Young spotters finally identified after 48 years!

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[PhilWakely]

Way back in October 1976 - 48 years almost to the day - I was assigned a project by the Bath University Photographic Club. "Photograph the new trains". So, I spent a couple of Saturdays on Swindon station taking pictures of the newly introduced InterCity 125s. some of these pictures can be found on my flickr account.

One particular picture can be seen as my profile picture on this forum - three unknown, young and very curious spotters at the cab of W43010.  Whenever I look at this picture, I find myself wondering what these youngsters are up to now, 48 years later. Well, anybody can view my flickr account, so imagine my surprise to be notified of a comment made against that picture by one of the lads in the picture!

Photo and comment here

[Chris from Nailsea]

That's brilliant! 

In my sixth-form at school (when it was allowed to be called that) we had Friday afternoons out and about as 'industrial archaeology' lessons, led by teacher Martin Lee.  One of those trips was to be driven in the school's minibus to Bristol Temple Meads, to be introduced to the new generation of High Speed Trains.

That would have been around the same date - 1976 or 1977.   

[Timmer]

Some great pictures of the early days of the HST^▸ (High Speed Train) there Phil, enjoyed looking at them. Such a great train, much missed.