Spotters’ Special At London Bridge - from our story 'Going Loco: The Joy Of Trainspotting'

Trainspotters Ian Herbert, Michael Harris and Michael McDonough on board a special train at London Bridge Station, London, 5th January 1953. The 'Spotters' Special' is taking four hundred young rail enthusiasts on a trip to the locomotive works and engine sheds at Stratford in east London. The trip has been organized by the Ian Allen Loco Spotters' Club, which is celebrating its tenth anniversary and the enrolment of its one hundred-thousandth member. (Photo by Ron Burton/Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

1953. Trainspotters Ian Herbert, Michael Harris and Michael McDonough on board a special train at London Bridge Station, London, 5th January 1953. The 'Spotters' Special' is taking four hundred young rail enthusiasts on a trip to the locomotive works and engine sheds at Stratford in east London. The trip has been organized by the Ian Allen Loco Spotters' Club, which is celebrating its tenth anniversary and the enrolment of its one hundred-thousandth member. (Photo by Ron Burton/Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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