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That's my kind of picture. Very nice.Originally posted by Balderdasha View PostA face my daughter made from crackers on a beeswax wrap.
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Formby beach, just past the army base! Got lucky with this one.Originally posted by Third rate Leszno View PostComment
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Ah, more like a mile and a half away then - was looking at the pic on my phone and couldn't see which side of the Alt it was taken. Those bloody helicopters were still circling at 11:30 last night...Originally posted by Moonlight shadow View Post
This is the view looking back towards Formby point from where I am (give or take a 5 minute walk).
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I had a schoolfriend who lived in Formby. Sand dunes were ace. I slept over there a couple of times. If I remember right once we went to see Formby play Witton Albion, and there was quite the rivalry going on. This was when I was living in Crosby, by the wayComment
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Taken at Raven Meols Hills to be precise, right to the Devil's Hole, I alighted in Hightown on the train. I'll pm you next time I go there if you fancy meeting upOriginally posted by Third rate Leszno View Post
Ah, more like a mile and a half away then - was looking at the pic on my phone and couldn't see which side of the Alt it was taken. Those bloody helicopters were still circling at 11:30 last night...
This is the view looking back towards Formby point from where I am (give or take a 5 minute walk).
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Spotted a few nice spots in the dunes and woods north of Formby Point, for a bivy night out...Originally posted by Sporting View PostComment
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View down our street early morning:
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Been copying some slides from way back. Here's a couple of pictures from a trip I took to the Moosonee reserve on the Southern tip of James Bay in April 1973. The first shows the Post office, the second the train that took me there.
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Oh wow, beautiful. And an S Class loco?Comment
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No idea I'm afraid. It was whatever Ontario Northland Railway used to service the North of the province. It was an amazing trip. A day up and a day back to the edge of the Arctic Circle. The sea was still frozen even in Spring — or it was back then anyway.Comment
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Marvellous. The S Class thing was referencing recent discussions on the Train Porn thread. Yours looks remarkably similar to one my son photographed last week.Comment
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I might have other pictures which would make it easier to ID, if I haven't thrown them out already. I'll take a look.Comment
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Don't go to any trouble AdC.Comment
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No trouble. My rejects are still sitting in the waste basket. I'll take a look tomorrow.Comment
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Here she is
An FP 7A build by the Electro-Motive Division of General Motors in London, OntarioComment
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Oooo. Well done! Is it still in service?Comment
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And here's the one from Goulburn Depot last week:
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Afraid not.
There are 15-20 preserved FP7s (including one in Manitoba), but that one seems to have gone out of service sometime in the late 80s (after having been renumbered and repainted in the "new" livery)
http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/loc...aspx?id=152285Comment
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Ah, shame!
@sits
Very slightly different. The headlight on 5300 protrudes a little, and the lower front appears to flare out slightly. Also 1502 has a proper actual bell above the cab.Comment
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Description of the Australian S Class
Based on the F7, but built locally for the Victorian Railways.
The locomotive's number is S300 and it belongs to Chicago Freight Car Leasing's Australian subsidiary, who are the market leader down under
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And yes, railway history research is an interest of mineComment
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That does help to explain your depth of knowledge. And thanks for the history.Comment
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