List of railfans

Main article: Railfan

This is a list of notable railfans, ordered alphabetically by surname (or by first name in the case of royalty).

List

A

• Robert Adley, British politician
• Peter Alexander, Austrian actor and singer
• Robert Allbritton, American newspaper and TV stations owner
• Cecil J. Allen, British author of numerous railway books.
• Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, founder of the Republic of Turkey.
• The Rev. W. Awdry, British clergyman and author of The Railway Series; creator of Thomas the Tank Engine
• Dan Aykroyd, Canadian-American actor, owner of a private railcar.

B

• Lucius Beebe, American journalist, author, photographer and historian.
• Sir John Betjeman, British poet, writer and broadcaster.
• Tim Berners-Lee, British scientist and World Wide Web pioneer.
• Kurt Biedenkopf, German politician (former prime ministry of Saxony).
• Francis Bourgeois, British social media personality.
• Boris III, King of Bulgaria.
• Joe Brown, British singer. Also the narrator of several British Transport Films of the 1960s.
• Theo van den Boogaard, Dutch comics artist. He often includes scenes set in railway stations or near railway roads in his comics.

C

• Johnny Cash, American singer and songwriter.
• Giorgio de Chirico, Greek-Italian painter.
• Oz Clarke, British wine writer, broadcaster and actor
• Charles Clegg, American author, photographer and historian.
• Regis Cordic, American radio personality and actor.
• Kevin Costner, American actor. Co-founder of Dunrail Inc., a South Dakota Railroad Corporation.

D

• Dr. Demento, American radio personality.
• Bruce Dickinson, British singer, airline pilot, fencer and songwriter.
• Walt Disney, American film producer, animator and entrepreneur.
• Antonín Dvořák, Czech composer.
• Tim Dunn, British railway historian, TV presenter, geographer and travel editor.

F

• Tim Fischer, Australian Ambassador to the Holy See and former deputy prime minister.
• Stan Fischler, American sports historian and broadcaster.
• Paul Flaherty, American computer scientist.
• Frederick IX, King of Denmark.

G

• George VI, King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth.
• Leopold Gratz, Austrian politician.
• John Gretton, 2nd Baron Gretton, British peer and Member of Parliament. Creator of the Stapleford Miniature Railway.
• Michael Gross, American actor.

H

• Murry Hammond, American musician.
• Brian Hollingsworth, British engineer, author and railway preservationist. Director of the Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway.
• Arthur Honegger, Swiss composer.

I

• Ibrahim Ismail of Johor, Sultan of Johor, Malaysia. He is also known for his hobby of driving Blue Tiger locomotive on some occasions.

J

• Simon Jenkins, British journalist.

Ollie Johnston with his backyard railroad.

• David Jenkinson, historian and modeller mainly LMS
• Ollie Johnston, American animator
• Tony Judt, British historian.

K

• Buster Keaton, American actor and film director.
• Isaac C. Kidd, Jr., admiral in the United States Navy, carried a small model train layout in a suitcase whenever he went to sea.
• Ward Kimball, American animator.
• Shigeru Kishida, Japanese musician.

L

• Dionysius Lardner, Irish scientific writer.
• John Lasseter, American animator.
• Detlev von Liliencron, German poet and novelist.
• O. Winston Link, American photographer.
• Eric Lomax, a British Army officer and former prisoner of war who was involved in Burma Railway construction, who later wrote his ordeal in his book The Railway Man.
• Louis Ferdinand, Prince of Prussia

M

• Geoff Marshall, British video producer and author.
• Tom Marshall, British photo colouriser and founder of the Will Hay Appreciation Society.
• James May, British journalist and TV presenter
• James G. Martin, American scientist and politician.
• Sir William McAlpine, British engineer. Former owner of Flying Scotsman.
• Scott McGregor, Australian actor and television presenter.
• Vyacheslav Molotov, former Soviet politician, foreign minister
• Joel Monaghan, Australian rugby player.
• Kazuyoshi Morita, Japanese comedian.

N

• O. S. Nock, British engineer and author.

O

• Nicholas Owen, British journalist.

P

• Michael Palin, British comedian, actor and television presenter.
• Mandy Patinkin, actor.
• Alan Pegler, British industrialist. Former owner of Flying Scotsman.
• Otto Perry, American photographer.
• Michael Portillo, former British politician, and television presenter. Notable for presenting Great British Railway Journeys and Great Continental Railway Journeys.

R

• Harold Reid, American writer, photographer and historian.
• Clive Robertson, Australian journalist.
• Hans Rosenthal, German entertainer.
• Ross Rowland, American businessman, and steam excursion promoter, best known for the American Freedom Train of 1975-1976.

S

• David Shepherd, British artist. Owns several steam locomotives.
• William James Sidis, writer.
• Frank Sinatra, Jr., American singer.
• Tom Snyder, American television personality, news anchor, and radio personality.
• Bruce Springsteen, American singer and songwriter. Lyrics feature trains mentioned prominently, as do several of his music videos. Owned a Lionel train set as a child, and spotted riding New Jersey Transit trains numerous times in the early 1990s with his son Sam.
• Richard Steinheimer, American photographer.
• Rod Stewart, British rock star.
• Richard Stilgoe, British songwriter, lyricist and musician. Wrote the lyrics for the rock musical Starlight Express.
• Ernst Streeruwitz, Austrian politician, former Austrian federal chancellor
• Bob Symes, British television presenter and producer.

U

• Hyakken Uchida, Japanese author and academic.

W

• Vernon A. Walters, United States Army officer and diplomat.
• Pete Waterman, British songwriter and record producer. Owner of a commercial rolling stock leasing company.
• Timothy West. British actor.
• Rogers E. M. Whitaker, American columnist. Wrote under the pen name of E. M. Frimbo, World's Greatest Railroad Buff.

Y

• Neil Young, rock musician and famed railway modeller.

Z

• Count Louis Zborowski, Polish-American automobile engineer and racing driver.
• Axel Zwingenberger, German jazz pianist.

Fictional Railfans

• The Eighth Doctor, From Doctor Who, was accused of being a train spotter, complete with a spotters notebook, by his companion in S02E05 of the Audio Book Series.
• Gomez Addams, from The Addams Family, owns a model railway in both the 1964 Television Series and 1991 Film.
• Bobby Baccalieri, from The Sopranos, is shown having a passion for model trains, and is shown buying a Lionel train set.
• Sheldon Cooper - There is a running joke on The Big Bang Theory that Sheldon is obsessed with trains.
• Reg Hollis, from The Bill train spotter who takes his girlfriend trainspotting on their first date. His house has various railway memorabilia and is a fan of model railways.
• Reverend Sam Weech, from The Titfield Thunderbolt is an avid railway enthusiast.
• Reverend Lovejoy, from The Simpsons owns a model railway.
• Herb Melnick, from Two and a Half Men owns a model railway.

See also

• Trains in art
• Rail transport in fiction
• Fear of trains
• List of rail transport modellers
• Steam locomotive
• Diesel locomotive
• Electric locomotive

External links

• RailPictures.net
• Railway Models|Passionate About Modelling Today
• Railfans: What Are Train Enthusiasts?

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