Judging by the popularity of preserved railways and the huge number of railway books and magazines on the bookshelves of the local bookstore (second only to computers), the fascination remains undiminished. Of course, every boy’s ambition was to be in charge of one of these leviathans. Even when steam engines were the norm there was a distinct thrill in seeing two huge locomotives dashing along at the head of a rake of 12 coaches, or watching a begrimed engine trying valiantly to cope with 40 trucks of coal. A common occupation was train spotting having the singular advantage of being free. In the days before computers, televisions and mobile phones (and when the equivalent of a new penny was good pocket money) it behoved the younger generation to provide their own entertainment.
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