OK Thread drift - but my Railway Anorak story dates from 1959, when at the age of 15 I was waiting for the local stopper train to stop in the village to take me to Derby to meet up with the rest of the school CCF Contingent to catch the 'Devonian' to Bristol en route to RAF Locking for Summer Camp.I was the sole [prospective] passenger when the Station Master approached me and said the stopper had broken down at Chinley.I expressed my alarm and informed him how important my journey was.He promised to do what he could. Twenty minutes later the Devonian - consisting of two Jubilee Class locos pulling 14 coaches - pulled in to this tiny station to pick up this pimply 15 yr old cadet.For the two spotters this was Train Spotting Heaven