The Semi-Retired Foamer has been a railfan since he was around 5 years old, a very young age when one really shold avoid being involved with the community to any great extent.
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, thus leading to the 'Semi-Retired' name.
However things have changed, interest has returned, and now I have become more involved yet again..
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Wednesday, May 4, 2011
Yes I realise it is May now, but I have still many more 44 class shots that I have scanned. Thankfully I stopped scanning them a week ago, otherwise the amount here could keep us going for the rest of the year.
Still, contrary to popular opinion, you can't have to much of a good thing.
Oh the wonderful pre-Endeavour days on the south.
4486 pauses briefly at Menangle before roaring off in another cloud of thick black smoke.
A still clean 4486 at Delec.
4499 and 4485 are none to concerned about Mindaribba loop as they hurry their way north towards Brisbane.
4484 on a ballast train somewhere around Sydney.
Anyone able to identify the location?
4484 4511 climb south out of Taree.
4482 shunts 8502 at Lansdown Engineering (Goninan) near Taree.
4483 and 4447 amongst a sea of red at Delec.
4482 stabled at Moss Vale between runs to the city.
She certainly gets around, now she is shunting the Manning River branch in Taree.
4481 on a down Goulburn passenger at Strathfield.
4481 leads a train north out of Taree.
4480 shunting Taree yard.
4480 in Delec.
Changing of guard as 4482 arrives in Taree to replace 4480 on local shunting duties.
4480 has just been painted into the blue livery and awaits release from Chullora.
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Welcome to the Semi_Retired Foamers Blog!
Over the years one builds up an extensive library of train related photos, timetables, documents and other stuff which basically does buggar all other than gather dust. In recent times I have wondered what to do both with these, and all the more current shots, locomotive news and other bollocks I come across while conducting my foamer business. Through this blog I hope to share a lot of this stuff and bore you senseless in the process. Along the way one hopes you will put up with my somewhat unusual sense of humour. Years of putting up with many in the hobby who, well, hmmmmm I suppose you could say lunatic fringe members, has given me more of a view of the hobby as something that is quite a joke. Certainly not the serious thing it once was. Hope you enjoy the bollocks conveyed hearin.
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