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My first introduction to the railway hobby was as a 10 year old back in 1963 when my mate, the late Stan Roberts, asked if I wanted to go trainspotting with him to Preston station on a summer Saturday morning. OK I said in a non-commital way - I was more interested in kicking a football around at the time - but it was when he suggested on the morning of the adventure that we "bunk" Preston shed that it all came home to me. As we crept under the foreman's office II came up against the driving wheels at ground level of Coronation pacific "City of Salford" which had recently been withdrawn and stored. I stood in awe and just couldn't believe just how big the b****y thing was, then after noting all the numbers we came out and a Jubilee went by with a holiday express for Blackpool, I was hooked. Although, got to admit it was never the same after 4 August 1968.
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