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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Saturday, February 8, 2020

KEMBLA TORPEDOS


One of my bigger rail obsessions is the internal rail  operations of Australian steelworks, with a growing interest in those overseas.
Over the years, I have taken a good amount of internal rollingstock shots that have been largely useless, just sitting in photo albums and computer files.
So, recently I got to thinking that I may as well inflict some of them upon the world by way of one of my blogs. Don't mention it, you're welcome.
Of course, internal steelworks rollingstock is not everyone's cup of cocoa, so here is a kitten video should you prefer to spend your time that way.

Anyways, I guess we may as well start with the most impressive rollingstock in any steelworks, the Torpedo (Hot Metal) Ladel. I don't plan to fill up the interwebs with hundreds of photos, so have just chosen a random few.

If interest is there, we shall move onto the other internal wagons.



















#portkembla #steelworks 


1 comment:

Anonymous said...

I never knew such strange critters existed. Interesting and thanks for the education.