Sunday 27 February 2022

In My Life, 10 year anniversary - Episode 17 - 'Train Spotting'





 

Above:- The London Tube - December 2017

Kim's favourite photo of the episode, taken at Green Park tube station.

I had my camera around my neck, but under my coat so just snapped this photo in secret without looking at the screen.

I wonder about the anonymous man waiting on the platform, where he is going and whats his story?

Anyway, continuing on this trip, I think you'll be surprised by the number of train related photos that I have taken!


Above:- Still on the tube - Tooting Broadway - January 2018


 

Above:- A rarity, a near empty tube carriage- January 2018


 

Above:- Still on the Tube - Piccadilly Circus - January 2018


 

Above:- Tube Map made of Lego at the Lego shop - London December 2017

 

 

Above:- Kim, traveling to Munich in the snow - Germany December 2017


 

Above:- Graham's Birthday, on a train to Budapest Hungary- September 2011


 

Above:- Kim's birthday Berlin December 2017



Above:-Back in the U.K. heading to London for Christmas December 2017 

Above:- Somewhere in Europe! October 2011


Above:- Christmas at Berlin Hauptbahnhof - Germany December 2017

 

Above:- Christmas at Leipzig station - Germany December 2017

 
Above:- Kissing Trains Leipzig - Germany December 2017
 
 
Above:- The Flying Scotsman National Rail Museum York U.K. August 2011
 
 
Above:-Graham, National Rail Museum York U.K. August 2011
 
 
Above:- The Mallard National Rail Museum York U.K. August 2011
 
 

 

Above:- Some of the display National Rail Museum York U.K. August 2011

 

Above:- The most famous train! 

Thomas the Tank engine National Rail Museum York U.K. August 2011

And now for some more silly and toy trains

 
 
Above:-Model Train display- car club run- Dorrigo August 2015

Above:- More Model Train display- car club run- Dorrigo August 2015

Above:- Yet more, Model Train display- car club run- Dorrigo August 2015

 

Above:-Another model train, another car club run - November 2015


 
Above:- Graham. Another model train, another car club run - November 2015
 
 
Above:- The station. Another model train, another car club run - November 2015
 
Above:- Driving Creek Railway Coromandel New Zealand September 2014
 
 
 

Above:- The trains. Driving Creek Railway Coromandel New Zealand September 2014

 

Above:-The tunnels. Driving Creek Railway Coromandel New Zealand September 2014


 
Above:-More tunnels. Driving Creek Railway Coromandel New Zealand September 2014
 

Above:-with the car club again Near Gatton Queensland October 2019


 
Above:- More, with the car club again Near Gatton Queensland October 2019

 

And now for a couple of ring-ins!

 

Above:-But wait, that's not a train! 

Table mountain cable car Capetown South Africa November 2015

 
Above:-Neither is that! Tourist Tram, Bendigo Victoria- May 2012
 

Got a bit derailed there - but back to the trains


 
Above:- Kuranda Scenic Railway - Far North Queensland- September 2018
 

 
Above:- The station. Kuranda Scenic Railway - Far North Queensland- September 2018
 
 
Above:- Graham at Kuranda Scenic Railway - Far North Queensland- September 2018
 
 
Above:- The viaduct, Kuranda Scenic Railway - Far North Queensland- September 2018
 
 
Above:- Sugarcane train Far North Queensland- September 2018
(well...they call them trains)
 
 
Above:- Long, long Sugarcane train Far North Queensland- September 2018
 

Now for some sad trains....

 
 
Above:-Train Graveyard - Dorrigo NSW May 2013

 
Above:-Zig Zag Railway Near Lithgow NSW November 2010
 
These trains were lost in a bush fire in 2012.
 

But wait! - they are on the way back in 2022 after 10 years of restoration by volunteers.

 
Above:-Retired Dalwogan station Queensland October 2012
 

 
Above:-Abandoned Dumaresq Station, West of Armidale- February 2015
Car Club Annual Breakfast
 
 
 
Above:-Abandoned Cabanda Station Tallegalla Queensland November 2019

 
Above:-Of course with the car club at Cabanda Station Tallegalla Queensland November 2019
 
 
Above:- sign, Cabanda Station Tallegalla Queensland November 2019
 
Above:- Again with the Car Club, this is a working station and very pretty with beautiful gardens.

Spring Bluff near Toowoomba Queensland November 2015
 
 

Are we there yet? On the train home now!

 
 
Above:-Closer to home Werris Creek Railway museum- March 2019
 
The car club took the train from Armidale then hopped off at Werris Creek for lunch at the club and to visit the railway museum and the railway memorial.
 
 
Above:- Werris Creek Railway - March 2019
 
 
Above:- Werris Creek Railway memorial- March 2019
It lists all those who died working on the railway.
 
My Great, Great, Grandfather 
1896 -Wickham, R - Driver
He fell off his train at Beecroft in Sydney.
Died by falling off, breaking his neck when oiling a train. He was 44 years old.
 
Above:- Werris Creek- March 2019

Here comes the explorer to take us back to Armidale.

Not exactly the seaside that I promised, but.......