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Originally Posted by control-manager
Hi,
At 71 years old and have worked on the od British Rail,I still like Trainspotting EWS locomotives with there large Numbers helped,but DB Schenker's numbered Locomotives don't help old people to get the numbers.
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I'm all for that! When I was a kid in Reading in the 50's, it was nearly impossible to read the cast brass GWR numberplates at any distance, it was great whwn I went home from school, there was always a SR loco with an inter-regional passenger service crossing Scours Lane bridge (if I was quick), and the numbers could easily be read at about 350 yards. After doing a lot of spotting in France, I strayed upon a couple of Belgian (SNCB) locos - they had huge numbers at both ends! I spent a lot of time in Belgium after that - AND Holland, where loco numbers were equally large. And all that was BEFORE my eyesight started to go downhill!
