Dunluce Castle Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 My mate just told me this was on the news, nice to see us getting some attention? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-28934268 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonybonneyba Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 My mate just told me this was on the news, nice to see us getting some attention? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-28934268 It is nice, though, I don't know why most train spotters I've meat don't take down notes, I try my best too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heirflick Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 really enjoyed that video. always knew that women secretly loved trains everybit as much as us boyos...and its most welcome to have it confirmd in that video!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broithe Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 Women will often profess to be unaware of the attractions of model railways, until it's explained to them that it's essentially the same thing as doll's houses.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minister_for_hardship Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 If anyone has seen 'The Railway Man' film, the Colin Firth character takes umbrage at being called a 'Train Spotter'.....'I'm a Railway Enthusiast!' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarabuses Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 If anyone has seen 'The Railway Man' film, the Colin Firth character takes umbrage at being called a 'Train Spotter'.....'I'm a Railway Enthusiast!' I'm not sure that both descriptions are entirely the same. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minister_for_hardship Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 (edited) They're not the same. 'Train spotter' is a cover all term used by the general public and the mass media...even if number-taking isn't your bag at all. People like to taking photos, making models (garden railways/layouts/live steam/model engineering), researching history, travelling over different lines or line bashing if you will, haulage bashing, volunteering on heritage railways, collecting memorabilia...all this can't be pigeon-holed into 'Train spotting'. Edited August 26, 2014 by minister_for_hardship Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broithe Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 Some years ago, I was catching a train at midnight and there was a chap there who had clearly been at it since way back in the days of steam. He had notebooks, cameras, etc, and a clear idea of what was about to pass through the six-platform station, positioning himself exactly in the best place for each one. On one occasion, he went right down to one end of the platform I was waiting on and a ballast train trundled through at about 5mph a few minutes later. He walked slowly along side it, talking into what I presumed to be a mobile phone, but as he passed me it became clear that it was a dictaphone and he was dictating the wagon numbers into it, in order to write them down properly later on.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heirflick Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 good luck to that man - he sure is dedicated. i must admit that i wouldnt be into taking numbers - but i do love looking at trains and taking pics of them till the cows come home...and if people want to call me a train spotter so be it - i dont mind! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broithe Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 I've been called worse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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