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Originally Posted by tomos
Hey guys.
Thanks for the input so far. It is very helpful.
Could someone be kind enough to explain to me what the difference is between someone who spots and someone who documents rail stock? Is the act of spotting trying to find the same vehicle again, or perhaps spotting all the stock, while the act of documentation is for when an individual find something striking to look at?
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OK
Spotting is an old-fashioned word now-a-days people would call themselves enthusiasts. but there are different levels
there are those who only follow Heritage rail
there are those who only watch for locomotives
there are those who only watch for multiple units
there are those who only watch passenger trains
there are those who only watch freight trains
there are those who only watch On Track Plant and Departmentals
then there are the true geeks of the enthusiasts who watch for everything.
The main idea is to observe the stock once but sometimes there are some stock you will see the whole class within a year so you can do a year list it's entirely your choice
Documentation
there are numerous books on offer all costing quite a lot of money and these will be up-dated at least twice a year
Some people build themselves computer databases and cross reference their photographs to the records as that can be used to confirm date and place from exif information.
There are also some enthusiasts who are so dedicated that they will travel to a distant part of the UK just to see one wagon
Now unfortunately for you most of the areas that you are proposing will be 90% passenger working if not higher, so you can see immediately that will cut down potential clientele.
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Originally Posted by tomos
All the pillboxes that I have selected are situated on the edge of network rail property and therefore could be adapted to allow access from public walkways.
However, I imagine that network rail and possibly local clubs through club memberships would maintain these properties.
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Network Rail (syn. Notwork Rail) not a chance of them maintaining anything like this whilst they do not openly dislike enthusiasts it is felt that sometimes we get in the way (despite the fact we spend an awful lot of money on travel) British Transport Police use use as extra eyes and ears and are grateful when an enthusiast gives them the chance of catching criminals on the railway, but they would not provide policing as these pillboxes whilst close to the rails are not on Railway property or if they are you would not be allowed to get access to them
OK there's a lot of negatives there
The Idea of somewhere where we can go that is safe and legal near to the tracks is a brilliant idea. but unfortunately these are very few and far between because it's keeping them SAFE and LEGAL is where the problem will lie and that will cost money
Then after all that Network Rail WILL install their bloobin' security fencing and ruin the view