WA Radio Scanner Users' Group

(a bit of free advertising here, but what ever )

the Bennett Brook Railway presents:

FRIENDS OF THOMAS THE TANK ENGINE DAY

With all your favourites:


Ashley


Windy Wynhdam (hopefully, it is kind of missing a Drive chain at the moment )


Planet


Rosalie

and of course


Betty


and Fremantle

Unfortunatley, Thomas wont be there

when is it i hear you ask?

Sun 24th May 2009

9.30am - 4.30pm

Tickets can be purchased on the day

Adults and Children - $15.00 per person for the whole day, with more than just train rides running for the day

For more information: http://bbr.org.au/friends%20of%20thomas.html

I will be there... not a clue what im doing as of yet - will let you know (maybe)

hope to see you out there, and if you see me and i look like a zombie, it is because i willl be there from 6am, to learn how the steam trains are set up (especially Fremantle)

(Edit) Oh, and Doug (Zebedee) wont, because he has some course, or some stupid excuse like that (which i have been having a go at him for for a week )

And for people wanting to listen in to the scanner, Whiteman Park's radio (VZ6WK) is on 462.275MHz...

Zebedee wrote:And for people wanting to listen in to the scanner, Whiteman Park's radio (VZ6WK) is on 462.275MHz...

and any Callsign beginning with "whiskey" is to do with the railway.

eg: Whiskey 1 - The Workshops (usually), Whiskey 2 - Guard on Train 1, Whiskey 3 - Guard on Train 2, Whiskey Junction - Whitemans Village Junction (thats all i remember )

Nafenn wrote: (Edit) Oh, and Doug (Zebedee) wont, because he has some course, or some stupid excuse like that (which i have been having a go at him for for a week )

Aren't you meant to be on that course too?

Tyranus wrote:

Nafenn wrote: (Edit) Oh, and Doug (Zebedee) wont, because he has some course, or some stupid excuse like that (which i have been having a go at him for for a week )

Aren't you meant to be on that course too?

Clearly not :p

I'm speaking with doug to see he i can sit the exam without doing the course... With doug sending me material on what i need for the exam.

They say Boys never grow up =D>

Well if you're going to "play trains", I can't think of a better way than to play with REAL trains!

Zebedee wrote:Well if you're going to "play trains", I can't think of a better way than to play with REAL trains!

precisley... real trains that can blow up, or blast hot coal in your face, or burn you, or knock you on your ass if you open the smokebox at the wrong time... you name it

hokay, from yesteday:



The veiw i had all day - at that point, we were driven by bob Murphy (on the right) and fired by neil blinco (Left)



the train i was on for the day... with Ian, Damien, and Sam on at that point (and dave poking his head out)



the drivers veiw... with dave at the helm

i also took a vid: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRVw3pIkPfc

Was a great day. My 13 month old loved it.
We should have brought our own food however!!!
The Birds of Prey show was really good too.

w0mbat wrote:Was a great day. My 13 month old loved it.
We should have brought our own food however!!!
The Birds of Prey show was really good too.

should have come over and said hi... i was the one in the overalls (my god they are good)

more piccys... these ones from saturday:






SAR NG15 123 on saturday - some of the guys returning after a run around the bushland loop



The other Steam engine during steam tests (it literally only got its boiler certificate saturday)



The Fowler "Rosalie" (who wouldn't start on sunday... flat as a tack battery - needed a jump start, yes - you can jump start a train)



The Gemco "Windy Wyndam" (who ran on sunday... but didn't actually run the NG was doing all the work)

As you can see... we puts faces on the trains

Last time I went to Whiteman park I had a walk around that station (where the museum is). I then went looking for the mussell pool and never found it despite following the signs. I must have been missing something.

Ausrob wrote:Last time I went to Whiteman park I had a walk around that station (where the museum is). I then went looking for the mussell pool and never found it despite following the signs. I must have been missing something.

don't follow the signs, take the train

Mussle Pool is a fairly small station... not much around asside from the picnic area

The train was not operating at the time for some reason.

You guys do some good work though well done [-o<