Have you ever been train spotting?

Question

If so what colour spots did you give them?

Answer 1

You can't beat Crewe on a wet Wednesday.  Correction.  Everything beats Crewe at anytime.

Answer 2

I am on true splat form when spotting the tube. I don't mind a gap, I render it usefully blue.

Answer 3

Yes it is very fun to do in the summer time

Answer 4

i've been train spotter spotting x

Answer 5

Depended on my mood that day

Answer 6

Yes, I have been traon spotting, several times in fact. You don't give them colours however. You simply record the Class of loco, the Number, and any livery details in you spotter's notebook, and then use it to accurately model a loco, or to put on a website for train spotting, such as http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/pr... and then let others no that you saw them!

Answer 7

He he. Someone seems to like graffitiing trains I've noticed around the country.

Answer 8

bright pink

Answer 9

I was potty trained (all different colors too) ... does that count?

Answer 10

In the late 1970s, British intelligence uncovered a plot by the French, Irish and various Eastern Bloc countries.  The plot was to abscond with British railway equipment, for purposes unknown.  It's believed that the true purpose of the Chunnel is to advance that plot.   Faced with the overwhelming task of identifying which equipment might have been stolen, MI6 enlisted the help of the public.  

Borrowing a page from George H.W. Bush's CIA, these surveyors conceal the national-security nature of their work by masquerading as a harmless nutters.  In fact, they are establishing a record that these pieces of equipment are still in the U.K.

Since the end of the Cold War, their work has become even more important, as "axis of evil" nations like Iran, Afghanistan etc. have strong inclinations to make off with U.K. rolling stock, since theirs really suck.

Answer 11

Green

Answer 12

Used to go spotting on the main network when trains were more interesting.

Modern trains don't do much for me.

I like to collect models and paint them in various liveries. Some of them have spots on them (e.g. yellow, red, blue) to tell how powerful they are.

In those far-off days of youthful innocence when 'trainspotting' was just that and didn't have its modern connotations there was a book called the Ian Allan ABC of British Railway Locomotives or the ABC for short which listed every locomotive number. You took down the numbers of engines you'd seen or 'copped' and underlined them in the book.

Another essential piece of equipment was the Kodak Brownie camera, cheap and simple and very easy to use.

I still like trains but I am a steam fan so tend to hang out at museums, heritage railways etc.

Answer 13

Train spotting is a diverse career option now, with most major train operating companies employing 'train spotters' to stand on railway platforms up and down the country to make the rail industry look more interesting than it is. It is a highly sought after job, and on gaining an illustrious postion you are issued with a pen and notepad, camera, rain mackintosh, flask of hot tea, a box of kleenex tissue wipes and a trusty pair of spectacles with or without elasterplast on the frame.

You are free to accumulate you own kit to help pass yourself off as a dedicated enthuisiast, books, badges, tv cameras, railway uniform, orange vests or  Isambard Kingdom Brunel first class open return from Doncaster.

           As an agent, you will be posted to a mainline station, which could be anywhere in the country and you will be required to stand on an end of your choice, regardless of the weather conditions, for up to 16 hours a day.

         You are advised not to talk to other 'agents' so as not to blow your cover, but to go about your business of squinting at various diesel engines as they trundle past. You may be required to manically chase after the unit with a camera taking as many pictures as you can get. OTE are £40 k a year depending on how many numbers you get.

After you've spent the first box of tissues you will see it's very much a job for life, as any ' spotter' will tell you, just look at a few next time you are out and about and you will see what I mean.

        To become a sucessful spotter you should enjoy your own company, have the abilty to work on your own initative, you should have problems dealing with other people on a social level, a criminal conviction would be desirable and an ASBO acceptable. Some form of speech impediment would be advantageous especially if it causes you to spit in peoples faces when talking to them. A Low level of personal hygiene and some for of mental illness are essential .

Previous applicants need not apply.

Answer 14

Never!