"ferroequinologist" meaning in English

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          "text": "1954, Trains, Kalmbach Pub. Co.\nAnd because you care, you’ve automatically classified yourself as a railfan (alias railroad enthusiast, train-watcher, ferroequinologist)."
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          "ref": "1980, Bill Oddie, Bill Oddie's Little Black Bird Book, page 18",
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          "ref": "1990 October 19, Bruce Tiffany, “Re: 'America, a Godless State' and 'Barbaric Theists' merged.”, in alt.atheism (Usenet)",
          "text": "The fact that automobiles, buildings, clothing, bridges, watches, locomotives (my personal favorite, being a ferroequinologist!), ad infinitum are designed by people has no bearing whatsoever...",
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          "ref": "1991 November 20, Warren T. Brill, “Re: what does this mean?”, in rec.railroad (Usenet)",
          "text": "It's a schnazzy-looking engine, looks a lot like a GP-35, which I believe our ferroequinologist guru Roger Mitchell says it was rebuilt from.",
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          "text": "I'd tell you to take the kids on the mixed train.... It was fun even for a raiload victim like me - ferroequinologist father.",
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        "(humorous, nonstandard) A student of ferroequinology; a person who studies trains as a hobby."
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