What are people who take pictures of trains called?
Train photography is a common activity of railfans.
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A railfan, rail buff or train buff (American English), railway enthusiast, railway buff or trainspotter (Australian/British English), or ferroequinologist is a person who is recreationally interested in trains and rail transport systems.
For a variety of reasons the practice is less common in the 21st century, although a community of freight-train riders still exists. Typically, hoppers will go to a rail yard where trains stop to pick up and unload freight and switch out crew.
Railfans get used to the usual patterns of trains in their area, and use scanners to listen in on railroad dispatch frequencies. But it takes knowledge and practice to decipher what you hear on the scanner.
“Foamers” is how railroad employees refer to railfansbecause they think we “foam” at the mouth anytime we see a train. To them, railroading is just a job. To us, it's a passion.
Etymology. From grice, supposed plural of grouse (on analogy to mouse/mice), likening a person who identifies railway locomotives to a sportsman who bags grouse.
In rail terminology, a railway turntable or wheelhouse is a device for turning railway rolling stock, usually locomotives, so that they can be moved back in the direction from which they came.
noun - a person who has an interest in trains or trams - sometimes to the exclusion of all else. Such people often lack basic social skills. The term originated in Victoria in the mid 1970s, and was then highly derogatory (equivalent of USA foamite/foamer or UK anorak).
The Dude Train traveled from Boston to Woods Hole, Massachusetts from June 1st to October 1st for the convenience of summer residents starting in 1884. The train made its last run at the end of the 1916 season. Photograph by Baldwin Coolidge. Photographer: Coolidge, Baldwin, 1845-1928 Format: Photographs.
The term hobo is a loose one used to define everything from happy-go-lucky train hoppers to large homeless communities (and sometimes derogatorily so). But in its most popular definition, itinerant workers traveling the country by train use the word to describe themselves and their unique and intentional lifestyle.
The Federal statute which provides that all train and engineer crews must be relieved of duty after 12 hours of continuous service. Hogger (Slang) Locomotive engineer. Hoghead (Slang) Locomotive engineer.
The most common form of penalty for train surfers is a fine, however, in some countries, such as the United States or Canada, train surfers can be not only fined, but imprisoned too.