Train-spotters at the end of a platform at Kings Cross station in north London. Notice the characteristic SLR camera. And yes, one of them IS wearing an anorak!
One of the great hobbies that Britain gave to the world is train-spotting. Also known as ferroequinology. The classic train-spotter (called disparagingly “anoraks”) will aim to “spot” all the components of a particular locomotive class and mark them off in special handbooks published by Ian Allen (the pages are just columns of numbers).
As I have taken a photo of train-spotters does that make me a train-spotter-spotter?
More on train spotting: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7179030.stm
More on Ian Allen: http://www.ianallan.com/group.html
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