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Old 11th December 2008, 12:25
martin adamson martin adamson is offline  
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Originally Posted by david1943 View Post
I just popped Train-spotting into Google to look and see what was going on back home, I found a 2003 report that mentioned that taking pictures of trains or jotting down the numbers could lead to a 1,000 Pound fine.
Hi David,

Funny you should mention this as I remember reading some major articles in 'The Railway Magazine' during 2003 (the first time I had really read such issues regarding ehtusiasm with the industry) that were about the threat to railfans, it looked at some newspapers that were saying how trainspotting would be banned due to terrorism issues. Apparently at the time Virgin Trains made a statement saying that railfans would still be welcomed at their staffed stations (and to the present day I have to say they were right from my experiences).
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