Wonderfull slide show in guardian website
that really captures change of times.
trainspotters tell stories about collecting numbers of trains and taking pictures af them, being questioned by police, as those are allways suspitious.
here
I think that is amazing - machine can be understood as alive, as something random, that only nature can be. Collecting train numbers as butterflies...
explanation from wikipedia:
Those who are "trainspotters" make an effort to 'spot' all of a certain type of rolling stock. This might be a particular class of locomotive, a particular type of carriage or all the rolling stock of a particular company. To this end, they collect and exchange detailed information about the movements of locomotives and other equipment on the railway network, and become very knowledgeable about its operations.
Those who spend most of their time on one station only are known as "stoats" or "veg". "Cranks" are particularly attracted to one type of train and make sure they see all of its workings. "Neds" concentrate on special rail activity and tend to ignore the regular happenings on the lines, and look for "gen" (information about railway workings) prior to spotting.
trainspotting at wikipedia
I think we should propose to build a trainspotting tower in our site!
jonas
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