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Written by Paul Pavlinovich
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Wednesday, 07 July 2010 22:33 |
In the centre of Oakleigh very close to Oakleigh Railway Station and the shopping district is this ruin of a boiler house of sizeable proportions. The factory around it has been demolished and the walls of the structure have been removed. The remai [ … ] |
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Written by Paul Pavlinovich
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Saturday, 26 September 2009 23:19 |
The world's oldest steam traction engine found buried in an English coal mine
This incredible survivor is probably a traction/tram railway locomotive from 1865.
The Historical Background
Every Summer, the English countryside rings to the clamour of ancient steam engines, rescued from oblivion [ … ] |
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Written by Paul Pavlinovich
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Saturday, 26 September 2009 23:10 |
The Railway line strikes due West and in places as straight as a gun barrel along the Tropic of Capricorn. It is 420 miles 670 Klm from Rockhamton on the Central Coast of Queensland Australia to Longreach in the Central West. A little over half way along this railway line there is a small town calle [ … ] |
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Written by Paul Pavlinovich
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Friday, 25 September 2009 18:25 |
Duane Johnsen is the Chief Engineer of this magnificent 130 ton Cooper stationary steam engine. The engine is owned by the Stephenson County Antique Engine Club, Freeport, IL, USA.
As you can see by the photo, the engine is a Corliss valve arrangement utilizing two eccentric rods. The engine was [ … ] |
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Written by Paul Pavlinovich
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Tuesday, 22 September 2009 22:53 |
Late in 1997 we embarked on a winery crawl of the Mitchels Town region (by boat). We visited a heap of wineries and consumed some very nice wine - not to mention gathered a heap of it to bring home. At the Tabilk winery I avoided the lets go down the hole and look at giant barrels full of rotting gr [ … ] |
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