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Rusted relics

Started by selectedgrub, December 04, 2012, 06:15:53 AM

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selectedgrub

That just make me sad....
And angry. I had heard of the Pania theft and return but not the others.
What is our country turning into.


selectedgrub


selectedgrub


von Corax

13th Brigade Steam Knights?
By the power of caffeine do I set my mind in motion
By the Beans of Life do my thoughts acquire speed
My hands acquire a shaking
The shaking becomes a warning
By the power of caffeine do I set my mind in motion
The Leverkusen Institute of Paleocybernetics is 5842 km from Reading

selectedgrub

No grass.
Perhaps you could date that one by the moss?








selectedgrub


Drew P

Of course, you know what they say about the first one....


It'll buff out.  ;)
Never ask 'Why?'
Always ask 'Why not!?'

Maets


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Drew P

I have a use for those wheels (?) and the plaque. ;)
Never ask 'Why?'
Always ask 'Why not!?'

selectedgrub

None of those items would be hard to remove.
Shipping would cost a pretty penny, I'll leave them there.  ;)

selectedgrub


MWBailey

Quote from: selectedgrub on May 14, 2015, 06:24:09 AM





Obviously the mechanical parts of an automated coal hopper atop it's bunker from an Invictus class Steam/aether starship. Probably old Number 13, the Invidius. Always wondered what had happened to the old girl...
Walk softly and carry a big banjo...

""quid statis aspicientes in infernum"

"WHAT?! N0!!! NOT THAT Button!!!"

selectedgrub

Yes, Pretty sure from the Invidius XIII
The books I've cross referenced about the Invictus class certainly point that way.


Antipodean

So just out of interest I googled Invidius XIII
Result.


This image is a thumb nail a much larger version is available on the wiki - The Theory of the Leisure Class
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Theory_of_the_Leisure_Class
Did you just go PSSSSSSST at me or have I just sprung a leak?

I'm not retreating, I'm advancing in another direction.

selectedgrub

#166
Now that ^ would make a nice poster



chironex

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QUEENSLAND RAIL NOT FOR SALE!!!!!!

selectedgrub

Nice set of photos, thanks for sharing.
Particularly loving the track one.

selectedgrub

Here, another photo of a photo.
Bottom right is the Cyanide vats and the concrete supports.



Support ruins today.





Maets

If you didn't know their past, they now look fort/castle like.

frances

Can't you imagine converting this into a home.  All those arches could be filled with glass.  Lovely.

Banfili

Not to mention cyanide and arsenic!

chironex

Urban Ghosts just put up a list of their top rail yard of the dead articles ( and some new ones):
http://www.urbanghostsmedia.com/2015/12/train-graveyards-abandoned-locomotive-cemeteries/
No gel ball ban in WA! http://chng.it/pcKk9qKcVN

QUEENSLAND RAIL NOT FOR SALE!!!!!!

chironex

No gel ball ban in WA! http://chng.it/pcKk9qKcVN

QUEENSLAND RAIL NOT FOR SALE!!!!!!