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What is meant by "veg frothing"?

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On numerous transport forums, including this one, I have encountered the phrase "veg frothing" or sometimes just "veg". What is meant by this, is it some sort of technical term?
 
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... I have encountered the phrase "veg frothing" or sometimes just "veg". What is meant by this, is it some sort of technical term?

This is without exception the greatest question I have ever seen on here. :lol:
 

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On numerous transport forums, including this one, I have encountered the phrase "veg frothing" or sometimes just "veg". What is meant by this, is it some sort of technical term?

I'll give it a punt:

Veg-short for vegetable, basically a crank who very much enjoys their hobby and shows it.

Froth-yeah, I'll leave that down to your imagination, it follows on as, well, yeah.
 

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Following on from 43125. How to describe this? Hmm.

Veg: Maybe a member of the enthusiast community. Frequently seen staring at some piece of railway item be it a locomotive/Pacer/signalling equipment/rusty siding or other.
Often seen in large groups staring out of a mk1 window at any diesel/steam/DMU gala etc.
A mainline enthusiasts railtour is sometimes also known as a Vegex (just to put the word into context).

Frothing (you could also have Foaming): A moment of extreme excitement of an animated nature from the aforementioned Veg when something out of the ordinary occurs, like when a 142 turns up on a Pendolino diagram perhaps, or a locomotive gets painted into the wrong shade of Brunswick Green or someone thinks about replacing the Napier engines in a preserved Deltic with a pair of MTUs.

Reading the above. I think I’m one...
Hope this helps.
 

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You've pretty much hit the nail on the head there. I too identify as one...
 

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Following on from 43125. How to describe this? Hmm.

Veg: Maybe a member of the enthusiast community. Frequently seen staring at some piece of railway item be it a locomotive/Pacer/signalling equipment/rusty siding or other.
Often seen in large groups staring out of a mk1 window at any diesel/steam/DMU gala etc.
A mainline enthusiasts railtour is sometimes also known as a Vegex (just to put the word into context).

Frothing (you could also have Foaming): A moment of extreme excitement of an animated nature from the aforementioned Veg when something out of the ordinary occurs, like when a 142 turns up on a Pendolino diagram perhaps, or a locomotive gets painted into the wrong shade of Brunswick Green or someone thinks about replacing the Napier engines in a preserved Deltic with a pair of MTUs.

Reading the above. I think I’m one...

Hope this helps.

Blimey, it seems I too must suffer from that same condition :o
 

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Blimey, it seems I too must suffer from that same condition :o

There’s not much you can do about it.
You can’t ‘unlearn’ lots of pointless details about trains...

I heard a good one on the radio today.
You know those people that when you’re on say, a DMU at a gala? And you’re having a conversation with each other that someone you don’t know in a seat next to you overhears, and joins in to correct you on a minor technical detail?
They’re called Nerds of Prey :D.
 

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There’s not much you can do about it.
You can’t ‘unlearn’ lots of pointless details about trains...

I heard a good one on the radio today.
You know those people that when you’re on say, a DMU at a gala? And you’re having a conversation with each other that someone you don’t know in a seat next to you overhears, and joins in to correct you on a minor technical detail?
They’re called Nerds of Prey :D.

Ha ha, love it! Btw. what type were those vans that the DMUs were hauling at the ELR Gala? :D ;)
 

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Ha ha, love it! Btw. what type were those vans that the DMUs were hauling at the ELR Gala? :D ;)
I don’t know and it’s not important right now, but the maximum design speed of a 73/0 is 75mph and a 73/1 is 95.
There are literally people sweating after reading that.
 

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There’s not much you can do about it.
You can’t ‘unlearn’ lots of pointless details about trains...

I heard a good one on the radio today.
You know those people that when you’re on say, a DMU at a gala? And you’re having a conversation with each other that someone you don’t know in a seat next to you overhears, and joins in to correct you on a minor technical detail?
They’re called Nerds of Prey :D.

Brilliant. Or those who just join in with your conversation regardless.
I must confess to knowing far too much about traction and brake systems... help...
 

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Brilliant. Or those who just join in with your conversation regardless.
I must confess to knowing far too much about traction and brake systems... help...

Yep. I know too much about various locomotive liveries of the late 1980s and early 1990s but what possible use is that?
I’m very unlikely to be invited onto Mastermind now.
You should’ve seen the state of me when I saw 47828 on a matching rake of Intercity mk2 aircons at the Severn Valley last year.
I frothed so much I was completely finished.
 

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I've heard the reference where by the individuals are known as 'Vegtables', which I think is a little bit derogatory, as in some culture it is a medical associated term, 'Veg' can be a person in a vegetative state, i.e. someone is extremely paralysed being unable to communicate or aware of their surroundings.

I often hear the word 'foamer' used in place of Veg.
 

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On numerous transport forums, including this one, I have encountered the phrase "veg frothing" or sometimes just "veg". What is meant by this, is it some sort of technical term?

A good term but my favorite is jizzing themselves silly. ;)
 

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There’s not much you can do about it.
You can’t ‘unlearn’ lots of pointless details about trains...

I heard a good one on the radio today.
You know those people that when you’re on say, a DMU at a gala? And you’re having a conversation with each other that someone you don’t know in a seat next to you overhears, and joins in to correct you on a minor technical detail?
They’re called Nerds of Prey :D.
Nerds of Prey. Ha ha ha. Love it.
 

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On numerous transport forums, including this one, I have encountered the phrase "veg frothing" or sometimes just "veg". What is meant by this, is it some sort of technical term?
Derogatory term for some of the more clueless people involved in this hobby. Other terms are available....
 

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THEE " Veg Express " was the class 57 hauled summer only Cornwall to Exeter Saturday service now flnished. Well, subject to cascade delays..... .
 

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Veg are the reason why I call Tamworth station 'the allotment', there's a cabbage patch on every platform.
 
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