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Maikha
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Location: Wagga Wagga, NSW
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Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2008 6:13 pm
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Photo of the day: The crew confer details at the long-forgotten locality of Watamondara, between Cowra and Koorawatha
Hi all
Last week I was aboard a private charter which travelled from Cowra to Yass Junction, and overnighted there before returning to Cowra the following morning. The train comprised of two 47's (4716/4701), two FS carriages, the timber EAM sleeper car, ABS dining car and the MHG brakevan. Crew was 7, two drivers (Alternating between days), the observer, the guard, passenger attendant/buffet supervisor, two fitters, and a cameo appearence by the Railway Digest editor at Yass to facilitate Dinner preperations.
The following are my photos.
Saturday 19th July 2008
Young
Demondrille
Harden
Galong
Binalong
Bowning
Dinner time in the ABS
(Before anyone asks, these two had just walked through the yard at Yass to get a few items, and still had their vests on!)
Sunday 20th July 2008
En-route after departing Yass Junction at 0630
Morning Tea and Coffee set-up before everyone wakes up
The library
Kitchen of the ABS dining car
Young
Monteagle
Koorawartha
Wattamondara
Conclusion!
Photo by Tony Healey, LVR Chairman
Crew and passengers had a fantastic weekend, with plenty of smiles when we returned to Cowra depot. With this successful outing, we hope this may open up future overnight 'Mail train charters. I'll leave it up to the charterers for their photos/comments.
Enjoy!
Cheers
Maikha Ly
The Intercity Platform & Valve Gear Media!
http://www.theintercityplatform.com/
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3foot6
Minister for Railways
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Location: Brisbane, QLD
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Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2008 6:57 pm
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Great shots, Maikha. Looks like you and Puds had a great time!
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Raichase
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Location: Sydneys Northern Beaches, NSW.
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Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2008 8:13 pm
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Bloody oath, those shots are fantastic! I've not seen such good photos of two 47 class in my life, I don't think. Glad to hear the crew and the punters had a good time, and you got some great shots from it too!
Bravo, Maikha!
- Raichase.
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Albert
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Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2008 8:57 pm
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I love this shot, it combines my work with my hobby.
I deliver the mail for Watta and Noonbinna
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Sydney_Gunzel
Chief Train Controller
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Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2008 9:23 pm
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Fantastic work, Maikha! An inspiration for all of us!
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hurstville1
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Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2008 10:09 pm
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Great shots there Maikha!
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8050
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Posted: Sat Jul 26, 2008 2:28 am
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I like the masking tape numbering on 4701 
Correct authority was obtained for all photographs in rail corridor and depots. note that some are taken from the cab.
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steam3801
Chief Train Controller
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Posted: Sat Jul 26, 2008 7:58 am
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Dilapidated, rundown country railway stations - these sort of photos make me sad.
One can instantly smell the steam, feel the atmosphere and hear the noises of a cold winter's morning .....
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42101
Banned
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42209
Chief Commissioner
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Posted: Sat Jul 26, 2008 6:02 pm
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Great shots Maikha. Thanks for posting these. Looks like it was a great charter. Keep it up.
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GrahamH
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Posted: Sat Jul 26, 2008 6:31 pm
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Thanks Maikha! Like steam3801 said its interesting but sad to see the stations abandoned. I'm glad I did see them staffed and in use, day and night, decades ago.
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Ben_Daui
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Posted: Sat Jul 26, 2008 9:50 pm
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Good pics Maikha & I'm looking foward to seeing this as a story in RD, I like the Tin Hare story in this months issue of RD.
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Bwana
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Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2008 5:46 am
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Some nice pics there Maikha.
Just a rivetcounting question here on this pic:
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Now clearly this is a photo of you, so I assume not taken by you, yet you have claimed copyright on it?
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TheLoneGunMan
Train Controller
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Location: Lineside taking pictures of trains and railway stations
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Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2008 7:46 am
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| Bwana wrote: | Some nice pics there Maikha.
Just a rivetcounting question here on this pic:
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Now clearly this is a photo of you, so I assume not taken by you, yet you have claimed copyright on it? |
Hi All,
Aww Bwana, does Maikha have to be holding his camera to claim copyright? It's obvious that someone else took the pic, great shots Maikha, I like the pics taken away from the train. It makes me sad to see places like Demondrille and Binalong look so bad but I am happy to see that places like Bowing are being used for "other" things with clotheslines and washing out drying. I'd love to get a station like Binalong and live in it, I reckon that it would be the ultimate for a self confessed train nut.
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Bwana
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Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2008 8:06 am
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The rivetcounter in me says...
Copyright (within Australia) is held by the person who took the pic, unless there was an agreement between the photographer and a second party to the extent that the copyright would be held by that second party.
The non-rivetcounting part of me, of course, agrees with TLGM - Clearly this photo was taken for Maikha's benefit (as well, possibly, as for the benefit of the group he was with), and in a that setting it doesn't matter, but then in that setting you wouldn't bother marking your pics with a copyright at all, would you?
BTW for anyone new to the world of copyright, in Australia you don't need to mark something as copyright, you automatically have copyright the instant you open the shutter. There's nothing wrong with reminding viewers of that though, and overseas rules are different so it may be handy if you imagine your pic may have an international audience.
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