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'Playing on the tracks' has been a pastime for many years,
I remember I hesitate to call them Train Spotters (1950s talk) waiting to hear an A4 whistle before running across the tracks. This was at Hatfield just where the accident was a few years ago. Right on the bend was the preferred 'crossing' place and if I remember correctly there were at that time 6 tracks to cross. Thankfully I never heard of any accidents but in those days they never caught the headlines much anyway. I hate to think of how the poor drivers felt to see these people running across in front of them.
Things do not really change much over the years.
John (G)
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