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A group of young trainspotters 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 Harry Todd/Fox Photos/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

A group of young trainspotters 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 Harry Todd/Fox Photos/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)