Hi. I've just joined.
My name is Mike, I've just qualified as an Old age perisher.
I've been interested in trains, ever since I first went train spotting, with friends, on East Croydon station, in 1953.
From 1954/60 I attended a boarding school in Dorset, which, six times a year, entailed a journey to/from Waterloo to/from Dorchester south. Invariably, behind a Bulleid Pacific. On rare occasions, a Lord Nelson. Hence, my love of the Bulleids.
I don't make dedicated train spotting trips. But I always carry a micro cassette recorder with me, for whenever I make a train journey. Or spot a train, whilst driving around.
Last thursday, I drove my daughter from London, to Birmingham New st. To catch a connection to Glasgow, Because she didn't book early enough to get an economical through ticket.