Given the first recorded trainspotter in 1861 was a girl called Fanny Johnson, we shouldn't be surprised many sprectral trainspotters reported at stations and alongside tracks, are female. Mislabelling as something other than trainspotters due to gender is a crime against ghosts. – #CJosiffe #Ghosts
May 23, 2026 at 1:22 PM
Given the first recorded trainspotter in 1861 was a girl called Fanny Johnson, we shouldn't be surprised many sprectral trainspotters reported at stations and alongside tracks, are female. Mislabelling as something other than trainspotters due to gender is a crime against ghosts. – #CJosiffe #Ghosts
All of England has trainspotters Noakes. Every bit of it filled with them notebook-weilding, Thermos-packing trainspotters. Of course, Hookland is probably the only place where gangs of gricers are dedicated purely to chasing after the number of phantom engines and steam-wraiths. – #DICallaghan
January 16, 2025 at 12:25 PM
All of England has trainspotters Noakes. Every bit of it filled with them notebook-weilding, Thermos-packing trainspotters. Of course, Hookland is probably the only place where gangs of gricers are dedicated purely to chasing after the number of phantom engines and steam-wraiths. – #DICallaghan
Ever since I started hanging out with trainspotters, I've got out of the house more, I'm in nature more, and I am making some friends. It's healthier than whatever I used to do.
June 8, 2026 at 9:20 AM
Ever since I started hanging out with trainspotters, I've got out of the house more, I'm in nature more, and I am making some friends. It's healthier than whatever I used to do.
Was wondering why the trainspotters were out in force at Tokyo Station. Then the fabled “Dr. Yellow” showed up. It’s a special test train used for checking the rails.
July 17, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Was wondering why the trainspotters were out in force at Tokyo Station. Then the fabled “Dr. Yellow” showed up. It’s a special test train used for checking the rails.
Bluesky train fans! Why were lots of trainspotters taking photos of this train?
April 22, 2026 at 11:27 AM
Bluesky train fans! Why were lots of trainspotters taking photos of this train?
I'm a train driver, I'll blow my horn and wave at any kids, elderly or drunks who give me the sign, I love it. But trainspotters pestering us to blow the horn, filming everything we do including mistakes so they can upload it can fuck off. Nobody likes a grass.
January 10, 2026 at 12:20 PM
I'm a train driver, I'll blow my horn and wave at any kids, elderly or drunks who give me the sign, I love it. But trainspotters pestering us to blow the horn, filming everything we do including mistakes so they can upload it can fuck off. Nobody likes a grass.
Watching trainspotters who are watching me. On the Southwest Chief headed westbound, Princeton IL
September 29, 2026 at 11:32 PM
Watching trainspotters who are watching me. On the Southwest Chief headed westbound, Princeton IL
The view from my hotel window's great for trainspotters.
August 30, 2025 at 10:03 AM
The view from my hotel window's great for trainspotters.
Most stations can boast a group of trainspotters, all notepads, Thermos flasks and diesel engine numbers. Only Hookland's stations have gangs of ghost gricers, hovering at the end of platforms hoping for glimpse of steam phantoms, locomotives doomed to temporal crash loops.
August 15, 2026 at 10:09 AM
Most stations can boast a group of trainspotters, all notepads, Thermos flasks and diesel engine numbers. Only Hookland's stations have gangs of ghost gricers, hovering at the end of platforms hoping for glimpse of steam phantoms, locomotives doomed to temporal crash loops.
Two Japanese college students were arrested for shoplifting Kuromi goods at the Osaka Expo. But that's not all! The two were part of a group of five trainspotters who rode from Tokyo to Kobe on the Shinkansen w/o tickets - something they claim trainspotters do "all the time."
August 14, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Two Japanese college students were arrested for shoplifting Kuromi goods at the Osaka Expo. But that's not all! The two were part of a group of five trainspotters who rode from Tokyo to Kobe on the Shinkansen w/o tickets - something they claim trainspotters do "all the time."
#MusicChallenge
#ScoreTheStill
Eventually Mike Read’s jingle, originally…
High Rise - The Trainspotters
youtu.be/8Hra8IP07Zg?...
#ScoreTheStill
Eventually Mike Read’s jingle, originally…
High Rise - The Trainspotters
youtu.be/8Hra8IP07Zg?...
July 26, 2025 at 7:18 AM
#MusicChallenge
#ScoreTheStill
Eventually Mike Read’s jingle, originally…
High Rise - The Trainspotters
youtu.be/8Hra8IP07Zg?...
#ScoreTheStill
Eventually Mike Read’s jingle, originally…
High Rise - The Trainspotters
youtu.be/8Hra8IP07Zg?...
Stories turn certain places into magnets attracting people who desire nothing more than to stare at spectres. In Hookland, there are stretches of track, lonely signal boxes that pull in gricer gangs who wish to ghost-gawp. Trainspotters waiting on phantom engines. The strange chasing the uncanny.
June 30, 2026 at 1:34 PM
Stories turn certain places into magnets attracting people who desire nothing more than to stare at spectres. In Hookland, there are stretches of track, lonely signal boxes that pull in gricer gangs who wish to ghost-gawp. Trainspotters waiting on phantom engines. The strange chasing the uncanny.
Trainspotters all like
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September 29, 2026 at 7:01 PM
Trainspotters all like
important announcement: trainspotters / railfans in Australia are called "gunzels"
October 1, 2026 at 7:52 AM
important announcement: trainspotters / railfans in Australia are called "gunzels"
The Trainspotters-High Rise
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May 11, 2026 at 11:04 PM
I wonder if there's a subgenre of trainspotters who are only into subway cars, and what their forums look like
June 14, 2026 at 6:08 AM
I wonder if there's a subgenre of trainspotters who are only into subway cars, and what their forums look like
Apropos of nothing, is there a word for the shipping equivalent of trainspotters?
March 31, 2024 at 9:32 PM
Apropos of nothing, is there a word for the shipping equivalent of trainspotters?
Usual Trainspotters! Marxist Townie Duck Haters!! @greens4hs2.bsky.social
What's an insult you'll never forget?
December 26, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Usual Trainspotters! Marxist Townie Duck Haters!! @greens4hs2.bsky.social
People-watchers, trainspotters and our critic A.O. Scott agree: Ezra Pound’s “In a Station of the Metro” is one of the shortest great poems in English.
These 20 Words Are Worth a Thousand Pictures
People-watchers, trainspotters and A.O. Scott agree: Ezra Pound’s “In a Station of the Metro” is one of the shortest great poems in English.
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August 28, 2026 at 3:20 AM
People-watchers, trainspotters and our critic A.O. Scott agree: Ezra Pound’s “In a Station of the Metro” is one of the shortest great poems in English.
i dont even get why the rest of the Trainspotters were friends with Begbie. was he their high school math teacher or something
June 24, 2024 at 8:41 PM
i dont even get why the rest of the Trainspotters were friends with Begbie. was he their high school math teacher or something
Someone should make a movie called Drugtaking that's all about trainspotters
November 16, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Someone should make a movie called Drugtaking that's all about trainspotters
Nattavaara, Sweden 🇸🇪
#allthelineseurope #stormhour #trainspotters #trainspotting #thephotohour #railwayhighlights #rail #snowhour #tft #fromsantawithlove #traintwitter #sweden #nattavaara
#allthelineseurope #stormhour #trainspotters #trainspotting #thephotohour #railwayhighlights #rail #snowhour #tft #fromsantawithlove #traintwitter #sweden #nattavaara
December 18, 2024 at 6:09 PM
The monorail even has a dedicated 'photography spot' for trainspotters 😁
December 4, 2025 at 10:28 AM
The monorail even has a dedicated 'photography spot' for trainspotters 😁
70025 and trainspotters in harmony at Lancaster Castle Station. Date unknown. @guardamos.bsky.social @anthony1965.bsky.social @chris-railway.bsky.social
June 12, 2026 at 5:48 PM
70025 and trainspotters in harmony at Lancaster Castle Station. Date unknown. @guardamos.bsky.social @anthony1965.bsky.social @chris-railway.bsky.social
insane that Trump somehow managed to wrangle the One CSX one-off special livery locomotive for a train full of tanks. trainspotters’ gold mine right here.
of course the irony is that it’s painted like that to commemorate the railroad unions of their workforce,,,
of course the irony is that it’s painted like that to commemorate the railroad unions of their workforce,,,
In preparation for next week’s parade/demonstration, tanks are being moved into Washington, DC today. Unprecedented.
(Photo from a colleague in DC)
(Photo from a colleague in DC)
June 8, 2025 at 4:29 PM
insane that Trump somehow managed to wrangle the One CSX one-off special livery locomotive for a train full of tanks. trainspotters’ gold mine right here.
of course the irony is that it’s painted like that to commemorate the railroad unions of their workforce,,,
of course the irony is that it’s painted like that to commemorate the railroad unions of their workforce,,,