GRALISTAIR

My first two names are Graham Alistair and my user name is a contraction of those names. I was born in Chester UK and lived in Preston Lancashire UK for 37 years. I have lived in the USA since January 2001. My son-in-law is from Scotland so my 3 grand children are half Scottish and half English though they were all born in Ireland.

I went to Kirkham Grammar School in the years 1968-1975 and then my first degree is in Chemistry from the University of Central Lancashire and I gained my Master of Science in The Corrosion of Engineering Materials from Imperial College London. I also hold the Diploma of Imperial College qualification. The main study textbook was Corrosion Engineering by Mars G Fontana. I have written a Wikipedia article about him. I also did multiple courses in Materials Science, mathematics, technology and engineering at The Open University. I have written papers that have been presented at conferences all over the world and that have been published including a chapter in a book published by The Royal Society of Chemistry.

I have spoken at conferences all over the world and been published.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9]}

I peer review other people's papers.^[10]

• Masters ^[11]
• PU Past Present and future^[12]
• Waterborne PUDS Functional coatings ^[13]
• Pigment and Resin WBE Epoxy anticorrosion primers ^[14]
• WB Resins monograph ^[15]
• RSC WB Maintenace systems ^[16]
• WB Epoxy AC primers ^[17]

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My main hobby has always been travel. These days it is mainly planes - 2 million miles flown (and well over 1 million miles on Delta Air Lines alone!)^[19] but I have had a lifelong interest in railways. As I work in the construction industry and have studied engineering, my main love of railways these days is in electrification and construction related matters although I did clear my locomotives 3 times when I was a spotter in my youth. My last locomotive for my first time round was 08663^[20][21] spotted on number 1 target point Swansea east dock on July 25th 1976. I lived right by the West Coast Main Line north of Preston, Lancashire from 1965-1975 and so saw the end of steam, the introduction of diesels and the line's electrification. I still own a house that backs on to the WCML north of Preston. More recently, I took a photographic record with a friend of the North West England electrification schemes. Needless to say I am a member of a number of Railway enthusiasts societies in the United Kingdom. There are even pictures of my younger self on trainspotting trips on some of the website pages.^[22][23] I have well over 20000 photographs, color slides etc on the subjects.

I do Wikipedia edits and was a supervisor on Answers.com. I love free knowledge and if history has taught us anything it is that knowledge does not like being caged up but wants to be set free. I try to never dispute with another editor and definitely not a reviewer but I do understand why people get upset sometimes. In the wiki article Corrosion Engineering one reviewer put "Needs attention from an expert'. I know the person who started the article and he has a Master of Science in Corrosion of Engineering Materials from Imperial College London - he is an expert! He was not a wiki expert and did not format or reference well. But if it had been me, I might have been upset and hurt. However, I try not to get upset but don't always succeed. In February 2021 I got really pissed off but hey ho life is too short. Recently got declined as an AfC reviewer too.

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  Arnside Viaduct -tide out
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  Arnside Viaduct -approaches with signal
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  Arnside Viaduct -from station platform with signal and signal box
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  Arnside Viaduct - memorial plaque to the project with construction dates
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  Arnside Viaduct -tide out
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  Arnside Viaduct -tide in
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  Asheville airport construction of new airport terminal and expansion
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  Asheville airport construction of new airport terminal and expansion
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  Asheville airport construction of new airport terminal and expansion
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  Asheville airport construction of new airport terminal and expansion
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  WYS airport
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  WYS airport 1
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  Box Spinning at Red Scar Works in its heyday
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  Coning machine at Red Scar Works coning bright rayon fibre onto a cone
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  CSPT machine at Red Scar Works
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  PET partially granulated and still in fiber form
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  Densified PET granules
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  Start of dormer conversion. Tiles and felt stripped off
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  Tiles, felt and wood battens stripped off from inside
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  Wood structure progress from inside
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  Dormer extension with tiles and felt stripped off and wood battens removed
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  Window frame structure complete
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  Dormer extension almost complete from outside
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  Dormer extension plastered from inside
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  Last Steam commemoration Preston station
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  Salwick Station rebuild for electrification
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  Salwick Station rebuild for electrification
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  Salwick Station rebuild for electrification
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  Salwick Station rebuild for electrification
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  Salwick Station rebuild for electrification
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  Salwick Station rebuild for electrification
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  Salwick Station rebuild for electrification
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  King Air E90 at VUJ
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  CHA airport
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  Up in the air
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  OTZ
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  CHA airport terminal expansion in progress
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  Chattanooga airport new terminal being built December 23rd 2022
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  Cleveland Burke Waterfront Airport from the cockpit of a Kingair E90
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  CRG Jacksonville FL Executive airport hangar
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  Jacksonville executive airport lobby area
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  Jacksonville Executive airport lounge from tarmac
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  Sandygate Lane AT ready
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  Ruby Falls
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  Entrance to Ruby Falls
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  2K Polyurethane paint progressively chalking
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  Hindley station with walls propped up
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  Hindley station pre electrification
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  Hindley station view of pipe and road overbridge from station footbridge
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  Hindley station view of two bridges and pipe from platform
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  Hindley station compound area
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  Hindley Railway station -class 769 pre electrification
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  Hindley station view of two bridges and pipe from platform at distance for perspective
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  Railway bridge over railway line by Westhoughton Golf Club 1
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  Railway bridge over railway line by Westhoughton Golf Club 2
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  Railway bridge over railway line by Westhoughton Golf Club 3
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  Railway bridge over railway line by Westhoughton Golf Club 4
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  Railway bridge over railway line by Westhoughton Golf Club 5
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  Railway bridge over railway line by Westhoughton Golf Club 6
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  Crow Nest Junction looking East taken from bridge
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  Crow Nest Junction bridge prior to rebuilding for electrification
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  Crow Nest Junction bridge view looking south
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  Crow Nest Junction line split view
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  Hand written bridge 18 post !
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  Lostock Junction to Wigan electrification scheme pre -wiring-railway lines
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  Lostock Junction to Wigan electrification scheme pre -wiring. Map and notice work taking place
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  Lostock Junction to Wigan electrification scheme pre -wiring. Bridge near M61 motorway worksite distance view
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  Lostock - Wigan bridges worksite
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  Lostock Junction to Wigan electrification scheme pre -wiring-railway lines
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  Route for Felixstowe to Nuneaton freight capacity scheme.
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  Calder Valley line
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  Birmingham–Peterborough line
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  Map of the Trans-Pennine Routes. The TRU relates to the northern line in blue via Huddersfield.
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  Woodhead
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  UK rail electrification by 2019
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  Midland Main Line Map original
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  West Coast Main Line Map
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Notice quite a few photographs from Salwick railway station

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