2006-09-08 22:34:36 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cars & Transportation ➔ Rail
I would guess there has been. There is nothing very romantic about diesel is there and no one leaning out of the cab for you to wave at if you are a kid.
Beside if the trains that roar past me at Newark station are anything to go by, they travel so fast how the heck can you record any details?
Still, being a little kid at heart whenever I am in Lincoln and the barrier comes down for a train to pass, I make whoever is with me stop while I watch. It really takes me back to my childhood and I get such a kick out of that memory of simple pleasures.
Mind you, I used to think my cousin who was an avid train spotter was cracked!
2006-09-08 22:47:04 · answer #1 · answered by Christine H 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, and that is down to trainspotters waiting hours on end for a delayed train which wont arrive at all cos it broke down. Cant blame them really.
2006-09-09 14:23:28 · answer #2 · answered by gr_bateman 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not especially but then again I don't make a habit of going out trainspotter spotting.
2006-09-09 05:40:05 · answer #3 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'd have to agree, inasmuch as many have them have died off. LOL. I know plenty of them and they are just as dedicated now as ever. I am one myself. I admit, however, that the animation, and sights and sounds of steam are a far cry from watching a pair of high performance D-E s pulling 9000 tons of coal on a unit train thru the mountains. But now we are dedicated to the thrill of finding a freight drag, or special movement to entertain us.
2006-09-09 13:06:36 · answer #4 · answered by yp_al_spruce_pine 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In fact the reduction in the number of train spotters is not linked to the demise of steam, its linked to the closure of Yorkshires anorak industry.
2006-09-09 05:54:00 · answer #5 · answered by Pretorian 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am not old enough to say, but I would imagine that to be the case not only are trains less interesting and more standardized now but we have much more to do with our time like surf the Internet
2006-09-09 06:58:47 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A train spotter was run over by a steam train in Plymouth last week. He was chuffed to Bits.
2006-09-09 05:41:26 · answer #7 · answered by paddymac 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yes, I used to be forced to go trainspotting with my dad and grandad every waking minute of every day - regardless of educational needs.
It was such a shame when they both accidentally slipped from a bridge over the Settle to Carlisle line into the path of their favorite train "Mallard".
My, how I miss them both.
2006-09-09 05:46:29 · answer #8 · answered by Phlodgeybodge 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
yeah you still see a few spotters,but id rather still see the likes of the flying scotsman and mallard going passed instead of the express to london or wherever
2006-09-09 05:48:58 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
NO way...visit Cardifff or Newport stations..it is as popular with diesels as it was with steam
2006-09-09 05:53:56 · answer #10 · answered by Lone Wolf 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋