But his organisation has been knocked off course by unexpected events: an economic downturn and 'austerity'... the Croydon tram crash... Brexit... and now a global pandemic that has pulled the rug from beneath Transport for London's feet.

There is also the snag that many people prefer aircraft simply because they regard this is a travel medium that is with it.

Aware that the army was preparing to invade Jehol, in November 1932 the Emperor asked General Koiso Kuniaki, chief of staff of the Kwantung Army, about the military’s intentions in Jehol and expressed his anxiety that any planned operations there would worsen Japan’s isolated position in the League of Nations (Nara 1990b: 346). His opposition to a Jehol campaign was shared by Prime Minister Saito, who, on 5 January 1933, suggested that the Emperor issue an imperial rescript commanding the Kwantung Army not to penetrate Jehol.

From my own experience, I cannot say how one becomes a railfan […]