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Most people I've met think it's great that I can go out and spend all day travelling to a place they've never heard of!
As most people soon realised, I could often find them cheaper tickets to wherever they wanted to go rather than just the open return..
I had to laugh the other day though when someone got off a 507 I'd also alighted from at Liverpool Central and said, very immaturely to the guard 'choo choo Thomas!' Of course... he couldn't have known the guard's name actually WAS Thomas! (Off topic slightly I know but it was funny!)
Some guards have taken the mick a bit, particularly on the Cumbrian and Cambrian coasts when i've shown my rover issued miles away for the 5th time that week and it's 'which random place are we dropping you off today then?''
I've certainly heard 'you're nothing like I thought you'd be' a few times once people have got to know me-which says a lot about the perception of rail enthusiasts... (I hope!) In fact I don't think I've ever met anyone who's been overly negative about it, or certainly not for long.
As most people soon realised, I could often find them cheaper tickets to wherever they wanted to go rather than just the open return..
I had to laugh the other day though when someone got off a 507 I'd also alighted from at Liverpool Central and said, very immaturely to the guard 'choo choo Thomas!' Of course... he couldn't have known the guard's name actually WAS Thomas! (Off topic slightly I know but it was funny!)
Some guards have taken the mick a bit, particularly on the Cumbrian and Cambrian coasts when i've shown my rover issued miles away for the 5th time that week and it's 'which random place are we dropping you off today then?''
I've certainly heard 'you're nothing like I thought you'd be' a few times once people have got to know me-which says a lot about the perception of rail enthusiasts... (I hope!) In fact I don't think I've ever met anyone who's been overly negative about it, or certainly not for long.