Railway vs Railfan - What's the difference?
railway | railfan |
A track, consisting of parallel rails, over which wheeled vehicles such as trains may travel.
A transport system using these rails used to move passengers or goods.
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, title=The Mirror and the Lamp
, chapter=2 A railway enthusiast.
* 1961 , Augustus Wolfman, Photo Methods for Industry
* 1975 , Paul B Cors, Railroads
* 1989 , M Thomas Inge, Handbook of American Popular Culture
As nouns the difference between railway and railfan
is that railway is a track, consisting of parallel rails, over which wheeled vehicles such as trains may travel while railfan is a railway enthusiast.railway
English
(wikipedia railway)Noun
(en noun)citation, passage=That the young Mr. Churchills liked—but they did not like him coming round of an evening and drinking weak whisky-and-water while he held forth on railway debentures and corporation loans. Mr. Barrett, however, by fawning and flattery, seemed to be able to make not only Mrs. Churchill but everyone else do what he desired.}}
Synonyms
* (track) railroad track * (system) (US) railroadSee also
* subway * tramway * streetcar * monorailrailfan
English
Noun
(en noun)- A previewing railfan pointed out a mistake in the animation showing articulation.
- From my own experience, I cannot say how one becomes a railfan ...
- A number of US and Canadian book dealers regularly channel British titles to railfan collectors...