Rail Enthusiast: Difference between revisions

** In the same episode, Raj attempts to dissuade Sheldon from moving in with him by announcing: "I hate trains."

** In another episode the four of them take a trip to San Francisco by train.

'''Sheldon''': Don't say it like that, Leonard. Say it like (excited) "We're taking the train!" }}

** In another episode, Sheldon states that he always tells people if they only have one day in LA, they should make it a "train day", after which he proceeds to describe an itinerary that includes eating at ''two'' different train cars turned into hotdog stands. Doesn't sound like your cup of tea? Then I guess you just hate fun.

* Toby and Dwight in [[The Office]] (USA) share a moment of Rail Enthusiasm while they were staking out Darryl's house to see if he was defrauding the company for workman's comp, listening to a train as it passed by, this being one of the few insights into Toby's hobbies or personal interests.

* Ben Wyatt from [[Parks and Recreation]] is a model train enthusiast according to an exchange with Jean-Ralphio.

'''Ben''': I don't know you jumped straight to model trains...I mean...it's accurate. }}

* One episode of ''[[Highlander the Series]]'' had a [[Rain Man]] type immortal whose fixation was on trains. He kept quoting train facts during most of the ep.

== [[Western Animation]] ==

* ''[[The Simpsons]]'': Reverend Lovejoy loves, finds joy in, model trains. They have a tendency to get into terrible accidents.

* ''[[King of the Hill]]'': Ted Wasonasong is shown playing with a model train in one episode.

* The [[Classic Disney Short]] ''Out of Scale'' has [[Donald Duck]] building a very elaborate model train set in his backyard. [[Hilarity Ensues]] when he removes Chip n' Dale's tree because it's out of scale with the rest of the set.

*** Also Cole (Kimaroki), whose name refers to a [http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AD%E3%83%9E%E3%83%AD%E3%82%AD%E7%B7%A8%E6%88%90 specific arrangement of locomotives and specialized railcars] used in the past to clear snow off the tracks.

* ''[[Kingdom of Loathing]]'' gives the fandom a passing nod in the description for the [[Item Crafting|yak anorak]]:

* In Lilly's route of [[Katawa Shoujo]], she and Hanako express their preference for old trains when going to Hokkaido.