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A railfan, train fan, rail buff or train buff (American English), railway enthusiast, railway buff, trainspotter (Australian/British English) or ferroequinologist is a person who is recreationally interested in trains and rail transport systems.
As such, rail advocacy organizations may lend support to projects that interest their members or may be focused on specific rail projects within a certain geographic area. Membership in a rail advocacy organization may require the paying of an annual fee. These organizations may publish a newsletter or magazine that describes the group's ...
The result was the monthly publication of the Travelers Official Railway Guide of the United States, Mexico and Canada, beginning with a 200-page first edition in June 1868. Eventually the Official Guide would list all of the passenger train schedules of railroads in the United States, Canada, Mexico and Central America.
Officers from railfan clubs in those cities decided to merge and form a national organization, which they dubbed the "National Railway Historical Society". [2] Leon Franks of the Lancaster club was elected the first chairman of the NRHS and William P. Hamilton III of Trenton was the first NRHS president.
After December 1942, Railroad Magazine was published by Popular Publications, which purchased the Munsey Company.It dropped railroad fiction after January 1979. [2] At mid-century, the magazine staff consisted of editor Henry B. Comstock, associate editors K.M. Campbell and Ted Sanchargin, art editor George H. Mabie, and "Electric Lines" editor Stephen B. Maguire.
Railfan & Railroad is an American monthly magazine that has been in publication since the 1970s. It was the first magazine title established in-house by Carstens Publications . As a magazine dedicated to trains and rail transportation , it stands out from its main competitor Trains as a publication focused on the enthusiast and related activities.
Grand Trunk Western 5629 was a 4-6-2 K-4-a steam locomotive, which was a copy of the United States Railroad Administration's (USRA) Light Pacific design, built by American Locomotive Company (ALCO) in 1924, for the Grand Trunk Western Railroad.
The Rail Passengers Association (RPA), formerly the National Association of Railroad Passengers (NARP), is the largest advocacy organization for rail passengers in the United States. [ 1 ] Early history