British railway enthusiasm

Now Available In Paperback, This Is The First Academic Book To Study Railway Enthusiasts In Britain. Far From A Trivial Topic, The Post-war Train Spotting Craze Swept Most Boys And Some Girls Into A Passion For Railways, And For Many, Ignited A Lifetime’s Interest. British Railway Enthusiasm Traces This Post-war Cohort, And Those Which Followed, As They Invigorated Different Sectors In The World Of Railway Enthusiasm – Train Spotting, Railway Modelling, Collecting Railway Relics – And Then, In Response To The Demise Of Main Line Steam Traction, Britain’s Now-huge Preserved Railway Industry. Today This Industry Finds Itself Riven By Tensions Between Preserving A Loved Past Which Ever Fewer People Can Remember And Earning Money From Tourist Visitors. The Widespread And Enduring Significance Of Railway Enthusiasm Will Ensure That This Groundbreaking Text Remains A Key Work In Transport Studies, And Will Appeal To Enthusiasts As Much As To Students And Scholars Of Transport And Cultural History.