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Hello, I'm new to this forum. I have read it for a long time but never posted before. I'm a retired civil engineer (structural design) and live in the city of Essen in Germany. I'm interested in American Railroads since my first visits to the USA in the early 1980s. Gricer is the description for a trainspotters. In the UK other names are used like anorak, rail buff, and others but not foamer. Here is a link to an unproved etymology of gricer: <a href="http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=gricer">http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=gricer</a> I would realy be surprised if "foamer" was invented in Europe. In Germany we use German terms like Pufferküsser, Nietenzähler (buffer kisser, rivet counters), and others. France has its own French expressions: Ferrovipathe, Ferroviphile. What ever they mean? When I first read of foamer here on the forum I had to google it. I'd never heard it before even on visits in the USA. Regards, Volker (Germany) When I first read "foamer" here on the forum I had to google it.
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