Merican Bird Watching
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Жыл бұрынI rode a Merican field train in 1978, but I suspect they were no more when Ross Sadler came here in 1979. This clip shows early days in the road yard when there was no mechanisation whatsoever. As if to celebrate, the mill named its locomotives and changed its paint scheme. This first set were named after local birds, later names were provinces of Indonesia. The evolving colours up to the end of steam meant that dating photographs here was straightforward.
Originally filmed by Ross Sadler on Super 8 sound, digitized through frame-by-frame transfer and enhanced with Topaz AI.
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@rosssadler3199 Жыл бұрын
There was still some field activity going on in 1979. That afternoon #7 (Rajawali {Eagle} in the 1979 naming scheme) came in with a field train and quickly headed to the fields again. I did not get back to the mill for a couple of years, so I don't know how much longer field working, or indeed the bird names persisted. Both were gone by the time of my next visit. By the way the Burung Nusantara site will help Non Indonesian viewers as regards the identity of the Meritjan birds. The Kutilang is the sooty-headed bulbul.
@aljadid94 Жыл бұрын
Wao .. same color as I remember when I was child