Trains
#Gunzellyf
2019-12-30 — 2019-12-30
Wherein the author’s preference for rail travel is explained and the Victorian coinage gunzel, coined in the mid‑1970s to denote an obsessive tram or train enthusiast, is recounted.
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Some notes on my preferred mode of transport.
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a person who has an interest in trains or trams — sometimes to the exclusion of all else. …The term originated in Victoria in the mid 1970s, and was then highly derogatory (equivalent of USA foamite/foamer or UK anorak).
seat61 is a handy reference for anyone who wants to try to catch a train around the world.
1 References
Robinson. 1935. Railway Ribaldry Being 96 pages of railway humour.