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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Sunday, January 18, 2026

ALBUMS: INFRASTRUCTURE ELSEWHERE PT1

 

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Benalla Railway Station (Victoria)
Mainline to New South Wales, junction for Yarrawonga and former Tatong lines. 
Opened 1873
Photo: Brad Peadon


Ballan Railway Station (Victoria)
Melbourne - Ballarat Line.
Opened 1887
Photo: Brad Peadon


Keith Railway Station (South Australia)
Mainline between Adelaide and Melbourne. 
Opened 1886
Photo: Brad Peadon


Nuriootpa Railway Station (South Australia)
Barossa Valley line through to Angaston, and junction of Truro branch. 
Truro line closed 1990.
Nurioopta to Angaston was removed in 2010.
The final traffic on the line, the Penrice Stony, wound up in 2014 and the line is now disused.
Opened 1911
Photo: Brad Peadon


Gheringhap in Victoria is the junction for the cross country line via Maroona and on to Ararat, as well as the line to Ballarat.
Opened 1878
Photos: Brad Peadon


Hoppers Crossing on Metro's Werribee line in Melbourne.
Opened 1970
Photo: Brad Peadon


The now removed signalbox at St Kilda in suburban Melbourne. This was taken not long after the line had been converted for light rail operation.
St Kilda heavy rail opened in 1857.
Closed to heavy rail in mid 1987, then reopened as a light rail line in November of the same year.
The signal box is believed to be gone.
Photo: Brad Peadon


Wangaratta is another impressive Victoria rural station.
Situated on the Main Sydney-Melbourne railway.
Opened 1873, very temporarily being the terminus for a few months before the rest of the line to Wodonga was completed.
Photo: Brad Peadon


Above and four below.
Bordertown Railway Station (South Australia)
Mainline between Adelaide and Melbourne. 
Opened 1881 with the extension of the Narracoorte - Kingston SE line, but not connected to Adelaide until 1886.
Photo: Brad Peadon






Culburra is an Indigenous Australian term for 'plenty of sand' and is (or more correctly 'was) located on the main line from Adelaide to Melbourne.
Opened 1911
It is believed to have been wiped out in the 90s.
Photo: Brad Peadon


Coomandook is believed to be an Indigenous Australian term for 'place of different speech' and despite closing around 1990 is believed to still exist.
Opened 1912, however the line had passed through since 1886.
Photo: Brad Peadon


Serviceton station is on the Victorian side of the nearby border with South Australia and was named after the Premier of Victoria (1880, 1883-1886) James Service.
It is believed that passenger trains have not service Serviceton for a couple of decades, so could well be called 'Nonserviceton'. 😄
Opened 1889
Closed 1984
Photo: Brad Peadon


Above and three below.
The impressive railway workshops at Redbank in suburban Brisbane (Queensland).
Workshops opened in 1958.
Photos: Brad Peadon


2492 undergoing a pretty major bit of work.
Photo: Brad Peadon





Above and below.
The Keates Road level crossing at Tallegalla on the currently suspended Rosewood Railway.
Opened 1911
Photos: Brad Peadon



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