For many Taiwanese, railroads are one of the enduring memories of growing up, and they have played an exceptionally important role in Taiwan's social development. However, for many people, though the memories are precious, the railroads had become only that: memories. But over the past few years Taiwan railroads have suddenly experienced a retro revival and have become quite the fashion.
鐵道，確實是許多台灣人成長歲月裡不可磨滅的記憶，也在整個社會發展的脈絡中扮演過重要角色，但對許多人而言，記憶固然珍貴，它卻已退到記憶裡了。