Re: Steamfreight 99 - Hightlights and not-so-highlights

["Lineman" <grime@sympac.NOSPAMcom.au>]

Michael Kurkowski <mk@netstra.com.au> wrote in message
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> Hi All,
>
> After spending what was a seemingly short but certainly tiring weekend at
> Steamfreight 99, I have a few comments. Morons doing anything to ruin your
> photo being my main highlight of this year.
>
>
> I had a great weekend up in Maldon. Spent most of yesterday catching
trains,
> and most of today photographing them. According to the GPS we had walked
> something like 30km :-) Mind you I am rather stuffed now.
>
> I did not at all care for the cancelled services. It is something that is
> expected anywhere, and adds slight variety from what you could see on the
> timetable. To all the people who whinged like school children about
cancelled
> services, wake up to yourselves. At least the preservation society exists!
Or
> would you rather see K160, F212, T333, RM58 and numerous passenger cars
and
> freight wagons in: new cars, firewood, paddocks rotting away, food tins,
etc,
> you get the point.
>
> I do however have one gripe with the changed timetable. The last train was
the
> F class with the bouncing passenger lounge and a few other pass. cars. The
> problem was the DERM which was MEANT to be the last service for the day
ran
> attached. Many people nearly missed out on the last train back to Maldon
> because of this. The result was that me and the person I was with had to
go
> train chasing, literally. About 200m up the line (imagine running through
soft
> ballast up the grade between Pipeline and Sinclairs Lane) the train
finally
> stopped because the guard saw us and waved the flag. It would have either
been
> nice to tell people of this, or run at least the DERM as tabled.
>
> Despite last year being colder than this year, I preferred last years
weather.
> The ice added a spectacular effect back then. This year it was wet and
windy. A
> snow making machine was a nice instant brainwave that i instantly
dismissed :-)
>
> Proud owner of a red Subaru registered NET-580, if you can read this, you
> parked your car right in front of where I set up to get a photo. As the
train
> passed you got your prize photo jumped into the car and stormed off to
probably
> ruin someone elses photo. In addition, I was in the spot for at least
10-15
> minutes prior to your arrival.
>
> Me and two other people from this newsgroup set up in the paddock near the
> trestle to take photos of the mixed headed by the T and the K. Old moron
parks
> trackside near the trestle (that was not so bad) and begins walking his 4
> grandchildren (or whoever the kids were) right in front of our line of
fire,
> despite many yells to tell him he was in our shot he continued to ignore
us and
> walk right to the trestle, while the train was passing. One of us had a
word to
> him on his way back (straight after the train passed) and all he could say
> "Well I dont see any problem, you need some life in your shot, you should
have
> appreciated it". If you can read this, you will know very well who you
are,
> congratulations, you're a moron.
>
> Reggie with his human impersonating microphone. All I heard him do all
weekend
> was whinge about what should and should not have happened this year. i.e.
kids
> should be banned because they were a nuisance and wouldnt contribute
anything,
> VGR should just pluck money out of the air and convert RM58 back to it's
> original state (i.e. before refurbishment), last night's listening stop
train
> was not good enough, complaining about their incompetance because of
having to
> cancel trains, etc. Well reggie boy, let's see you try and do better.
>
> High levels of inconsiderate cars travelling trackside. Okay, I don't mind
so
> much allowing cars but for gods sake, if you are going to drive trackside
BE
> RESPONSIBLE! If you see a group of photographers nearby, or maybe even
just
> one, be considerate. They were there first. Don't park your car near what
would
> be considered someone's line of fire. Better still, do what most people,
> including me did. WALK, CATCH A TRAIN. Why are there the four stops that
most
> pass. trains stopped at? For people who wanted to be track side.
>
>
> Aside from all that, thank you for bringing us all, gunzels and
non-gunzels
> alike, a great and successful weekend. I hope to be there next year as
well,
> and along with that, hope to see some more faces familiar to this group!
>
> Regards
> Michael

People in your photos,thats the trouble with make believe.
In the real world people,animals ,and vehicles do freqent the the same
places gunzels happen to believe that they have sole proprietory use .
Sad but true.
Try to live with it cause the times they are a changing .

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Lineman
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