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{{trope}}
[[File:Foaming at the Mouth (4612464341).jpg|thumb|Just look at that Conrail paint job!]]
{{quote|''"[[Running Gag|I like trains.]]"''|'''"I Like Trains" kid''', ''[[Asdfmovie]]''}}
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* Kotetsu Segawa from ''[[Hayate the Combat Butler]]'': being a good-looking and stylish young man, he is a stealth rail otaku, until he pulls out a giant camera ...
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* Given the series' name, it should be obvious that ''[[Rail Wars!]]'' has a few:
** Takayama applied for the OJT program in order to become a train operator. He has a permanent track for model railroad trains in his room at home, complete with a full basic operator's setup.
** Sasshou can identify trains by their sound
** Prince Bernina (from Episodes 10-11) invites Takayama to be on a [[First-Name Basis]] because they're both rail enthusiasts.
** Out-of-universe, the entire series is [[Fan Service]] for [[Real Life]] Rail Enthusiasts.
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* ''[[Thomas the Tank Engine]]'' was created by an [[The Vicar|English Vicar]], the Rev. W. Awdry, showing that that stereotype can be [[Truth in Television]].
** The character of ''[[The Fat Controller]]'' is sometimes attributed to another railway vicar, the Rev. Teddy Boston, a friend of Awdry's who had a narrow-gauge steam engine in his garden.
*** And the occasional characters of the Fat Clergyman and the Thin Clergyman are [[Word of God|confirmed]] as Boston and Awdry [[Author Avatar|Author Avatars]].
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* One of the central characters in the fantasy novel "Palimpsest" by [[Catherynne M. Valente]] is a female Japanese rail enthusiast.
* The title of ''[[Trainspotting]]'' comes from a chapter in the novel called "Trainspotting at Leith Central Station". The joke is that the station is long-closed and derelict, so trainspotting there is an utterly pointless, dull and squalid experience, like most things the characters do.
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** In a related note, many of the Disney artists (including Walt himself) were Rail Enthusiasts, and had model trains in their own yards. Some even had full-scale locomotives!
* ''[[Thomas the Tank Engine]]'', a series about trains, probably has a few examples within the cast but might well have been the starting point for a lot of railfans. For that matter, its popularity with autistic and Asperger's children overlaps, with some social workers noting that a lot of rail enthusiasts are also autistic or have Asperger's.
* The kid in [[Max and Dave Fleischer|''Play Safe'']], leading to [[Nightmare Fuel]] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUgyWhKlH78 when he gets a little to close to his beloved trains].
* Mr. Bernard in ''[[The Rescuers]]'' covers his behind by invoking this trope, when Ms. Bianca accuses him of being too cowardly to travel by air.
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[[Category:Railroad Index]]
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