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BoweavelCharter Member · 1899 postsJul 31, 2004 2:19 AM

LAST EDITED ON Aug-01-04 AT 07:31 AM (EST) by Nels_Anderson (admin)

As i was watching Rage ( http://abc.net.au/rage/rage.htm ) and trying to nod off.. A train rumbled by and for once i got off me lazy butt.. grabbed the camera and Mountain bike and headed off for a ride in the drizzling rain.. You see Ive had this camera for over 4 months and every time ive taken off with the car to find 'exotic' locations to catch trains.. None have ever showed up.. This time its was a good catch , Tho I caught 5 Trains on Video, They are too big to host them all on my web space, And since watching the video's ive realised im in desperate need of a tripod
I did manage to upload one Video Of an L and NJ class hauling Grain Cars to Kwinana.. (If you squint thru the rain you'll see the Cockburn Cement towers) Here it is.. 9mb .MOV file.. Enjoy !
http://members.westnet.com.au/iroach/Boweavel/Saturday_Clip.zip Now for the Images.. The First Shot shows the crossing near my Place, In the background you can see the Bungy Tower Next door to "Adventure World" amusement park and Bibra lake..
The next shot is to the right and shows the Park and the bottom of my Street..
The 3rd image looks up my Street , My house is about 100 meters up on the left, me best mates is 50 meters on the right And the rest is my Journey up the line See if you can spot the 3 "Kookaburra's in the O'l Gum Tree" in the 2nd last image..Enjoy.. I did !Catchya's

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RE: Couldnt sleep.. Went Railfanning :), tryagin, Jul-30-04, 11:47 PM, (1) RE: Couldnt sleep.. Went Railfanning :), ASR_Q301, Jul-31-04, 00:37 AM, (2) RE: Couldnt sleep.. Went Railfanning :), Boweavel, Jul-31-04, 00:49 AM, (3) RE: Couldnt sleep.. Went Railfanning :), ASR_Q301, Jul-31-04, 01:53 AM, (4) RE: Couldnt sleep.. Went Railfanning :), Boweavel, Jul-31-04, 02:48 AM, (5) RE: Couldnt sleep.. Went Railfanning :), Boweavel, Aug-04-04, 04:04 AM, (6) RE: Couldnt sleep.. Went Railfanning :), ASR_Q301, Aug-04-04, 08:37 AM, (7) RE: Couldnt sleep.. Went Railfanning :), Boweavel, Aug-04-04, 09:04 AM, (8) RE: Couldnt sleep.. Went Railfanning :), ASR_Q301, Aug-04-04, 09:18 PM, (9) RE: Couldnt sleep.. Went Railfanning :), Boweavel, Aug-06-04, 00:09 AM, (10) RE: Couldnt sleep.. Went Railfanning :), Boweavel, Aug-08-04, 10:37 PM, (11)

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tryaginCharter Member · 2013 postsJul 31, 2004 3:47 AM

RE: Couldnt sleep.. Went Railfanning :)

Hey Bo, thanks for these glimpses from your neck o' the woods. It's very interesting to see railroads from other lands (I'm from the Pacifc Northwest in N America), and all the surrounding stuff too. Like the kookaburra shot. Tim

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Street and Interurban Electric Railway Models
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ASR_Q301Charter Member · 1951 postsJul 31, 2004 4:37 AM

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Killer photos mate!! My "Other-half" lives down that part of the world. She often tells me she can hear some trains rumble through in the early hours of the morning. Where I live it takes 40 minutes to get close to a freight line. I live right next to the Currinbine line though!! Those 5 trains...what were on them?? Just interested! Catch any S or Q class? Whenever I go down railfanning the Kwinana/South Lakes area...I ALWAYS(!!!!!) see either L 268 or Q301. I have about 30 photos on 35 mm (film). BTW: Nice video!! That actually is ALF-25, not a NJ NJ's are on Narrow Gauge (and all down at Albany now) where as ALF-25 and 42209 are over here helping out on Grain Trains. Have you seen this site? Adam Brooks and I are building it...www.trainweb.org/aussiepixSome shots of not only Victorian/NSW trains...but some from Midland. EDIT: Are those dudes in orange doing track work or just general maintainence?? Is it Cockburn Junction? (with that line branching off to Fremantle?). I was down at Fremantle on Monday and they are making a giant double track-dual gauge loop line from Fremantle station to Victoria Quay. After all, Dr Gallop wants to get 30% of all containers to arrive and depart on rail by 2008. Currently its 3% >Mike Forster<
Perth, Western Australiapacificnational_nr103@hotmail.com
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BoweavelCharter Member · 1899 postsJul 31, 2004 4:49 AM

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Nice looking website there.. All the best with it The Track crew were replacing various sleepers on the 'Canning to Fremantle' section of the Cockburn Wye.I deleted the First one as it was shot too Dark and all you can see are the Ditch lights.. Im Not sure but it may of been a DB class.The 2nd movie ive since realised is the one in your Birds thread..The 'NJ' i didnt really even know its class. Just saw the colour and the body shape and figured it was an NJ These attatchments are of the other 2 movies. Catchya

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ASR_Q301Charter Member · 1951 postsJul 31, 2004 5:53 AM

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Thanks mate! Good to see no "Bumble-P's" They are SHOCKING!! (P's in Yellow/Black) That would actually be 2505 or 2506 (2506 has just been released)L255 is around in your part of the world. Geeeeee...that poor thing needs a good coat of ARG Orange with 2 black stripes!!!!! :O It will become 3109. I'll have some EMU photos tonight if your interested. Going to the Australia V South Africa rugby match at Subiaco Oval. >Mike Forster<
Perth, Western Australiapacificnational_nr103@hotmail.com
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BoweavelCharter Member · 1899 postsJul 31, 2004 6:48 AM

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I punched .mov to .wmv in google and the first link brought up this..http://www.riverpast.com/en/support/tutorials/convert/mov/wmv.phpMy first time at such a thing and ive found it to be brilliant.. For example I can know show you all three clips in fairly decent detail.. i could of done em better The large 9 mb file in the first post has been Removed for these 3http://members.westnet.com.au/iroach/Boweavel/DB_Class_Cockburn_Wye.wmv
http://members.westnet.com.au/iroach/Boweavel/L264_MiguelRD_Xing_Yangebup.wmvAnyone who grabbed the large 9 mb file can compare with this one
http://members.westnet.com.au/iroach/Boweavel/L_And_ALF_Cockburn_Wye.wmvEnjoy ! Catchya's

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BoweavelCharter Member · 1899 postsAug 4, 2004 8:04 AM

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Its been a sleepless few days I went out and grabbed a heap more images and movies yesterday.http://www.bgic.org/~boweavel/Images/Tuesday03_08_04_Rail_Images/
http://www.bgic.org/~boweavel/Movies/Tuesday03_08_04_Rail_Movies/
These are from a few months ago.
http://www.bgic.org/~boweavel/Images/RobbsJetty_KwinanaYards_KwinanaBeach_GardenIsland/Catchya's

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ASR_Q301Charter Member · 1951 postsAug 4, 2004 12:37 PM

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Killer photos and movies mate!!!! Your brave hanging around Kwiana (Banana) Yards with a Camera though!!!!!! I once got a warning from a "rent-a-cop" to watch my actions. Its a shame...I used to spend ages around the Banana Yards watching DB's and S classes doing thier stuff.Its about time I re-direct my railfanning from Midland down south in towards Kwinana way. Any idea what the busiest days are??>Mike Forster<
Perth, Western Australiapacificnational_nr103@hotmail.com
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BoweavelCharter Member · 1899 postsAug 4, 2004 1:04 PM

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Ive only been to kwinana twice, And both times i just idle my way down to the maintainence sheds, do a U turn and photograph anything on the way back up Never had to leave the car.Most of the traffic through the line near my place runs mostly at night and early morning, Not too many in the day or evening. It would be great to get a timetable or an online scanner setup like a few american rail lines have.Sometimes they flow fairly thick, Several an Hour.. I just took a chance and went for a drive To the Southern End of Karel Ave.. Hope RD Xing (Jandakot airport Road) and found "Linesman Lane" which runs along the length of the line almost right upto the Fwy overpass ! So i think i'll be there more often.My Brothers building a house in Bertram so i went down there to get some shots and not far from there is Millard Road 'Baldivis\Wellard' (the S Class Photo) Which seems to be a another good spot to catch trains Leaving kwinana Yards. From there i took many little back roads looking for spots (Did you know Mundijong RD is 110kph and the Freeway is only 100 ?? lol) and basically ended up down at the several crossings found down in Mundijong (Bishop and Soldiers Roads)Heres a Q for you or any West Aussie who knows... Do you know why the Jarrahdale line was closed from Mundijong ?? I was planning to drive up there too to film some nice 'grade climbing' sounds and found the crossing had been sealed over :\Will hopefully get out for more soon Catchya'

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ASR_Q301Charter Member · 1951 postsAug 5, 2004 1:18 AM

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To the Southern End of Karel Ave.. Hope RD Xing (Jandakot airport Road) and found "Linesman Lane" which runs along the length of the line almost right upto the Fwy overpass ! So i think i'll be there more often.Nice!!! When I used to work down Kardinya way...I used to leave for work 30 minutes early...head down to the Jandikot Airport road Xing. I only saw 1 Q Class through here. Kwinana is good fun to watch trains....do you know that Xing just south of the yard? Wait there for about 2 hours...I got about 7 trains through last time I was there. (Did you know Mundijong RD is 110kph and the Freeway is only 100 ?? lol)Hehehehe...to some people...the freeway has no speed limit!! :O I caught some dude doing AT LEAST 150kph on Wednesday up here in the Northern suburbs.Heres a Q for you or any West Aussie who knows... Do you know why the Jarrahdale line was closed from Mundijong ??LMAO!! I think we are the only West Aussies in the entire forum!! I havent been as far south as Mundajoing since 1998, when my Dad and I went to photograph those "Brand new S Class things" I did hear that they closed the line due to no traffic (the mine has run out)...but Alcoa has found a new deposit on the eastern side of Jarrahdale, which ARG plan to re-open in 2005.If it wasnt so wet...I would head out to Midland and get some more shots. Perhaps even some Avon Valley action! >Mike Forster<
Perth, Western Australiapacificnational_nr103@hotmail.com
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BoweavelCharter Member · 1899 postsAug 6, 2004 4:09 AM

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Well i couldnt resist and went out and grabbed some more today I think these will be my last movies till I get a tripod or buy a proper camera made for filming.. I just cant keep it still ! But boy do I love the sounds http://www.bgic.org/~boweavel/Movies/Friday_06_08_04_Rail_Movies/Not too many Images today.. L275_Sunrise.jpg is probably the best one of the lot.. http://www.bgic.org/~boweavel/Images/Friday06_08_04_Rail_Images/Hope you enjoy.. I know I did Catchya

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BoweavelCharter Member · 1899 postsAug 9, 2004 2:37 AM

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Sorry if im boring you.. But guess who went railfanning today ?Only one video, but its an L class breaking through morning Fog
http://www.bgic.org/~boweavel/Movies/Monday09_08_04_Rail_Movies/Hope you like Sunrises.. Took plenty of them.. Caught the odd train too tho
http://www.bgic.org/~boweavel/Images/Monday09_08_04_Rail_Images/Have fun Catchya's

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