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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Thursday, August 29, 2019

A SPECIAL DAY FOR A W
SW5 738

I have often had a knack for planning holidays that coincide with interesting transport things that are happening. These are usually firsts, lasts, or just irregular events.
On this day, quite by chance, I turned up in Collins Street (Melbourne if by chance you are not aware) to find 738 trailing behind a couple of A2 class.
While not a monumentally huge surprise, I had photographed her a few days earlier at Preston Workshops, I was totally unaware that she was to be doing her first run as a 'Transporting Art' tram before I headed on back to Sydney.
The painting of the tram 'The Desert Tram' was commissioned and painted  by artist Jeffrey Makin in 1987.
VicSig lists the tram as being stored in Newport Workshops.







2 comments:

Anonymous said...

No one looking at their phones!

alcogoodwin said...

Andrew, it was certainly a different time.