first-time riders and probably even a few "foamers" - the nickname that train workers privately give the buffs who salivate over the sight of a locomotive.

CAFFEINATED POLITICS 2009

Some railroad workers refer to rail fans as "foamers," because, he said, "the way they look at the train, it's like they're foaming at the mouth."

Rail Fans in Deadly Light 2008

Have to comment on nimby parents snid comment about HSRfoamers being old and hoping that they die!! first of all most people backing HSR are young. .its nimbys that are mostly over 60 And many old train "foamers" dont like it either!!

PaloAltoOnline.com 2010

Passionate train buffs call themselves railfans, but they are derisively known as "foamers" by critics who say the hobbyists foam at the mouth at the sight of a train while reveling in the minutiae of engine types, timetables and whistle sounds.

WTOP / Business / Biz Stories 2008

Passionate train buffs call themselves railfans, but they are derisively known as "foamers" by critics who say the hobbyists foam at the mouth at the sight of a train while reveling in the minutiae of engine types, timetables and whistle sounds.

WTOP / Business / Biz Stories 2008

Eissele has had brushes with die-hard train aficionados - sometimes called "foamers" because "they foam at the mouth while they're looking at their favorite trains," Eissele said.

Newsvine - Get Smarter Here 2008

Eissele has had brushes with die-hard train aficionados - sometimes called "foamers" because "they foam at the mouth while they're looking at their favorite trains," Eissele said.

seMissourian.com Headlines 2008

RW foamers have not even a passing acquaintance with either reality or rationality.

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