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Do train otakus exist outside of Japan?

>> No.18545348

>>18545322
yes, Trainspotting is not just a series of films in the UK I am given to understand.

>> No.18546174

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anorak_(slang)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Railfan

>> No.18546189
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>>18545322
Yes

>> No.18546998

>>18545322
Have you ever heard about trainspotting? (Not the movie about drugs.)

>> No.18547017

bazinga

>> No.18547301

>>18545322
Yes especially in america.

>> No.18552062
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>>18545322
https://twitter.com/380kmh

https://twitter.com/hashtag/TrainTwitter?src=hash

>> No.18552195

>>18545322
https://www.swr.de/eisenbahn-romantik/-/id=13831034/8w3np1/index.html
(title literally means railway romance and the show has almost 700 episodes)
One example of train tv shows in germany, we also have a shit ton of train museums.

>> No.18553135

>>18545322
Trains attract the most autismal people from all around the world, not just Japan.

>> No.18554604

>>18553135
Can confirm. The worst fucking trainfaggot lives in my state. Fucking Shaner.

>> No.18555051

I hear Britain has a lot. The UK is already the Japan of Europe anyway, there are so many similarities between them.

>> No.18555071
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18555071

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACkmg3Y64_s

The Mecca of model railway enthusiasts.

>> No.18555094
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>>18555071
Of course ze Germans do it better than everyone else.

I live in York, we have a pretty neat railway museum.

>> No.18555229

>>18555051
I can confirm this. My granddad was into steam trains, and took me to many train lines and museums as a kid.

>> No.18560088

>>18545322
Of course they do, what kind of a dumb question is that?

Trains are very popluar all around the world.

>> No.18560418

>>18545322
American train otakus look at freight trains

>> No.18560431

I've come across a few people in Britain who are obsessive about trains. I'm not sure if we're more into it relative to other European countries or not but there's definitely an audience for that sort of thing here.

>> No.18560489

>>18560418
That's all we fucking have. Americans fuck their cars too much to be able to want a proper working passenger train system outside of the city arteries. That and they can't understand a train will wreck their fucking ass when they cross a rail crossing when a train comes and then bitch and complain about them all the god damned time.

>> No.18560946

>>18560431
In the Netherlands trains are a relatively common form of transport but I don't think we have enthusiasts because all of our trains are uniform and unremarkable, compared to Japan's diversity of trains and perhaps also the UK.

>> No.18561049

>>18545322
Trainfans exist everywhere, but not many of them are at train otaku levels.

>> No.18561208

plenty of people into trains in Britain. Mostly old people who are largely ex-railwaymen but you also get the crazy autistic kind that wait in railway stations for freight trains to come through and read all the codes from the carriages into voice recorders and whatnot.

>> No.18562372

>>18561208
>wait in railway stations for freight trains to come through and read all the codes from the carriages into voice recorders and whatnot
I want to befriend someone that's that far gone and tag along with them, it sounds like a good time.

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>>18555094
Is this guy the fucking Flash or what?

>> No.18563464

>>18563222
It is likely that this picture was the merger of 2 or more photos.

>> No.18564939

https://youtu.be/-V5PnAVRVBk

>> No.18564946

>>18545322
We call them train buffs over here.

>> No.18565117

>>18555071
I've been there. It's absolutely beautiful. My favorite section is the Switzerland part with its mountains and crags. The miniature hotel by the airport section actually has tiny scenes in each room that you can peek in. The group I traveled with was able to find a BDSM orgy, a SWAT police raid, and a room full of chimpanzees in the hotel.

>> No.18565194

Of course, but it's a bit of a mixed bag in terms of quality.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2HQR3KTTWY

>> No.18565230
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>>18545322

Not in Italy, our train system is too botom tier for that. I went to Japan and continental Europe for my trainspotting tours.

>> No.18565346

>>18545322
Yes in Indonesia, one of my fagbook "friend" is a huge railfan. Worst decision of my life because the guy is fucking drama queen and love attention whoring.

>> No.18568965

HOOOONNKK!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOZEeWubIpo&t=120s

>> No.18573499

>>18545322
I knew a retarded kid at my old church who would note down all the train timetables to and from our suburb, who once escaped his parents during the service to go watch the train pull into our local station. So I'd say yeah, they exist in NZ as well.

>> No.18573732

>>18563464
a longer exposure time I suspect. It works best with old film cameras if you wanted that effect.

>> No.18575920

There definitely are train otaku where i live (netherlands).

>> No.18577589
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18577589

The train looks mighty unhappy
If only the windshield wipers were a little off to the right.

>> No.18577653

>>18545322
It's just 'otaku' in plural.

>> No.18578663

are train otaku the scariest people on the planet? I think so

>> No.18582123

>>18578663
Yeah.
They'll throw you into the tracks if you don't pay attention

>> No.18582156

Does anyone remember this?
https://sukikatte.wordpress.com/2012/05/10/koboro/

An old-timey favourite.

>> No.18582910

>>18582156
Never seen this before, but thanks for sharing, that was a really fascinating read. I wanna visit a Hikyou station when I'm in Japan this summer, are there any good ones within a few hours of Tokyo?

>> No.18583956

>>18560489
Even in major cities we Americans can't get trains right. In San Francisco it's usually faster to bike than take the train, and I've heard that it's worse in Los Angeles. I think the New York subway is the only functional train system in the country.

>> No.18584124

>>18583956
The Denver system is pretty okay, but its coverage is so minimal that it's extremely rare to actually have a use for it, and you have to drive to the station anyway so you might as well just drive to your destination.

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18584493

>>18582156
iktf

>> No.18584509

hiroshill needs to step it up and show on a train stream

>> No.18585035

>>18582156
That was beautiful. Makes me want to do the same thing.

>> No.18585432

>>18583956
Light rail/subways are harder to set up since it's constitutionally harder to expropriate the land. Cities and states can use eminent domain, but it costs more and the culture is more resistant to it than in places like Europe or Japan.
(Please don't use this as a launch pad for a political debate, I don't care one way or another. I just like riding trains and buses. Subways a shit)
>>18582910
You're welcome

>> No.18585454
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18585454

I want to go to Koboro Station and get a charcoal rubbing of this graffiti. Do you think it'll still be there after a decade?

>> No.18585653

>>18552062
wow his patreon is pretty wild for a guy who posts pictures of trains

>> No.18585990

>>18585653
ask him if he's watched tetsuko no tabi

>> No.18589441

>>18585653
Going through his twitter mentions it's depressing that even train fans have fallen victim to irony culture

>> No.18589486
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18589486

>>18584493
>suntanned

>> No.18589682

>>18589486
shut up nerd tanned girls are hot

>> No.18589748

>>18545322
they literally have their own board:
>>>/n/

>> No.18590600

>>18589682
ew gross no

>> No.18590643

>>18589486
>>18590600
You have bad taste

>> No.18590661

>>18590643
I'm not even attracted to females desu

>> No.18590673

>>18583956
You try pulling a trainload of Ameriplanets and see how easy it is.

>> No.18590682

>>18590661
Get out faggot.

>> No.18590858

>>18545322
At least here, there's more urban/intercity bus otakus than train otakus...

>> No.18592035
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>>18545322
Why would they be called otaku when they're outside Japan? Here in the US there's plenty of them and lots of model train clubs around. My grandpa had a huge train table with a custom wired control system that put most sci-fi movies to shame. Loads of train books, train VHS tapes, and some train pictures hanging on the walls.

Our trains usually aren't very fancy so people who are into trains often focus on the history rather than the latest tech.

>> No.18594098

>>18555051
>The UK is already the Japan of Europe
Am Britbong, can comfirm.

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>>18577589

>> No.18594154

>>18565346
Link, indonesian here too. Curious.

>> No.18595228

>>18594154
Nah, he has lot of both deluded worshippers and also very vocal haters. Probably some of them lurk here so i don't want to create a ruckus.

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18596503

how's this for a sexy train. breaks down every month like an unstable bitch.

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I don't know much about it myself but I live near the tehachapi loop which is a apparently a pretty big deal with rail otaku

>> No.18601215

>>18596503
come on it's just tsundere for both the passengers and the rail schedule!

>> No.18601268

>>18589486
Awful taste, as expected of someone with fucking emojis in his filenames

>> No.18601816

>>18565346
Is that guy happen to be called Namihara Kousuke/Farhan Ramadan?

>> No.18601821

>>18595228
>Create a ruckus
>Anonymous board

Nobody knows who you are, anon. What the fuck.

>> No.18601877

>>18590661
exactly

>> No.18602127

>>18600806
What is the point of this

>> No.18602779

>>18602127
I guess the slope isn't as steep as it would be without the loop. Less power of the train required to get over the hill.

>> No.18604096

>>18602127
Grade is far less steep, meaning longer trains or less towing power can actually get up the slope.

>> No.18604105

>>18604096
This makes sense, thanks

>> No.18604354

>>18601821
Dude i know him and his friends for years. I know their MO of creating unnecessary conflict between railfans or between weebs just like what happened with last year comifuro. There i give you hint.
>>18601816
No.

>> No.18608678

>>18545322

I used to work with a guy who was obsessed with trains. He also spoke in a complete monotone, and would suddenly get very loud sometimes, almost like he had no understanding of the volume of his voice.

He was really into WW2 nazi aesthetics, and sometimes talked about how pictures of naked children can just be artistic.

For a time, he set his desktop wallpaper as a picture of one of the young girls from The Facts of Life, and often remarked about how cute their knee socks were.

He got fired after losing his temper with someone, and i believe he works at an airport now.

He was easily the most unsettling person I've ever encountered.

>> No.18611710

>>18608678
The way you space your sentences unsettles me.

>> No.18611862

>>18592035
I live an hour and half from there.

>> No.18613520

>>18608678
Retarded typing.
No kudasai this time anon.

>> No.18614370

Question about DA/AACI/Arty Spotting setups on Maya: if I use x2 5 in gun, FuMO, night scout and Iowa's 40mm in her expansion slot, can she do all three? The two 5 in should allow DA, not sure about arty spotting. Also does this gimp her AACI too bad? My old setup was 20.3(3), 5 in, 90 mm, FuMO and Iowa 40 mm in expansion. Also is Ushio better setup for DA with two 12.7 C/D than setting her up for TCI?

>> No.18614378

>>18614370
Whoops wrong thread.

>> No.18614704
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18614704

trains are cool

>> No.18620132

>>18608678
Was that guy you?

>> No.18621372

>>18555051
Not for the food, fashion.... Japan is pretty much like France in that regard

>> No.18622315

>>18600806
What the fuck why is that train so long?

>> No.18624759

>>18608678
god I fucking hate that I was born autistic. I hate this affliction so much

>> No.18625722

>>18589441
>irony culture
?

>> No.18629006
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18629006

The Japanese are trying to win a major high speed train project in my country, we're potentially getting a Shinkansen of our own :>

>> No.18629053

>>18625722
Look at /a/ for an example of irony culture in anime. Think gamer girls from the early 2010s but with much more memes and cynicism towards their chosen hobby and community.

>> No.18629156

>>18622315
I'm assuming you're not from the US? 200 car train are the norm here. On that particular ascent and descent they used to have to split the train in half and add extra locomotives in the middle to get up and down, now they just add helpers on the end.

>> No.18629167

>>18629006
E5/H5 is pretty sexy. Seems like it takes forever to build the lines though, Hokkaido Shikansen won't reach Sapporo until 2025 at the earliest. Though the terrain is rough and they can't really have any grades or many curves on the line.

>> No.18629452

>>18555051
bad teeth, monarchy, tea, passive aggressive, what other similarities?

>> No.18630356

>>18583956
Chicago has a really good one, actually

>> No.18630370

>>18596503
No idea where this is but it looks like a good place to get murdered

>> No.18630391

>>18622315
That's fucking nothing, guy. Too lazy too google it but from the picture I'd say that's the southwest US and I see trains here about 10 times that size regularly, sometimes with double-stacked cars.

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18630529

>>18629053
>Look at /a/

>> No.18630807

>>18608678
>i believe he works at an airport now.

Good for him, airports are the most comfy places I've been too. But maybe only because I associate them with good memories.

>> No.18637395

SHIN
KAN
SEN

>>18625722
>>18629053
I was referring more to Something Awful, specifically FYAD and Helldump.
It's rather similar to how otabros post.

>> No.18640199

>>18545322
yes, train sims on steam make quite a bit of money

>> No.18641195
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I muh ur likes trains

>> No.18641549

>>18545322
Definitely. In fact, I just got back from Japan and was very into the trains there.

Not as much of a train otaku as others, but I admire them, especially the Japanese trains which are far more prevalent than American trains (passenger ones at least)

>> No.18641614

What about /n/?

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