In the Middle of Nowhere

@JudyEv (326197)

• Rockingham, Australia

5 Dec 16

It is a wonder more of it hasn't been taken away. Much of what is there now is rusted to other parts and would be difficult to move.

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@JudyEv (326197)

• Rockingham, Australia

5 Dec 16

@josie_ There could be a lot of little creatures sheltering there. I hope so.

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josefina

@josie_ (9763)

• Philippines

5 Dec 16

@JudyEv _ It does lent some ambience to it's surroundings and maybe home to some wild creatures. The chimney stack would have made a good nesting place.

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Morley Hunt

@Morleyhunt (21736)

• Canada

5 Dec 16

The things one encounters in the woods. It would be interesting to know the story behind that engine.

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@JudyEv (326197)

• Rockingham, Australia

5 Dec 16

We have worked out what type of engine it was. Quite a few were used in the area which had narrow-gauge lines. When the industry wound down, some of the engines were sold off. That's probably what happened here.

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Koalemos

@Asylum (47893)

• Manchester, England

5 Dec 16

I also find such places fascinating, they are a great link to days gone by.

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Koalemos

@Asylum (47893)

• Manchester, England

5 Dec 16

@JudyEv The engine alone gives a great sense of nostalgia.

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@JudyEv (326197)

• Rockingham, Australia

5 Dec 16

That's true. I would love to know where the conveyor belt went for instance. I could see it took stuff up but what and where to.

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Anna

@LadyDuck (459425)

• Switzerland

5 Dec 16

They have surely used the old steam engine to power a machine, surely the chimney has been extended.

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Anna

@LadyDuck (459425)

• Switzerland

6 Dec 16

@JudyEv This is what I think, and, as it run saws, it was important not to have sparks near the logs.

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@JudyEv (326197)

• Rockingham, Australia

5 Dec 16

The chimney has certainly been extended and a long way. Maybe that was to make sure no sparks escaped. And the engine would have run saws, cutting up timber.

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Valerie J. Routhieaux

@just4him (307318)

• Green Bay, Wisconsin

7 Dec 16

Great picture. I'm sure they are great stories.

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Valerie J. Routhieaux

@just4him (307318)

• Green Bay, Wisconsin

7 Dec 16

@JudyEv So do I.

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@JudyEv (326197)

• Rockingham, Australia

7 Dec 16

I love the stories of the old days.

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Scott Ganschow

@teamfreak16 (43419)

• Denver, Colorado

5 Dec 16

That's a cool photo. Such an old train. We have one across the street. It's not all rusted out, though.

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@JudyEv (326197)

• Rockingham, Australia

5 Dec 16

They've added a big chimney stack to this one. Is yours on display? Or has it just been left sitting?

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@JudyEv (326197)

• Rockingham, Australia

5 Dec 16

@teamfreak16 That's good then.

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Scott Ganschow

@teamfreak16 (43419)

• Denver, Colorado

5 Dec 16

@JudyEv - No, it's on display.

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Always smiling

@allknowing (130175)

• India

5 Dec 16

I too get those thoughts when I go past unknown sites. I saw this old couple in Goa sitting in their patio. My thoughts were about their life as a young couple and all what they may have gone through but I had no answsers

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@JudyEv (326197)

• Rockingham, Australia

5 Dec 16

I used to wonder about the poor old folk in my mother's nursing home - confined to bed or in wheelchairs. One had been a doctor but had dementia and another had been a ballet dancer. Very sad.

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Always smiling

@allknowing (130175)

• India

5 Dec 16

@JudyEv All of us could produce state of the art movies depicting our life if only we could get some script writers

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topffer

@topffer (42156)

• France

5 Dec 16

I like these old industrial places. This one does not seem to be very old, but finding a locomotive there is funny. Next time you should count the wheels, if it has still wheels, to identify the model.

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@JudyEv (326197)

• Rockingham, Australia

5 Dec 16

We've identified the model. There were a number of these purchased for use in the timber industry first as locomotives. The lines were all narrow-gauge. Later some of the engines were sold off.

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Pat Z Anthony

@PatZAnthony (14752)

• Charlotte, North Carolina

5 Dec 16

Once upon a time that may have been considered the middle of somewhere.

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@JudyEv (326197)

• Rockingham, Australia

5 Dec 16

That's very true. It was just unexpected suddenly coming across it. It's not far from the little church.

Fiacre Banks

@xFiacre (12625)

• Ireland

5 Dec 16

@judyev The derelection of a scene like that can stir up a lot of melancholy in a sensitive soul.

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@JudyEv (326197)

• Rockingham, Australia

5 Dec 16

It can indeed. Luckily my sensitive soul was smarting that day for being blamed for being lost! The nerve of him! You can tell I'm not over it!

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James Higgins

@JamesHxstatic (29293)

• Eugene, Oregon

5 Dec 16

That is a very interesting photo from that old site.

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James Higgins

@JamesHxstatic (29293)

• Eugene, Oregon

5 Dec 16

@JudyEv Yes that would have been a sight and sound experience.

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@JudyEv (326197)

• Rockingham, Australia

5 Dec 16

I would love to have seen it in action. There are so many fly-wheels. They'd all have been turning this way and that and making the place hum with noise and activity.

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