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, April 11, 2020



EAST HILLS STEAMERS

Happy Easter to all my fellow railfans, viewers my blog and, of course, all my irrational haters who work so hard to encourage me.
G'day Gordo.
Being stuck at home due to the Coronavirus, and interfering online weirdos, I have had a huge amount of time to get stuck into scanning photos and cataloguing a ridiculously messy archive.
This week I became quite concerned.
No, not about the ongoing pandemic that is gripping the world, but that I once invested so much time in photographing steam locomotives.
Yes, yes, I know. Very out of character.

3137 at Revesby station.
The steam program was huge during 1988, the 
bi-centennial year. A few of my friends (creepy ones according to Gordo) and I decided to make the effort to cover as much of the action as possible.
In coming weeks I shall put a little of this up here.

3137 crosses the Cooks River bridge on approach to Tempe station.
One of the more interesting events were the steam shuttles from Sydney Terminal to the, still quite new, East Hills station using 3112 and 3137.

3137 at the new East Hills station.
R19 on the other platform.


3137 passes through Tempe station with a shuttle to East Hills.

3137 at Revesby station.

3137 arriving at Revesby station.

3112 approaching some station on the East Hills line.

3137 arrives at Narwee on the up.
This shot blows me away the most. I had a business in Narwee from 2010 until 2017 and just can't believe that it once looked like this. Those embankments are totally gone and the streets-cape beyond is visible.

Comparison shot with Narwee in 2012.

3112 flies through Revesby station light engine..

3112 departs Kingsgrove station.


3112 at Riverwood.

3112 at Kingsgrove station.

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Coming Soon

Moulemein/Deniliquin Tour 1989
Richmond Steam 1988

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1 comment:

Anonymous said...

While I don't comment I really like your posts, especially of steam trains.