Trainspotters in the United Kingdom
A pair of young trainspotters photographed at Bletchley railway station, 1962 | |
| Years active | 1940s-present |
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| Country | United Kingdom |
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A trainspotter, also known as a locospotter or gricer, is a member of a British subculture that was popularised in the 1940s. Based on the spotting of locomotives and recording of their numbers, the subculture gained a notorious reputation in British popular culture during the twentieth century.