[DaveJ]

I have to agree with Trev - for me one of the best things about being interested in railways from an early age was the need to travel the country looking for those rare types that you never got on your home territory.Not only did you get to see rarely glimpsed motive power (and that was a real thrill in itself) you also got to find out a lot about this country of ours.Of course the world was a lot bigger in the early 60s than it is now - a trip to Scotland was a real adventure,by train or car.
It was a real treat to go hundreds of miles away and feel that you were in foreign lands - maybe that's difficult to understand today with mobile phones,motorways,laptops and all the paraphenalia of modern life - back then you were lucky to have a notebook and pen,let alone a camera or pair of binoculars.
Times change I guess,but I find it a shame that you can see a 158 in Penzance and a 158 in Inverness half a day later.