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  • noun Plural form of railfan.

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Examples

  • The latter are his passion, one shared by the uniformed crew of "railfans" operating the vintage three-car trains between Richland, Atlantic County, and Tuckahoe, Cape May County.

    Phillies Zone 2010

  • Engineers letting kids, friends or "railfans" into a locomotive's cab was fairly common decades ago, he said.

    Newsvine - Get Smarter Here 2008

  • Engineers letting children, friends or "railfans" into a locomotive's cab was fairly common decades ago, he said.

    seMissourian.com Headlines 2008

  • Whether these are acceptable arrangements is an open question, but it is important to be honest, lest you put yourself in league with the greens and railfans, who engage in this type of chicanery quite frequently.

    Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » Update on Rail Subsidies 2009

  • What's not so funny is that Biden and his fellow railfans want the federal government not just to continue its wasteful subsidies for Amtrak--an average of $32 per passenger, and much higher outside the Northeast corridor, the only place the system makes a profit--but to build a vast new nationwide network of high-speed trains, at a cost of $500 billion or so before cost overruns and future operating subsidies.

    Other Comments 2011

  • By the way, I actually posted a question here on MexConnect 3 years ago asking if there were any other model railroaders of railfans in MexConnect.

    Aguascalientes 2007

  • There are some modelers, and a bunch of railfans, but if you think we make up a small percentage of the population in the U.S. and Canada, you ain't seen nothin 'yet.

    Aguascalientes 2007

  • Only a small percentage were railfans (it was easy to spot the foamers).

    Live Steam Locomotive in Mexico 2005

  • I know there aren't many (any) railfans among the regulars here, but since I enjoyed the experience I thought I'd post a short report on our latest trip, just to share.

    Live Steam Locomotive in Mexico 2005

  • While the trustees met for their election, railfans looked through books, scrapbooks, and photos at the front and cookies and punch were available.

    Living in Dryden: May 2004 Archives 2004

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