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train spotter

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train spotter
n
1. (Non-sporting Hobbies / Trainspotting) a person who collects the numbers of railway locomotives
2. Informal a person who is obsessed with trivial details, esp of a subject generally considered uninteresting


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Police searched the area, including railway stations, as Shaun was a train spotter.
The move comes just weeks after the train company was forced to reverse a decision to ban train spotters from viewing the pounds 3m steam engine Tornado when it carried its first passengers from Darlington to London.
With railways in his genes, the young James was an enthusiastic train spotter from the age of 10, founding the railway society at his school, Bryanston in Dorset.
 
 
 
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