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Train photography is a common activity of railfans. Most railfans do their photographing from public property, unless they have permission to use a specific private property owner's land. Occasionally, they run into problems with law enforcement, especially due to post 9/11 security concerns, because they are sometimes viewed as suspicious.
Chūō Main Line 201 series train. Available line in Tokyo is the East Japan Railway Company Chūō Main Line from the Mitaka Station to the Tokyo Station.Rolling stock is the JR201 (201系).
Unlike other scales, it is not a real world scale in the physical sense, but rather a representation of railroading in the virtual computing world, wherein dimensional constraints are mapped one-to-one with a virtual representation of the real world object. A centimeter is a centimeter, a meter maps to a metre, and a mile is a mile, unless the ...
A name given by railfans to locomotives, most notably EMD SD60s, with three front windows. Trops Tropicana reefer boxcar. Shortened from Tropicana, referring to the orange or white refrigerated boxcars used to haul frozen concentrated orange juice to packaging facilities north of Florida.
The Folkston Railfan Platform is located in Folkston, Georgia along CSX Transportation's Nahunta Subdivision, and provides a location where railfans can safely view and photograph trains. With the help of a $ 30,000 state grant, the city built the train-watching platform in 2001 and is promoted by county [ 1 ] and state tourism agencies.
Railfans taking photos of trains at an annual depot open-day event in Tokyo in August 2011. The Nomura Research Institute (NRI) has made two major studies into otaku, the first in 2004 and a revised study with a more specific definition in 2005. [41] [42] The 2005 study defines twelve major fields of otaku interests. Of these groups:
The triple crossing has been a Richmond attraction for railfans for over 100 years, although the number of photographic angles decreased in the 1990s due to a new flood wall. [4] The three railroads intersecting at Triple Crossing staged photos with trains on all three levels on several occasions.
A YouTube channel called Virtual Railfan operates a continuous live webcast from the "diamond" intersection; trains may also be observed from "Crossroads Park". [14] The old depot that once stood on the site was demolished on Thursday, August 11, 2022.