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Raichase
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Joined: Oct 24, 2005
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Location: Sydneys Northern Beaches, NSW.
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Posted: Sun Sep 07, 2008 12:03 am
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You were expecting some boring photos going "this is NR blah blah blah bringing the Indian into Sydney. This is it going out again. The end"
You were wrong!
I went into Central to kill some time this morning, and set about doing something that everyone does (I myself have done it many times), and does boringly (I too have done this many times!). So many photos of the Indian Pacific at Central is the same old stuff. I've been there, and I'm over it. I hope you enjoy these shots, as I'm quite happy with them.
There are a couple of "standard" photos of the DL that I got because... well, how often does one see a DL not stuck behind an NR Class around these parts...
 
I'll file those two under the "boring Indian Pacific photos at Central" category though  . Only look at them if you don't know what a DL looks like.
Also a couple of really "arty farty" photos taken at Town Hall, nothing to do with The Indian Pacific at all really:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tnicholson/2831812887/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tnicholson/2832657434/
- Raichase.
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xplorer2501
Chief Commissioner
Joined: Jun 20, 2004
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Location: Tuggeranong, ACT
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Posted: Sun Sep 07, 2008 12:52 am
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Trent, what can I say? Fantastic work, some very nice and clever angles of that beautiful train. Overall favourite is the 'Please stand behind yellow line' which is still in full colour and the IP in the background with the employee leaning. 3 Thumbs up.
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Stuart41
Station Staff
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Location: Hervey Bay
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Posted: Sun Sep 07, 2008 5:22 am
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Definitely some great shots of the "gritty" side of the railways - it goes on wet or dry, hot or cold. and if you want to be a real photographer then you've got to be out there in that weather.
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HMC1989
Assistant Commissioner
Joined: Mar 13, 2007
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Location: On the Short North
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Posted: Sun Sep 07, 2008 8:20 am
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Nice work Trent.
I thought you would like this one I caught last week on the IP.
The young bloke in the pic was pretty stoked by DL39.
Cheers
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tonyp
Train Controller
Joined: Dec 20, 2007
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Location: Sydney
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Posted: Sun Sep 07, 2008 11:57 am
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I was there too yesterday. I noticed the train was split in two. Is the IP so long nowadays that it normally has to be split at Central? (I haven't seen the IP at Central for a long time so sorry if this is a dumb question)
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csyjunior
Chief Commissioner
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craigsydney
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Posted: Sun Sep 07, 2008 4:25 pm
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You could've come and said hi to me at work. 
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1979
Chief Commissioner
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Location: Your Not Getting It That Easy
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Raichase
Chief Commissioner
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Location: Sydneys Northern Beaches, NSW.
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Posted: Sun Sep 07, 2008 5:43 pm
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Thanks all for the kind words 
| csyjunior wrote: | | If there so boring how come you still take photos of them? |
Said very much tongue in cheek. I always record the mundane, but try to do so in interesting ways, as it may change tomorrow, as we should all know by now.
| Quote: | | Go on confuss, you really love them. |
I just want to hug them to death
HMC1989, I saw your shots of DL39 on Flickr!, and that was what made me go running down to Central - knowing that the DL's were back in town . I owe you thanks for giving us here at the 'page the heads up in the first place  .
- Raichase.
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Sydney_Gunzel
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Posted: Sun Sep 07, 2008 5:45 pm
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Nice shots guys - someday I'll learn how to use selective colour!
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Raichase
Chief Commissioner
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Posted: Sun Sep 07, 2008 5:52 pm
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Actually, for the record, none of those shots used selective colour. Instead, I used the sponge took in photoshop to "suck" the colour out of parts of the photo, to ensure that parts of the photo retained more saturation than others, and thus stood out.
I did this, again, as part of making the mundane interesting.
- Raichase.
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Posted: Sun Sep 07, 2008 6:46 pm
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Trent i was hoping you would get shots of the AN coloured DL as when it passed me at Blacktown and i noted the double consist i thought will Trent get pics of this.
Great work mate.
Kaine top shots too mate.
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574M
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Posted: Sun Sep 07, 2008 9:02 pm
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I liked the bloke at work in the rain, giving signals with something or rather in his right hand. Just natural.
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Raichase
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Posted: Sun Sep 07, 2008 9:16 pm
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Thanks again Greg and 574M for the kind words.
574M, that was one of my favorite shots. I realised that I had plenty of photos of NR Class shunting at Sydney Terminal, but had not bothered to capture the blokes on the ground making it all possible.
Felt bad for them though, as if it wasn't enough standing in the rain to do the job, when NR26 tried to move into the runaround loop, Sydney box hadn't set the road, and they had to reverse back again, call the box again and find out what was going on.
- Raichase.
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biqua
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Posted: Sun Sep 07, 2008 9:18 pm
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I just looked at the fullsize version of this - the look on the guy's face, and the way he's applying the glove, I would have been worried if I was you. 
Nice shots as always - I like the "Smoking" one at Town Hall in particular.
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I managed to get there.
