Freight Spotting

[charlie873]

Hello All,

Just wondered whats the best place in the east Midlands for freight spotting?

Any ideas will be appreiciated.

I thank you,

Charlie

 

[YorkshireBear]

not really east midlands but doncaster is fairly close, sorry i know thats rather unhelpful

 

[charlie873]

Thanks mate. I'm just after some ideas really as I've not lived here long and dont know any where decent to go.

 

[Shrub Hill]

From Mansfield , Chesterfield would be your best bet I would have thought

 

[rail-britain]

Equally, not East Midlands either, but my next suggestion would have been Nuneaton

 

[MidnightFlyer]

AFAIK the East Mids is defined as Derbs, Leics, Notts and Lincs, so Chesterfield fits in there, but you know that's just me. Sorry, stupid question, why do people always go to places like Chesterfield, Nuneaton etc to trainspot, but not Leicester, Nottm and Lincoln?

 

[Train wasp]

Hi
Have a look at this web site. It's got all or most of the classic locations.

http://www.trainspots.co.uk/

 

[rail-britain]

stupid question, why do people always go to places like Chesterfield, Nuneaton etc to trainspot, but not Leicester, nottm and Lincoln?

It's more about the volume and variety of trains and trying to avoid the boredom factor

As an example, Nuneaton can throw up some unexpected workings and fairly regular freights no matter what time of day