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The world's first trainspotter

Dieses Thema im Forum 'On Track.' wurde von stepney60 gestartet, 9 Januar 2008.

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    As the National Railway Museum in York opens a new £4m visitor centre, it claims a 14-year-old in 1825 as the world's first trainspotter.

    Long before Clapham Junction, anoraks and binoculars, trainspotting was born in the North East.
    For a 14-year-old boy, the sight of the world's first steam-hauled passenger train in 1825 was a revelation. John Backhouse, a Quaker from County Durham, wrote to his sisters in London a month after seeing the opening of the Stockton to Darlington railway.

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7179030.stm
     
    stepney60, 9 Januar 2008
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