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, March 26, 2022

CLOSED SOUTH-WEST LINES TOUR - 21 02 2015

 



Back in the days before select individuals ruined the S*M*U*T group, and the hobby as a whole for myself, we would run the occasional bus tours around Sydney, checking out former rail locations.

This was our second tour, this one covering the former lines of the south-west, along with visits to the 'Campbelltown Steam and Machinery Museum' and the model railway club at Menangle.


Picking up passengers at Sydenham station.
Photo: Brad Peadon



Remains of former railway station inside Rookwood station.
Photo: Brad Peadon








Busing it along the old cemetery formation.
Photo: Brad Peadon


2716 visiting a very wet Warwick Farm Racecourse platform.
Opened: 1889 - Closed: 1990
Since this visit, most of the platform has been removed for some sort of redevelopment.
Photo: Brad Peadon














What Warwick Farm Racecourse used to look like.
Photo: Brad Peadon



Former Holsworthy branch line from Liverpool.
The wet road makes the former trackage obvious. The track in front of me is the main track to Holsworthy (ahead), and Liverpool (behind).
  In the distance, the line curves right under Newbridge Road, while a former siding branched off to the left of the shot.
Photo: Brad Peadon


Above: where the siding ran into the factory.
Below: where the line ran under Newbridge Road.
Photo: Brad Peadon



Mr Phil Harrison.
Photo: Brad Peadon



Special train ride kindly operated by the museum.
Photo: Brad Peadon











Menangle railway station.
Photo: Brad Peadon


Campbelltown railway station.
Dropping off passengers not coming to Merrylands RSL for dinner.
Photo: Brad Peadon


Scoffing our faces at Merrylands RS.
Photo: Brad Peadon



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Thanks: 

Nathan Lyons (our driver)









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