Virtual Railfan catches train derailment on live CCTV

"cesariojpn" (cesariojpn) 09/27/2020 at 18:43 • Filed to: trainopolik, Union Pacific, Train derailment

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Jayvincent > cesariojpn 09/27/2020 at 19:20

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I guess everyone’s got a hobby, this isn’t a bad one, but I imagine it’s usually a lot less exciting than this clip! 

ranwhenparked > Jayvincent 09/27/2020 at 19:54

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I believe it usually consists of wearing an anorak and sitting in a lawn chair next to railroad tracks, furiously scribbling down equipment numbers in a bunch of notebooks. I could picture Hoovie maybe doing it, if he wasn't rich and into cars.

GLiddy > cesariojpn 09/27/2020 at 20:26

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Foamers.

WilliamsSW > GLiddy 09/27/2020 at 20:43

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lol do you work in the industry? FRN is the term I know. But I’ve heard f oamers too.

GLiddy > WilliamsSW 09/27/2020 at 22:11

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Nah. Back at the start of the COVID epidemic I got sucked into watching Hobos on Youtube. Stobie the Hobo in particular. I’m just a casual rail fan myself. I won’t go out of my way to see a train, but when I do, I’ll watch and do the touristy train stuff. In my long life I’ve done steam excursions, done the Chattanooga Choo Choo thing, took the kids to Day out with Thomas, etc.

Just tossing out my idea of pithy little one word quip. ;)

WilliamsSW > GLiddy 09/27/2020 at 23:06

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I used to work in field service for a wheel m anufacturer. FRN (Effing railroad nut) was the general term for railfans, but most in the industry were kinda fans themselves really.

It was funny, because I would be out on tests, and railfans would know about us somehow, and be along the tracks watching the oddball consists we were in. We never knew how they knew, since it wa s pre internet, but they did.