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, May 13, 2023

VICTORIA ADVENTURES - PART 2

 


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31-12-1987N461PassengerAlbury To Melbourne1
 42217 -PassengerWodonga Intercapital Daylight to Melbourne1
 N457PassengerWodonga Up1
 8175 42214FreightChiltern14:20Up1
 G518FreightBarnawatha Up1
 N456PassengerBarnawatha15:30To Albury1
       
 G516FreightAlbury From Victoria1
1988      
1-1-1988X51 T390 T372Loco DepotWodonga T390 in VR Blue.1
 Y168 X41Loco DepotWodonga  1
 31RT X33 P23 Y133Yard/DepotSeymour Y133 is VR Blue1
 N470 N459PassengerAlbury Our train to Seymour1
1-1-1988A71PassengerSpencer St12:30To Ballarat1
 A79PassengerSpencer St12:25To Traralgon1
 A70PassengerSpencer St12:00To Geelong1
 See NotesParcel VansSpencer St 12CM 13CM 10CM 4CM1
 P21 P22 DRC40-Spencer St  Yard1
 58RM Y117 N467-Spencer St Yard1
 N457PassengerRockbank Up1
 61RM 55RMPassengerBacchus Marsh  1
 8RT B61 S310 Y172DepotBallarat  1
 Y170 Y175 Y174   Y170 Y172 X31 VR Blue1
 G515 T412 T382    1
 T404 T403 X31    1
 D3 639    1
 N469PassengerBallarat16:30Our train to Melbourne1
 61RM 55RM-Bacchus Marsh  1
 RM61-Spencer St  1
 N462-Spencer St  1
 42220 -PassengerSpencer St Up Intercapital Daylight Express1
 42214 -PassengerSpencer St Down Relief, Our train to Albury.1
 Y103ShuntingSpencer St Shunting Intercapital Daylight1
 Y115-Spencer St  1
 G519 Y102 P16 X32Loco DepotDynon  1
 702 Y139Loco DepotDynon  1
2-1-1988T377 T370 T393 T374-Seymour Yard1
 N469PassengerSpencer St From Geelong1
 Y113ShuntingSpencer St Overland cars.1
 967 S317-Spencer St Off Overland1
 G521PassengerSpencer St Sydney Express SEX1
 61RM 55RM Y117 P23-Spencer St Yard1
 P18 A60 N471-Spencer St Yard1
 See NotesLoco DepotDynon BL32 BL35 702 937 963 967(ex 930) 1
  Loco DepotDynon T367 T369 T348 T366 T357 T400 T384 T392 T361 T363 T385 T402 T407 T4111
  Loco DepotDynon T341 T345 Series 1 T class in VR Blue.1
  Loco DepotDynon A62 A71 A78 A79 A851
  Loco DepotDynon B63 B69 B80 B82 B84 B86 C501 C502 C504 C505 C5101
  Loco DepotDynon P11 P14 P16 P18 P20 P21 P231
  Loco DepotDynon N455 N458 N457 N474 N475 G519 G5211
  Loco DepotDynon Y130 Y148 Y135 Y137 Y158 Y120 Y118 Y102 Y103 Y146 Y139 Y113 Y154 Y1451
  Loco DepotDynon Y147 Y143 Y151 Y144 Y109 Y104 Y1081
  Loco DepotDynon X34 X37 X42 X43 X45 X48 X50 X541
  Loco DepotDynon S303 S304 S305 S306 S311 S312 S3171
  Loco DepotDynon DRC42 63RM1
  WorkshopDynon A73 A70 A66 P15 X44 Y140 Y150 Y165 Y1661
 N462PassengerFlinders St Up1


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Y124 - Ballarat East Depot.
Now with Pacific National.
Photo: Brad Peadon


A81 - Seymour passenger at Donnybrook.
Now scrapped.
Photo: Brad Peadon


H3 - container train somewhere.
Preserved: Preserved on long term lease to '707 Operations'.
Photo: Brad Peadon


P22 - Passenger train to Stony Point at Hastings.
Formerly T328, with V/Line Passenger.
Photo: Brad Peadon


A62 - Snoozing at Wodonga Depot.
Preserved: 707 Operations.
Photo: Brad Peadon


Jolimont Yard in the good ol days..
Photo: Brad Peadon


T374 and S301 - Bendigo.
T374 is now scrapped.
S301 stored at Newport with Pacific National.
Photo: Brad Peadon


Y124 - Wodonga (April 1991).
Now with Pacific National.
Photo: Brad Peadon


T372 T390 X51 - Wodonga Depot.
T372: Scrapped
T390: Stored with Pacific National
X51: Now with SCT Logistics.
Photo: Brad Peadon


T377 - Dynon Depot (Melbourne).
Now with 'Rail First Asset Management'.
Photo: Brad Peadon


N467 - Newport Station.
With V/Line Passenger.
Photo: Brad Peadon


S164 - Kew Tram Depot.
Photo: Brad Peadon


T180 - Kew Tram Depot.
Photo: Brad Peadon


X217 - Kew Tram Depot.
Photo: Brad Peadon


EM100 - Spencer Street Station (Melbourne).
Photo: Brad Peadon


Y101 transferring carriages for the 'Sydney Express'.
Photo: Brad Peadon


G513 BL26 on a superfreight climbing away from Bacchus Marsh.
BL26: Now with Pacific National
G513: Now with Southern Shorthaul.
Photo: Brad Peadon


Y115 shunting at Spencer Street Station.
Now with 'Ettamogah Rail Hub'.
Photo: Brad Peadon


B65 at Echuca Station on a tour to Moulamein and Denilaquin.
Photo: Brad Peadon


Y129 and Y125 at Dynon Locomotive Depot (Melbourne).
Y125: Now with DERMPAV
Y129: With V/Line Passenger
Photo: Brad Peadon


B64 slumming around Seymour Depot.
Currently stored in Bendigo.
Photo: Brad Peadon


B63 and B84 sitting around Dynon Locomotive Depot.
B63: VicTrack Heritage, allocated to Steamrail.
B84 is now scrapped.
Photo: Brad Peadon


S301 and a new G539 - Bendigo.
Both now with Pacific National, S301 stored.
Photo: Brad Peadon


Impressive VR Blue lineup of Y158 ,S303, and S311, at Dynon Locomotive Depot (Melbourne).
Y158: Scrapped.
S303: VicTrack Heritage, allocated to Seymour.
S311: Believed to now be with Southern Shorthaul.
Photo: Brad Peadon


H2 at Shepparton.
Now with Ettamogah Rail Hub.
Photo: Brad Peadon


Another of those awesome Dynon loco lineups.
X32 X31 X44 T375
X31: VicTrack Heritage, allocated to Seymour.
X32: Now with Pacific National
X44: Scrapped
T375: Privately owned.
Photo: Brad Peadon


G516 and T411 at Dynon Locomotive Depot.
G516: Now with 'Linx Cargo Care Group'.
T411: Preserved by the 'Mornington Railway Preservation Society'.
Photo: Brad Peadon


X34 S306 Y156 - Dynon Locomotive Depot (Melbourne).
X34: Now with Pacific National.
S306: Now with Pacific National.
Y156: With V/Line Passenger
Photo: Brad Peadon


RT32 at Laverton.
Today it in plinthed on display.
Photo: Brad Peadon

RT40 thought to be at Warrnambool, but open to correction.
Has since been scrapped.
Photo: Brad Peadon


N463 (above) and N462 (below) on passenger trains at Spencer Street Station.
Both now with V/Line Passenger.
Photo: Brad Peadon



Y152 at Wodonga
Now with VicTrack.
Photo: Brad Peadon



H3 A79 and X51 at Dynon Locomotive Depot.
H3: Preserved on long term lease to '707 Operations'.
A79: Now scrapped
X51: Now with SCT Logistics
Photo: Brad Peadon


T396 shunting at Tocumwal in New South Wales.
Since scrapped by Pacific National
Photo: Brad Peadon

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Thursday, May 4, 2023

MORETON MILL - RANDOM GUFF

 

As is often the case, I find myself with another large selection of scanned photos to place on the interwebs.

This time it is a collection of shots of the now closed Moreton Mill in Nambour (Queensland).
Not all the dates have been worked out as yet, but they would be from between 1994 and the mill closure in 2003.


The lift span has been dropped down and JAMAICA makes her way across the Maroochy River.
Photo: Brad Peadon


DUNETHIN has just crossed the David Low Bridge and is destined for the Finland Road (North Punt if you wish) line with a rake of empty bins.
Photo: Brad Peadon


BLI BLI arrives at Howard Street yard in Nambour.
Photo: Brad Peadon


BLI BLI climbing up towards Bli Bli Cutting in Bli Bli.
Photo: Brad Peadon


BLI BLI passing through the beautiful Dunethin Rock Picnic Grounds..
Photo: Brad Peadon


Sprinkler wagon. Now preserved at Woodford.
Photo: Brad Peadon


PETRIE busy shunting the mill.
Photo: Brad Peadon




BLI BLI and MORETON entering the Howard Street yard.
Photo: Brad Peadon



One of the few times I got COOLUM outside of Nambour.
Seen here passing under the Bruce Highway at Rosemount, it will now drop down to the Racetrack.
Photo: Brad Peadon


JOE at the mill in the final year of operation.
Photo: Brad Peadon


The Twins MAROOCHY and VALDORA also having a rest in the Moreton Mill loco shed.
MAROOCHY is privately preserved locally, while VALDORA is preserved operational by the Australian Sugar Cane Railway in Bundaberg.
Photo: Brad Peadon


Comeng locomotives JAMAICA and DUNETHIN also having a rest in the Moreton Mill loco shed.
Photo: Brad Peadon



COOLUM shunting inside the Moreton Mill yard.
Photo: Brad Peadon



BLI BLI approaching River Depot.
Photo: Brad Peadon


JAMAICA on the Maroochy River lift bridge.
Today the locomotive is privately preserved around the Bundaberg region.
Photo: Brad Peadon


The lesser known lift bridge across Petrie Creek on the Clarks line.
It is thought this was removed in the later half of the 90s.
There are a few remains surviving, these appearing in the link above.
Photo: Brad Peadon


Safeworking for sugar trains crossing the David Low Bridge at Bli Bli.
Photo: Brad Peadon


The exit from Howard Street yard, onto the street of the same name.
Photo: Brad Peadon


Maroochy River lift span bridge a year after closure.
The lift span section has thankfully been saved by the Nambour Historical Museum, while the majority of the rest was washed away in a flood.
Photo: Brad Peadon


With demolition work commencing at Moreton Mill, locomotives JOE and DUNETHIN take shelter in the loco shed.
DUNETHIN is now based in Lautoka (FIJI), while JOE made a shorter move to the nearby Nambour Historical Museum where it has been preserved.
Photo: Brad Peadon


One of the two road/rail bridges on the Coolum line.
Photo: Brad Peadon


Maroochy River lift span bridge during the last year of regular operation.
It would still see use during the removal of the system.
Photo: Brad Peadon


The sun rises over Nambour as COOLUM hauls a rake of cane down Howard Street.
Photo: Brad Peadon


The main reason for this photo was the tractor, well part of a tractor, in the background.
It met up with locomotive PETRIE in a nearby cane field and was split in two.
Photo: Brad Peadon


COOLUM  with another rake of fulls destined for the mill.
Photo: Brad Peadon


The old shed at River Depot.
The old lift bridge (see above) was just behind the trees to the left of the above shot.
Photo: Brad Peadon




Junction for the Punt line, just north of Bli Bli cutting (in background).
The mainline is at right, the Punt line on the left.
Photo: Brad Peadon


BLI BLI at Colley Bros (139) at the very end of the Fischers Line.
Photo: Brad Peadon


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Video: PETRIE On The Punt Line.


Video: PETRIE @ Bli Bli.


Video: Bisinella (100) in 2018.


Video: Moreton Mill Farewell BBQ (2003).
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