[michaelborrill]

I have been interested in railways from the age of 9. One Sunday whilst leaving church(yes, I was a good boy then!) a friend said that there was probably a streaK coming and did I want to see it. I had no idea what a streak was but I went with him to Lincoln Central station.
I lived in Lincoln until I was 25 ish and I later learnt that Sunday regular diversions from the East Coast main line took place. From what I remember that first "spotting" was the Sunday Harrogate Pullman. No streak as I remember but my first A4 was at Newark a few weeks later and I always remember it because it was on a pick up freight.
I left school and went onto the footplate, firing from an early time from the 40A shed, later getting a regular job at the St Marks sub depot.
After a spell in the army, Royal Engineers Movement Control, I returned but shortly afterwards with the diesels and a certain Dr Beeching, moved into the Telegraph dept staying for a few years before I moved to other pastures prior to the more or less elimination of many lines in Lincolnshire.
After a gap of numerous years, my interest was ignited again probably with the many steam railways being brought back to life.
I have always built model layouts and over the last two years have started to make O gauge locos.
I now live in Boston which does not give me much scope for sightings but I visit Heritage lines whenever possible.
When I do go back to Lincoln I remember the days when freight traffic was "bumper to bumper" on the high line(Lincoln Avoiding line-permissive block
) and the heady days at Pyewipe and Boultham Junctions.
That is a brief introdution to me.

Michael