General and Off Topic Pictures

[treeny]

roger

[gkoutlis]

roger

What a classic

My depo isnt' far from there - see this sort of thing... ALL the time

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[written_ficton]

This is what happend when u park in "TRADE PARKING" then go off and meet someone for a coffee.........

Absolute Gold!

[robbage]

Is that near the Claremont green B

[treeny]

Green B?

[gkoutlis]

Bunnings - Yes it is.

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[Zebedee]

From "RAAF Noteworthy Movements" in the Aviation section:

RAAF C130 taking part in Parachute opps at Beverly, York and Brooklands today and tomorrow

how do i know? i landed there and watched a bit - images to follow

Some pics from Nathan's flight to Beverley as above:

[Nafenn]

Was out in the partenavia yesterday, doing asymetric flight (practicing engine failures), and our last one was a fully feathered shutdown... where we shut the engine off, and turn the propellor flat, to reduce drag (as seen above)

[written_ficton]

partenavia

Most horrible aircraft there is.....

[Tyranus]

propeller flat...do you mean horizontal like there or just so that it glides through the air with minimal breaking but doesn't matter whether the prop is vertical etc?

[gkoutlis]

Ahhh the Partnavia, I miss those flying days.....


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[Nafenn]

recently, myself and doug (Zebedee) went out train chasing (the art of racing trains to the next photo point, and taking as many photos as possible) around the south west... here are some good shots

The Australind is a passenger diesel that transports pax from Perth station, to Australind (near bunbury). Here, in Wooroona, we spotted the signals activated (as country signals only activate when a train is approaching), and waited around for the train.





While heading from Brunswick Junction to follow a train line, we noticed another active (and green) signal along the route. doug decided it would be a good idea to keep driving up the line to meet the train, where as i wanted to return to the station and wait... we continued up the line, and ran into the train about 10 seconds later

The loco was a Liquid Caustic Soda train from a plant near collie to the Bunbury ports, pulled by a WAGR S-Class Locomotive.



when we first spotted the train



The Train approaching Brunswick Junction.





Leaving Picton Yards (near Bunbury)



Our last train of the night... a WAGR DD Class, pulling a... uhh... train - we didn't catch what it was pulling

[Infernal]

What do you mean about the signals??

the level crossing ones, as they are activeted by nodes on the track

Or the controll signals, they always run, atleast in merredin they did

[Zebedee]

What do you mean about the signals??

the level crossing ones, as they are activeted by nodes on the track

Or the controll signals, they always run, atleast in merredin they did

Country crossing loops etc, the signals are often "dark" until a train is due, then they are activated. So on country lines, if you see signals that are lit, there's a good chance a train is due "sometime soonish".

[Infernal]

What do you mean about the signals??

the level crossing ones, as they are activeted by nodes on the track

Or the controll signals, they always run, atleast in merredin they did

Country crossing loops etc, the signals are often "dark" until a train is due, then they are activated. So on country lines, if you see signals that are lit, there's a good chance a train is due "sometime soonish".

I never noticed that in merredin, they were always red, and green when the train was due