runpast

noun

runpast

noun

Etymology From run + past.

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Arts, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Photography, Rail transport, Railways, Transport A staged event, usually on a railfans' excursion, where a train runs past a group of photographers, who photograph the scene.

  • The Znin Wask (600mm) narrow-gauge line. 0-4-0 tender/tank No T49 114 stages a photographic runpast for the WRS party.1979 August, P.R.G Kennard, “Polish steam panorama”, in Railway World, page 419, photo caption:

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