IRFCA is a primarily a web-based forum connecting many railfans particularly interested in railways in India, and with links to other railfan groups around the world.
This web site irfca.org was created to be a platform for sharing information via documents, articles, images, etc.
IRFCA started as “Indian Railways Fan Club of America” in 1989 with a few Indian rail fans in USA discussing Indian trains by e-mail on the Usenet newsgroup soc.culture.indian. Now only the acronym IRFCA is used.
Its forum is estimated to have more than 10,000 active members.