Students at National Taiwan University and National Chiao Tung University have each formed their own railroad clubs. Instead of speedy Tzuchiang and Chukuang expresses, they prefer riding bumpy, non-air conditioned diesels on secondary lines exploring about for old steam engines on public display or locked away in warehouses after retirement.
台灣大學和交通大學學生分別組成鐵道與火車社團，他們不愛飛快的自強、莒光號，反而喜歡搭乘沒有冷氣，又一路搖搖幌幌的柴油火車往返於支線，並四處探尋那些退休後被孤伶伶擱在廣場展示、或被深鎖倉庫的老蒸汽火車頭。