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can someone explain it to me please?
i can understand why that, in the days of steam, schoolboys and the technically minded would want to stand by bridges and stations waiting for the likes of the flying scotsman or mallard to steam past.
but these days, whats the attraction? i work on a large industrial facility with a lot of raw materials coming in by rail and finished products going out the same way. there's usually 2-3 friends of dwayne dibbley stood on the rail bridge noting down the numbers of the locos.
they all look the same! [EWS diesel locos mainly]. its like me keeping a book of number plates i've seen for mk3 mondeo 1.8gl's
there must be some spotters on PH. create a new ID if you feel ashamed but i'm genuinely interested why you'd stand in the cold and rain just waiting for the moment of release when the next exactly-the-same-bar-an-ID-number loco comes into view.
i can understand why that, in the days of steam, schoolboys and the technically minded would want to stand by bridges and stations waiting for the likes of the flying scotsman or mallard to steam past.
but these days, whats the attraction? i work on a large industrial facility with a lot of raw materials coming in by rail and finished products going out the same way. there's usually 2-3 friends of dwayne dibbley stood on the rail bridge noting down the numbers of the locos.
they all look the same! [EWS diesel locos mainly]. its like me keeping a book of number plates i've seen for mk3 mondeo 1.8gl's
there must be some spotters on PH. create a new ID if you feel ashamed but i'm genuinely interested why you'd stand in the cold and rain just waiting for the moment of release when the next exactly-the-same-bar-an-ID-number loco comes into view.
Edited by shirt on Tuesday 8th December 14:15
the thing is though eric, this particular bridge they stand at near work has two lines going past it. one runs to, and terminates at, cleethorpes. the other is industrial traffic to/from immingham/grimsby docks.
i.e. ews freight and sprinters. you'd see all there was to see in a week, yet i've seen the same few chaps there 2-4 times a week for the past 4 years. if it was clapham junction i might be more forgiving.
i.e. ews freight and sprinters. you'd see all there was to see in a week, yet i've seen the same few chaps there 2-4 times a week for the past 4 years. if it was clapham junction i might be more forgiving.
Mini1275 said:
I AM NOT A TRAINSPOTTER!! But like said above it's no different than you drooling over other peoples cars is it?, each to their own.
i beg to differ. if a car show was full of different models of mondeo in different colours and specs then it'd be comparable.i'm not knocking trains or the engineering, we make trains here on site [and are the only company who manages its own private rail system and makes its own locos apparently] and i've been to the rail museum in york a few times.
i just don't understand the thrill of seeing a number you haven't seen before.
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