A railfan or railway enthusiast and sometimes also called a trainspotter is a person interested, recreationally, in rail transport.
To support the hobby in the United Kingdom, railway enthusiast societies or clubs were formed though many are now defunct.
Some railway enthusiast societies in the United Kingdom have been in existence for many years.
[3] It was a breakaway society formed by former members of the Dalescroft Railfans Club.
[12] Buckley Wells Railway Enthusiasts went out of existence in 1969 following an over ambitious southern trip.
This society ran road trips by coach and occasionally minibus touring depots.
The Longport Rail Enthusiasts, later the Harecastle Railway Society, were formed by a group of friends who attended Wolstanton Grammar School (Staffordshire) in the late 1960s.
Headed by the late Paul Davies, and active until the mid 1970s, they organised a number of tours by bus and rail.