The Semi-Retired Foamer has been a railfan since he was around 5 years old, oh yes a very young age, an age when one really should avoid being involved with the gunzel community to any great extent. A few rather unsavoury people bringing that fact home.
After a few decades of train chasing, one decided to break with protocol and get married, thus leading to a severe cut in railfan activity.
Subsequent dealings with hate breeders, lunatics, mental defectives and self-appointed preservation overlords lead to an even greater decrease in my hobby participation.
However things have changed thanks to our small group of trusted mates, interest has returned, and now I have become a bit more involved yet again..
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 Over the years I have tried my best to further both the hobby, as well as the friendships that it brings. I have done this by setting up proactive groups both here in Australia, as well as the Philippines. It is with huge honour that I am often considered the founding father of the railfan hobby in the Philippines (my second home).
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I don't take the hobby too seriously and I am a friend to anyone who is good and genuine. But never forgive those who have used their hate to destroy my hobby or hurt the friends within it.

Let's Make The Hobby Great Again!
I aim to share the era that I considered mine, the 80s and 90s. I also like to help promote, and even raise funds for, the various heritage societies that keep the era alive
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Wednesday, December 26, 2007

Cadney Park (South Australia) Train Orders!




Howdee,

I have said in earlier blog entries that you can find souveniers in the strangest of places.

In what must be the most amazing examples are the extracts here are from a 1984 train order book originally in Cadney Park (South Australia). Cadney Park is on the current line to Darwin, although Alice Springs was the termination point in these days.

Given the location, you could imagine the surprise of finding it on the long removed Murraymore Siding in Mascot (New South Wales).

It is a full book and more extracts can be put up if the interest is there.


Brad

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3 comments:

Anonymous said...

G'day Brad

Please show us more of the train order book. I may be a little twisted and warped but things like that book fascinate me.

Stuart

December 27, 2007 at 10:37 AM
alcogoodwin said...

Hi Stuart,
I don't think your alone mate. Certainly they interest me as well, as does all records to do with diesels years ago.
I shall get some more up shortly.

Regards
Brad

December 27, 2007 at 9:20 PM
Anonymous said...

Yeah keep 'em going.
The good old days, they now use an A4 sheet of paper, use radios rather than track side phones and no where near as interesting.

Mind you, in 30 years, some young Gunzel will want to know about the A4 train orders!!

December 28, 2007 at 4:20 AM

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