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, March 23, 2008

WHERE IS IT #2

Howdee,
With what little time I have on the internet today I thought I would throw up another of those 'Where Is It' type questions with some photos from the archives.

OK: The first person to give a correct answer in the comments section below gets a years free subscription to this blogsite :-) Well, you will get the admiration of all those who couldn't answer it anyway :-)

So, WHERE IS IT?

INCORRECT GUESSES:

Woonona Beach - Sandgate* - Malabar Rifle Range - Botany - Bellambi Beach

* = Closest guess thus far.

ANSWER:

Nobbys (Near Newcastle Station)! First person to guess was Dick Holland on LocoShed Yahoogroup.

4 comments:

Unknown said...

Sandgate? (just kidding :) )

Perhaps Botany somewhere?

Stuart

alcogoodwin said...

It be neither. However the Sandgate one was closer.

Brad

Unknown said...

Ok so it's close to Sandgate ... but it can't be that close because the only sidings around there would have been the old cemetery line and I drove past Sandgate cemetery on Saturday and there was no sand in sight.

So perhaps somewhere around Newcastle ... is that the sea I see ... hmmm what disused railway lines ended up near the sea ...?

Hmmmm ... down on the Redhead line? The terminus perhaps? The name escapes me at the moment and I'm too lazy to walk down to the other end of the house and dig in my railway library to find the name.

I never did get to explore that line so I don't know about seeing the sea from there ...

Is there anywhere else on the north coast where rail lines get that close to the sand and the sea?

alcogoodwin said...

Stuart,
When I walked Belmont to Redhead in the 90s there were sections like this just south of the junction into John Darling Colliery.
Actually, like here, the rails were lost under sand in a number of places.
The answer has now been given on the website, after some delay due to injuries and work commitments.

Best wishes
Brad