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Coventry station
Well I did not come from a railway family, but as a little chap in short trousers and riding a bike, I used to go to a bridge over the aproach to Coventry Station in the early 50s and watch the trains come and go, especially a train called the MIDLANDER.
But what got me hooked on railways generally I think, was the general atmosphere, the smell of smoke, steam, the smell of the station. There is a lot if not most of that sort of atmosphere gone on todays railway, atmosphere which todays enthuiast will never know.
Then in my working life, spending it all on the railway and now I am retired I have become an even bigger enthusiast having time on my hands.
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