Yikes -!
And to think you only live 5 or 6 miles from me. I heard there's a web site
out there that identifies when Train Spotters move into the neighborhood :-)
Wayne
Plainfield, IL
----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Marr" <mmarr@notwires.com>
To: "Randall" <tr3driver@comcast.net>
Cc: "Triumphs" <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, May 02, 2005 5:55 PM
Subject: Re: TR3 tail lights etc
>> "trainspotters". In the UK, where it rains frequently, these people
>> always
>> wear anoraks (so the legend goes) while watching train movements and so
>> the
>> term anorak has come to be applied to anyone who tracks mind-numbing
>> minutia
>> ... like what color the license plate lamp on a TR3 should be.
>
> Guilty as charged! I was a trainspotter in my youth, on the old London,
> Tilbury and Southend Railway, and I remember how excited I would be when a
> 9F 2-10-0 appeared at the head of the up freight from Coryton oil refinery
> instead of the usual Stanier class 4MT 2-6-4T. And, I carefully checked
> off the engine's number in my Ian Allan trainspotter's booklet! Of
> course, this was before anoraks were invented (I'm talking steam, here),
> but I did have a "donkey" jacket!
>
> Michael Marr
> 1960 TR3A
> Naperville, IL
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