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wurx
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Posted: Fri Sep 07, 2007 10:07 pm
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Here's a couple of pix I took when I visited Timbertown, at Wauchope, in November 1984:
A front-on shot of the narrow gauge locomotive standing at Timbertown station:
Crossing a trestle bridge on the Timbertown narrow gauge railway:
Enjoy!
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Syd3642
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Posted: Fri Sep 07, 2007 10:16 pm
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Thank's for sharing wurx  Last time I visited timbertown was back in 1998ish  had a great fun there 
I still remember when the train robbers stopped the train  so I gave him $1.00 for a gold coin donation.
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Ballast_Plough
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Posted: Sat Sep 08, 2007 6:19 pm
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Wurx - I've got an almost identical first photo from around 1980.
My pics here - and the Forsayth Goods here!
Brendan McKenna
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wurx
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Posted: Sat Sep 08, 2007 8:44 pm
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| Ballast_Plough wrote: | | Wurx - I've got an almost identical first photo from around 1980. |
Post it, for comparison's sake
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T411
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Posted: Sat Sep 08, 2007 9:22 pm
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For those of use blissfully unaware, is Timbertown still in existence?
"Its not an offence to drive like a prat, half of London does"
WPC Martella, The Bill, circa 1989
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reynolds2
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Posted: Sun Sep 09, 2007 10:17 am
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I was there last December.
Thank You
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Syd3642
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Posted: Sun Sep 09, 2007 11:21 am
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Tim Bailey the weatherman from C10 visited there in March/April this year
ARHS NSW Division Member
ILRM Member
Proud owner of S.K Railways
Music person playing my Tuba down a long road
and Composing a New Symphony.
Chief RP First Aid Team
My own Flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/22985259@N06/ |
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