One who engages in trainspotting is a trainspotter. Train-spotting is evidently a serious business, and following my reference to the club in North Hull, I am told by year-old R. Evans, of Hessle, that a flourishing club has been in existence locally since last December. To railway officials the 1. But to the 40 or 50 kiddies who regularly crowd into it on Saturdays its the "Train Spotters' Special. Words We're Watching talks about words we are increasingly seeing in use but that have not yet met our criteria for entry.
Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free! Log in Sign Up. Words We're Watching Trainspotting The practice of watching trains, particularly as a hobby.
Why should this be so? The s were an era of fast streamlined steam locomotives culminating in July when Mallard took the world steam record reaching mph. Trains became luxurious and were a glamourous way to travel. The war then brought austerity and hardship and at the end of it, some train number books were published for train spotters. A Southern Railway clerk received an increasing amount of requests for locomotive information so he decided to compile lists of engine numbers and publish them in books as well as with individual locomotive names plus operational and construction details.
Ian Allen. Thus started his publishing empire which turned into a world famous company. Just before WW2, there were tens of thousands of steam locomotive numbers to collect.
In for example, there were 19, steam locomotives pulling 42, carriages plus , freight wagons 17, Guards Vans. It is thought that in the aftermath of the war and its chaos, there was a desire for order and permanence by the kids of the day.
Train spotting provided this order as well as instant companionship on platforms because complete strangers knew they shared a common interest.
Collecting locomotive numbers evolved into more extreme types of spotting with many turning to collecting wagon and carriage numbers.
This was an almost impossible challenge to complete given the quantity of rolling stock on the railways. As lines closed from the s, and steam began to be replaced by diesel and electric locomotives as a result of the modernisation plan, many people wanted to travel on the lines to be closed.
As locomotives were scrapped from , many wanted to travel behind each class before they were consigned to the scrapyard. These changes were accelerated after the Beeching Report and brought a new wave of trainspotting activity recording the passing way of railway life.
If anyone can help me Many thanks. Guide to Getting Started with Train Spotting. SE-Gen groups. Includes information about RHTT allocations, rare movements on the mainline and heads up about future uncommon workings.
Railway Forums Railway forums are also a useful resource such as railforums. Freightmaster — hand compiled train timetables for services that often run, and the locomotive class that runs them paid. Do not cross the yellow line at stations. This includes legs of tripods and legs of human beings. Do not wave with both arms in the air — this should only be done in an emergency and you need the train to stop for safety reasons. Advise station staff of your presence.
Try to keep out of the way of commuters. Most train spotters go to the far end of the platform for good shots, but should not pass any signs at the ends of the platform. When using foot crossings, be aware that trains can come in either direction at any time.
You should always follow the advice of staff on the platform. Whilst most stations will be train spotter friendly Eastleigh is a good example that welcomes train spotters , but if staff ask you to leave the station, you should do so. Author: matt Owner of Rail Record. Notify of. Oldest Newest Most Voted. Inline Feedbacks.
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