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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Friday, March 9, 2018

Coming Together - Todays Quiz



This photo was a last minute thought, taken seconds before 
leaving the museum for Mong Kok.
It represents three of my main railway interests (Australia/Philippines/Hong Kong), 
all in the one place.
Locomotive 51 was an Australian built locomotive for the Kowloon Canton Railway. While most of her sisters have returned to Australia as our TL class, 
51 was retained for display in this small museum.
In the background is one of two kettles that were built for the narrow gauge Fanlin - Sha Tau Kok branch line, where it would work from 1924 till the line closed in 1928.
It would then go to the Philippines to send the bulk of its 
life hauling sugarcane on Negros Island.
One of three times that Australian built locomotives have come together with locos that have operated in the Philippines.

QUIZ:
I will leave it to everyone else to guess the other two times.
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