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MAGAZINE
Editor: James McInerney Issue 339 Vol.29 No.6

FEATURES

18 The Top End 1942 34 Signal Box Diagrams for a

Peter Lucas describes his On30 exhibition layout
based on Darwin during the early years of World
Model Railway
War Two. Wilfrid Brook and Chris Guy outline the history of
VR signalling diagrams and create authentic
diagrams for their layout.

39 Trains for Kids with Cancer

Brad Peadon describes a local modeller’s initiative in
28 No More Stalling support of a very worthy cause.
Peter Michalak installs an ESU PowerPack Mini ‘stay
alive’ module.
44 On the Workbench: The Stephen
Johnson Models NSWGR ‘Thow’
30 Building Billabong Marina 6
Bogie Cattle Wagons
Even More Buildings (and a Scene or Two) Ian Dunn describes the prototype and builds the
Tom Carlos describes some more of the buildings model.
and other features of his layout.

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MAGAZINE 38 Cleaning Unpowered Electrical Pickup Wheels 54 AMRM News
The Top End 1942 38 A Modern-era Small Grain Unloading Facility 59 Diary
40 Beyond the Fence: Unloading Equipment 60 Mailbag
42 Gallery: VR Stock Handling Facilities 70 Advertisers’ Index

ON THE COVER: It is 1942 and NFB46 approaches Darwin station

building while ‘Sandfly’ waits authorisation for her next movement on Follow us
Peter Lucas’s On30 exhibition layout depicting the northern terminus
Billabong Marina
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 Comment By Bob Gallagher AMRM Crew
Editor James McInerney
Creating an Illusion of Reality Editorial Assistants Alan McKenna, Phil Knife
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movies have done a good job in creating the scenes, especially these days with the use of Webmaster Peter Knife
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Some time back, our local theatre used a new clip to highlight that the theatre was fitted SCR Publications – General Manager
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Due to enthusiastic response, the production run has been increased, which combined
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19-002 Thow cab, headlight, BP tender with coal rails ‰ 1901 ‰ 1919 ‰ un-numbered
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19-006 Cutaway cab, marker lights, BP tender with coal rails ‰ 1923 ‰ 1952 ‰ 1959 $650.00 each
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$625.00 each each or 2 or
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‰ 1954 ‰ 1957 ‰ un-numbered more. Subject to
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no headlight or marker lights ‰ 1948 Exchange Rate..
19-012 Thow cab, BP tender, no headlight or marker leights ‰ 1925 ‰ 1948
19-013 Cutaway cab, BP tender, no headlight or marker lights ‰ 1942 ‰ 1903
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 eveleigh press proudly presents

Hudson
BrotHers by david Jehan
The business founder, Plymouth cabinet-maker William Henry
Hudson, arrived in Sydney in 1846 with his family and started a
joinery business in Redfern which became known as ‘Hudson
and Sons’. Hudson became one of the main builders in Sydney
providing timberwork to many notable buildings including the
Great Hall of Sydney University.
Twenty years later, in 1866, William Henry retired and left the
business to his three sons Henry, Robert and William. The firm now
took on the new name of ‘Hudson Brothers’ and a new direction.
Under the leadership of Henry Hudson the firm imported the
latest woodworking machinery from America and rebuilt the
original Redfern joinery shop as the Steam Joinery Works. They
also operated their own sawmills in the Myall Lakes district and
Pyrmont and had depots in various NSW country towns such as
Hill End.
The brothers moved into rolling stock manufacture after the
collapse of P.N. Russell and Co. and greatly expanded the Redfern
works. Their success required further growth resulting in the
company building a massive industrial complex in Granville and
acquiring a third plant in Wickham.
The firm was incorporated as Hudson Brothers Limited in 1882 and became the major railway rolling stock
manufacturer at the time. Thousands of goods wagons, passenger carriages and tramcar trailers were
built for NSW.
Major achievements include:
– the provision of all timber work for the impressive 1879 International Exhibition building known as the
Garden Palace in the Sydney Botanical Gardens,
– the design and construction of the temporary water scheme that saved Sydney from drought in 1886,
– the design and construction of the huge winding machinery for the North and East Sydney cable tram
systems of the early 1890s, and
– the introduction of large refrigerator cars for the transport of chilled meat onto NSWGR.
They were also a major supplier of agricultural equipment including ploughs, chaff cutters, horse gears,
windmills, etc.
Hudson Brothers Limited ultimately evolved to became the iconic Clyde Engineering Company in 1898.
The timber supply business was split off from the engineering business in 1886 and survives at the time of
writing as Hudson Building Supplies which is part of the Independent Hardware Group.

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 S ‘Sandfly’, the NAR’s famous Baldwin-built 0-4-0ST,
shunts a wagon loaded with camouflage netting, squeez-
ing between drums of petrol and an unexploded bomb in
Darwin yard. Understandably, the driver is most likely
feeling a little nervous!

W NFB46 waits to depart southbound with a train of mil-

itary stores. The prototype locomotive was built by James
Martin & Company of Gawler, SA, in 1897 for the SAR
as Y156, then rebuilt with a bigger boiler and reclassified
YX in 1910. From 1927 it operated on the Eyre Peninsula,
from whence it was sold to the Commonwealth Railways
in September 1941, arriving on the NAR in January
1942. It served on the NAR all through WW2 and was
then sold to the TGR in 1949 to provide spare parts for
that railway’s four F class locomotives (ex-CR NFB
class).

T ‘Sandfly’ pauses on the jetty during shunting next to

the sandbagged emplacement containing a 40mm Bofors
anti-aircraft gun. Judging by the nearby remains of a
Japanese Zero fighter, the gun team have already had a
success... and a very close call! The crews’ small arms are
resting close-to-hand on the sandbag wall, just in case…

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The first railcar on the NAR was a steam-driven vehicle constructed by Sentinel-Cammell in the UK in 1924, which quickly became known as
‘Leaping Lena’, due to its very poor ride. Originally used to provide a one-day service between Darwin and Katherine, by 1930 it was providing
fortnightly service between Katherine and the inland terminus of the line, Birdum. In October 1936 it suffered an accident and was then rebuilt by
US Army personnel, as mentioned in the text, including the corrugated iron covering the damaged engine compartment depicted in the model. Here
the model of the modified railcar departs, southbound, from Darwin station. The single sandbag next to the coach indicates the location of an uncou-
pling magnet, of which there are several dotted about the layout.

The Top End 1942

Peter Lucas has built an On30 exhibition layout portraying a very unusual prototype; Darwin during World War Two.
Photos by the author.

How it began The overall size of the layout was chosen as 2400mm by
It all started a couple of years ago when, by chance, I came 450mm for two reasons. Firstly, it would fit on some chests of
across a couple of photos of Darwin in 1942. One showed the drawers in my office and, secondly, because I wanted to exhibit
waterfront during the initial bombing and the second showed the layout in future and needed it to fit into the boot of my
troops lined up on the jetty railway with wagons behind. At the Holden Cruze.
time, I had no idea that a railway existed in the Northern Operating a model railway layout is a priority for me and
Territory prior to the current standard gauge. Research started. A therefore I needed it to have shunting interest and lots of activity
couple of books on the North Australia Railway (NAR) were when on show at exhibitions. After a lot of thought, the plan on
located and purchased. These revealed an intriguing story of an p.20 was selected after seven earlier attempts. The AnyRail 6 soft-
eclectic mix of rolling stock and some decidedly quirky opera- ware package was used to design the layout with the result that
tions, that just had to be modelled. The fact that I had never seen everything fell into place first time and there were no track issues.
a NAR layout provided further motivation. By necessity, this is a rearranged and very compressed view
At the time I had a large, British-based OO scale railway in a of Darwin’s waterfront railway, but manages to include the sta-
dedicated railway room. However the decision had been made tion, one of the tunnels to the underground fuel storage, the fly-
to downsize and move to a smaller house in which I could only ing boat base and a heavily foreshortened jetty. It also manages
expect a bedroom as both office and railway room. Therefore quite a bit of operational interest. The mainline which disappears
planning had to start on a new and much smaller layout and it behind trees top right is actually a removable cassette so that
would be based on the North Australia Railway. trains can be inserted to run into Darwin station and return. A
hidden siding top left allows rolling stock to be temporarily
Layout Design stored out of sight while the sidings at the front give a lot of
As far as I was aware, there were absolutely no ready-to-run or shunting potential.
kit-based locomotives or rolling stock available. This left the ques-
tion of scale completely open. However, the layout was going to Construction
need some military vehicles and quite a few troops, all of which The layout is split into two baseboards of equal length. A
were readily available in 1:48 scale, so that simplified the choice. monocoque construction was adopted using 7mm plywood
The NAR was 3'6" gauge so that would have meant a 22mm gauge glued and pinned together and with access holes cut in the
on the layout. However I didn’t fancy scratchbuilding the entire underside. This method was chosen because it gives a very light-
track and point work so took the easy option of 16.5mm gauge. So weight, but strong, result which has not distorted at all in two
far nobody has noticed this discrepancy, but then that’s an advan- years. All of the power supplies, wiring, point motors and other
tage of modelling a little-known railway in the Northern Territory; electronics are contained within the monocoque and are there-
few people know the prototype existed let alone what it looked like. fore fully protected during exhibition trips.

Australian MODEL RAILWAY Magazine December 2019. Page 19

 At A Glance
Scale: On30 (On2½) Track: Peco narrow gauge
Prototype: The North Australian Railway (NAR) Control: DCC with sound
Period: 1942 Structures: Scratchbuilt
Layout Type: Terminus to cassette shunting layout Locomotives: 3D printed on proprietary chassis
Layout Size: 2.4m x 0.45m Rolling stock: One r-t-r, two kits and the rest 3D printed on
Rail Height from floor: 1.2m Peco chassis kits
Baseboard: 7mm plywood monocoque Builder: Peter Lucas

Top End 1942 — 2.40m x 0.45m (0.25m grid)

Munitions Siding
Oil Tunnel
Station
Boat Base
Flying

Unexploded Bomb
© Pete Grant 2019

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An overall view of the entire layout set up in the author’s office. The 3D Inset: The oil tanks on fire behind the flying boat base after an air raid
printer used to produce most of the locomotive bodies and rolling stock on Darwin in 1942. Photographer unknown from the collection of the
can be seen at the far end of the bench. Australian War Memorial.

Track work is all Peco narrow gauge and the layout was wired Locomotives were made by selecting the closest off-the-shelf
for DCC from the outset using a Roco handheld controller. chassis and mechanism and then building on the body work
However, the Cobalt point motors are controlled by a small using 3D printing. Finally, O scale detail components like brake
mimic panel using analogue DC. Kadee couplers are used pumps, safety valves and the crew were purchased and
throughout and therefore magnets needed to be installed for attached.
uncoupling. These are marked on the plan and a single sandbag Most of the wagons were made in a similar way. Many of
is placed next to each one to indicate the position to the layout them use Peco chassis kits with 3D printed bodywork and muni-
operator. tions loads glued on. There is also one off-the-shelf On30
Working on the wiring is really easy because I just remove the Bachmann tanker car and a couple of Australian On30 kits.
rolling stock and tip the entire layout up onto its back so that I The US Army truck and staff car and the Bofors anti-aircraft
can work comfortably while sitting in my office chair. gun on the jetty were all made from 1:48 scale kits. However,
Illumination is provided by a strip of LEDs located behind a manning them with troops proved to be an unexpected problem.
length of aluminium angle running the full width of the layout. All the photos of the time show the Australian soldiers wearing
shorts and a British style tin hat. However, an extensive search
Modelling failed to locate any such soldiers in 1:48 scale and 3D printing
Because so little was available r-t-r or as kits, much of the lay- such small details did not go well. In the end I had to resort to
out and rolling stock had to be scratchbuilt and extensive use purchasing German Afrika Korps soldiers (in shorts, but the
was made of 3D printing using a UP Mini 2 printer seen just wrong hat) and British soldiers (in full battledress) and perform-
beyond the layout in the photo of the entire layout above. ing a full head transplant on each pair! This proved to be a very

Australian MODEL RAILWAY Magazine December 2019. Page 21

 ‘Leaping Lena’ approaches Darwin station,
rolling past a US Army truck.

expensive way of producing Australian soldiers and I will be war and was finally withdrawn in 1950, when it was placed on
having another go at the 3D printing. display at Port Augusta, then in Adelaide, before being returned
The buildings were produced in the conventional way using to Darwin. It has been cosmetically restored by a local motor
styrene sheet from my local model shop, plus 3D printed compo- club and today can be seen in the old Qantas hangar.
nents for window frames, staircases, etc. A drawing was found of The model was built using a Bachmann On30 Porter chassis
the Darwin station building while the flying boat base was and mechanism. A 3D printed cab, boiler and saddle tank were
scaled from a number of photographs. added, plus components from the original Porter locomotive
The backscene also came from my local model shop, as did body. On completion, the locomotive was found to pull next to
the materials for making the trees and other greenery. There are nothing, because replacing the metal bodywork with 3D printed
many sandbags lying around and all were 3D printed. Photos of plastic made it far too light. Therefore, the saddle tank was
Darwin station at the time show soil covering the whole area reprinted in steel by Shapeways in the US and that solved the
including the track which has no sleepers visible at all. I found a weight problem.
single colour photo of the area which showed the soil to be a red All my locomotives are sound-fitted and I strongly prefer that
colour, which was reproduced on the layout. However, much my steam locomotives should generate a deep realistic chuff.
later on, further research showed that this red colour was proba- This means installing a sound decoder and a top quality speaker
bly caused by the imperfect film of the time and that the actual with a soundbox. Sandfly doesn’t have the space available and so
soil was much lighter. I solved the problem by permanently coupling a wagon to carry
the locomotive camouflage netting, under which are the decoder
Sandfly and the speaker. A side benefit is that I then have eight wheels to
The prototype locomotive is an 0-4-0 saddle tank with a pick up from the track and the locomotive runs and sounds
Stephenson valve gear and was supplied by the Baldwin much better than the original Bachmann Porter.
Locomotive Works of Philadelphia (USA) in 1887. It was original-
ly purchased by the railway building contractors and was then Leaping Lena
sold to the railway on completion. It operated throughout the In 1924, the NAR purchased a Sentinel-Cammell steam-pow-

W ‘Sandfly’ shunts a rake of wagons loaded

with camouflage netting and bombs. A pile of
sandbags in the foreground stands ready as
needed for such uses as protecting gun
emplacements and building protective screens
around unexploded bombs.

W The underside of the baseboard

showing the plywood monocoque
construction, chosen for strength
and lightness.

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S ‘Sandfly’ stands near the station with
another load of camouflage netting and bombs.
General MacArthur’s staff car has just arrived
on a bogie flat wagon, which is stabled next to
one of the fuel tunnels, newly-built in 1943
under Darwin township after seven of the elev-
en above-ground storage tanks were destroyed
in various raids in early 1942. MacArthur will
probably want the big white star removed from
the roof of his car before the next air raid…

ered railcar from the UK in an attempt to

improve the passenger service. It proved to
be a disaster. The railcar was designed to
run on pristine standard gauge track in a
cool climate. On 3’6” gauge track deep in
the bush it rolled all over the place. The
guard had to write tickets before departure
because it was impossible to write them in
motion. The passenger compartment was S The building that served the flying boat base, used for various activities such as housing VIP
too hot and smoke entered from the chim- passengers (mainly important government and service personnel) enroute to and from London
ney. Things were finally improved by fit- and Sydney while their aircraft was refuelled. It appears that General MacArthur has arrived and
ting a South Australian ‘Short Tom’ passen- a reception is being held in his honour.
ger carriage bogie, sunshades over the win-
dows and a tall chimney.
In 1936, the railcar broke down just
short of the southernmost terminus of the
NAR at Birdum. It was hauled back to
Darwin for repair and was then attached
to the rear of a mixed train for return to its
base at Katherine. South of Pine Creek the
guard noticed that the railcar was missing
and stopped the mixed train at the foot of
a grade. After a short delay, a clicking
sound became gradually louder and the
railcar smashed into the rear of the mixed
train. Its steam engine was destroyed and
the railcar was towed to a Darwin scrapy-
ard to end its days.

X NFB46 waits on the jetty with a rail tank

car. In the harbour below, a ‘saltie’ (salt water
crocodile) lurks in the hope of scoring a meal.

Australian MODEL RAILWAY Magazine December 2019. Page 23

 Passengers wait in the shade
of the passenger station’s
verandah for the next train
south as ‘Sandfly’ shunts
the yard. In the background
can be seen the entrance to
one of the fuel tunnels that
were constructed under the
town after most of the
above-ground fuel tanks
were destroyed in air raids.

That should have been the end of the story for Leaping Lena, tions. This requires continuous activity, but not at the cost of the
but it wasn’t. In 1942, US Army troops were arriving in Darwin operator being unable to talk to viewers or take quick breaks. An
and desperately needed rail transport to ship goods from the extra panel was hidden behind Darwin station with two Tam
harbour to their base camps. They saw the railcar in the scrapy- Valley shuttle units. One controls the movement of Leaping Lena
ard, removed the broken steam engine, fitted an American diesel on its shuttle service between the hidden cassette and Darwin
engine, rebuilt the driver ’s cab using corrugated iron and station. The other controls the movement of Sandfly and wagons
returned it to service. There is no record of its use, but, with a between the jetty and the munition siding using this shuttle
story like that, it just had to be modelled. unit’s ability to switch a point between each movement. The tim-
Leaping Lena was recreated using a Hornby Smokey Joe chassis ing of these two shuttle units can be set differently so that the
and mechanism with a cab built using styrene corrugated sheet. viewer sees a constantly changing sequence of two trains which
The passenger compartment was 3D printed and was mounted is completely automatic. Three double pole switches convert the
on a scrap HO coach bogie. A diesel sound decoder and speaker layout wiring from automatic shuttle to manual operation at
were added and the railcar now runs a shuttle service into home.
Darwin station. In addition, there is a large air raid switch on a mimic panel
which children are invited to press. An air raid siren is then
Other Motive Power and Rolling Stock heard followed by a series of explosions, each of which coincides
Between 1907 and 1924, many South Australian Y class loco- with an LED flash in the scenery, mixed with Bofors anti-aircraft
motives were rebuilt and reclassified as Yx. Eighteen were gunfire and finally an ‘All clear ’ siren. This was built using an
acquired by the Commonwealth for service on the NAR as the Arduino kit, SD storage and a speaker, all from my local Jaycar.
NFB class. Six were retained after the war and, converted to oil
burning, provided all the motive power until replaced by diesel The Future
electric units. My model of the NFB was constructed using a For the future, an eclectic variety of rolling stock remains to be
Bachmann On30 4-6-0 chassis and mechanism, converted to a constructed. Ex-South Australian ‘Short Tom’ carriages, the
2-6-0. The Bachmann tender was modified and reused as were ambulance van for transporting leprosy patients, guard’s vans,
some components with the remainder of the locomotive being cattle wagons converted to troop carriers, a gunpowder van and
3D printed. the Leyland Titan four-wheel railcar.
Apart from Leaping Lena there is no passenger rolling stock as For a wartime scene, the layout has a definite shortage of
yet. The focus has been on freight with rakes of loaded and troops. US soldiers are easy to find as long as I don’t mind them
empty munitions wagons. These use Peco On30 chassis kits with wearing trousers. The Aussie soldiers, in shorts, remain a prob-
the bodywork and the bombs being 3D printed. A couple of lem if the full cranial transplant technique is to be avoided.
locally-produced wagon kits were close enough to NAR wagons The layout will next be on show at the Milang Model Railway
and a Bachmann On30 rail tank wagon is the only r-t-r vehicle so Exhibition on 23/24 November 2019 (Milang is an hour south of
far. Adelaide).

Operation References
Currently the emphasis is very much on shunting. Sandfly Readers who want to know more about the NAR may find
assembles munitions trains which then depart southbound into the following to be of interest:
the cassette behind the NFB loco. The wagons carrying bombs The North Australia Railway 1911-1939, J Y Harvey, ARHS Bulletin
are then replaced with empty wagons, the cassette is turned and 401 (March 1971)
the NFB returns to Darwin station where Sandfly shunts the The Never-Never Line: The Story of the North Australian Railway, J Y
munitions wagons onto the jetty for loading. While this is going Harvey (Hyland House 1987)
on, Leaping Lena makes periodic round trips into the station. The Line That Led To Nowhere, Ian R Stevensen (Rigby 1979)
There is also scope for giving my grandchildren shunting Iron Roads in the Outback, Nick Anchen, (Sierra Publishing 2017)
puzzles. The most common is to get Sandfly to move General Outback Railwaymen – Life on the Commonwealth Railways, Nick
MacArthur’s car from the station to the jetty; something which Anchen, (Sierra Publishing 2019)
needs a bit of thought. War Time History of the Commonwealth Railways North Australia
Railway on the Comrails website at:
Exhibitions http://www.comrails.com/wthcr/w04.html .
From the outset, the layout was designed for display at exhibi-

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 IN THE LOOP

A Life’s Work (and After)

Trevor Hodges has thoughts on which layouts are worth preserving after the demise of the builder, and whether they
should be. Photo by the author.

I
t may not surprise you to hear that I like a yarn. My use of ent magazines we read in our youth and to a seven or eight
yarn is meant to be understood in the way it was used years’ difference in our ages. I came to the work of John Allen
around me when I was a growing up in the company of as an adult, but Spots had read about him and his early, initial
people who’d lived through WWI, the Great Depression and ‘test’ layout as he was growing up. For Spots, building this rec-
WWII: not so much a story being told, but a chat or a gossip reation would be a “nostalgia trip” (his words) and he was
with stories woven into the talk. The sort of talking you do guessing that many hobbyists in the same age bracket would
leaning on a farm gate or over a back fence. Perhaps it’s a rath- feel the same.
er out of date term in these days of ‘FaceTime’ and social I also reckon the fact that John Allen’s layout was acciden-
media, but I like a yarn and I would hazard a guess that a lot tally destroyed not long after his death was also a factor driv-
of the readers of this magazine do too. ing Spots in this direction. Even if John Allen’s Gorre &
I especially like a yarn with modelling friends I might not Daphetid still existed, the chances of Spots ever getting to see it
have seen for a while. I always try to make time to drop in and would be pretty small at best. The fact that it was destroyed by
see such friends when I’m in their area. A particularly good fire many years ago makes recreating a small slice of it quite
friend of mine – I’ll refer to him as ‘Spots’ to protect his priva- compelling, especially when you consider that, as model rail-
cy – and I had a long yarn a few months ago after paying a way hobbyists, this is what we do; build models and layouts.
visit to a layout of a friend of his. The layout in question has Spots is considering recreating a part of the modelling
been built by its owner in a large, purpose-built building. inspiration from his youth that would allow him, and possibly
This is no ‘shed’, but rather a huge rectangular building others if he ever exhibits the layout, to experience a model that
built and finished to a standard equal to a house. I find myself he never got to see first-hand when he was just starting out in
at a loss for how to describe the layout being constructed in the hobby. Unlike many modellers who strive to recreate their
this building, an unusual situation for me as I’m rarely lost for childhood experiences of the real railways in their layouts,
words. The word that most readily comes to mind when I Spots will be trying to recapture the inspiration that initially
think about this layout is phenomenal: the scale, ambition and brought him into the hobby and possibly connect in a 3D form
quality of the whole enterprise is quite simply breathtaking. with just a little bit of John Allen’s magic. Not a bad reason for
On the drive home after the visit I found myself shaking my building a layout when you think about it a little more deeply
head at how one man can have achieved so much (with the than I had done initially.
help of some friends) in such a short space of time. While it’s In the same month that I visited the layout of Spots’ friend,
far from finished, I understand he’s been working on it for less I received an invitation to visit another large layout, belonging
than five years. It makes my paltry efforts over the past couple to someone (I’ll call him ‘Graeme’) who just happened to be a
of years pale by comparison. good friend of the person who is building the first layout men-
As is our habit, Spots and I sat around yarning about life, tioned above. This layout was not quite as large as the first,
trains and the problems with the hobby for a few hours that and it is located a good 700km from the other by road, howev-
evening. It would surprise no one to hear that the layout we’d er it’s almost as awe-inspiring in its ambition and size. This is a
visited formed the main topic of conversation. What the layout big layout by any measure. Like the first layout I visited, this
seemed to prompt in us, especially as the builder of the layout one is primarily the work of one man and I jumped at the
is older than both of us by a few years, were thoughts about chance to see it in the flesh, having recently read about it in a
what we’d like to achieve in the hobby before too much more UK modelling magazine.
time passes: the time left before we move into a stage of our After Graeme had shown me around the layout room and
lives where we may no longer be able to do the things we we’d talked trains for a couple of hours, we sat on the veran-
would really like to due to age or ill health. dah of his home drinking tea, eating his wife’s home-made
For me it was to grasp the nettle and do something in a dif- cake and yarning about life, trains and the problems with the
ferent gauge with some kits I’d owned for quite a while and a hobby. This seems to be becoming a habit of mine! After dis-
plan that has been kicking around in the back of my head for covering we were born within six months of each other about
well over a decade. For Spots, the project that he’d been think- 15km apart in 1960s suburban Sydney, our conversation
ing about for many years was to build a reproduction of a ranged across a broad range of modelling and non-modelling
small layout that had been covered in great detail in the mod- topics, until he mentioned a story he’d read recently about a
elling press many years before. Its owner and builder, John museum of model railways being established in the U.S. or the
Allen, continues to be acknowledged by those familiar with his U.K. I’ve occasionally heard modellers of my acquaintance
life and layout as extremely influential. I have to admit that express the opinion that important layouts should be pre-
Spots’ (up to this point) hidden ambition to build this layout served in a museum. I’ve also heard of instances where lay-
surprised me at first. My initial reaction was, “Why would you outs have been offered to museums and historical societies in
want to spend your time recreating a layout that was built something the hope that a modeller ’s pride and joy may be preserved
like 60 years ago? We’ve moved on!” and enjoyed by others.
Unsurprisingly, Spots had a very sound reason for wanting It’s no surprise that when granddad passes away his family
to build this particular layout. His radically different approach might wish to see his layout set up so others can enjoy it.
to the question we were discussing was due to both the differ- However, I can also understand why the outcome of such an

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 offer rarely leads to that layout ending up being run regularly but I found this summed up my feelings about my own layout
as a public display. Perhaps the largest hurdle to this sort of out- pretty accurately. Once I’m gone I want my partner Louise to
come is the fact that rarely, if ever, are home layouts built to be get what she can for the models and what happens to the layout
moved and set up in a new location. More often than not is of little interest or concern to me.
they’re a unique mix of hard work, make-do materials, weird For me the people who build layouts are of as much interest
and wonderful experiments and eccentric wiring that requires as the layouts themselves. Whether the result of their life’s work
the presence of the builder to get it to operate. is worthy of preservation is really the responsibility of history. If
Model railway layouts are a reflection of their builder’s per- you’d like your work to be preserved by a local community
sonality and unique set of interests and skills and this leads to group, I’d suggest you need to build your layout so it can easily
another and possibly even larger obstacle to a home layout end- be moved. It would make sense to make some provision in your
ing up on public display after the passing of its builder. While will to help the group defray the maintenance costs of housing
the builder of a layout is alive and actively working on his (it is your layout in its new home. Whatever your intentions, as with
normally, but not always, a he) layout he’s acting as a one-man all things in this realm, it would pay to talk about your wishes
maintenance crew. If a person is retired and spending signifi- with your partner and children.
cant time in a layout room, chances are that the work that goes So, are the results of a life spent working in this hobby worth
into it will be divided between building new things and mainte- preserving beyond the life of the individual who produced
nance. them? You might note that I’ve broadened this question out
I have a feeling that few people outside the hobby, and quite from a narrow focus on layouts. I’d suggest that the hobby of
a few within it who are yet to build a layout, have any real con- railway modelling in this country has produced models and lay-
cept of how much work it takes to build and maintain even a outs that are more than worthy of attention and preservation as
moderately-sized model railway layout. Is it any surprise that, a way of remembering a unique and significant post WWII
when a community group is offered the layout of a local mod- social movement. If hobbyists like us don’t believe the models
eller who has passed away, starts to evaluate in detail the cost we produce are worth serious attention and the preservation of
and investment in time that would be needed to move and its more significant objects, then few outside it will.
maintain it, they might well balk at such a prospect? It’s a rare The problem is perhaps in discriminating between what is
community group who would have the cash and resources, to significant to the hobby more broadly and what is significant
say nothing of the special skill set, available to undertake such a within a family. I’m sure those of us within the hobby could all
task. I think they’d quickly come to the conclusion that a ‘free nominate layouts and other items that we felt were truly signifi-
gift’ of a layout is hardly free at all and would involve signifi- cant and should be preserved for posterity. However, there is a
cant costs. world of difference between this and preserving granddad’s
As we drank our tea and brushed the cake crumbs from the trains just because his grand-children are excited to see them
front of our shirts, Graeme expressed the opinion that when he running when they visit.
kicks the bucket he wants his family to hire a big skip bin into If I was a curator at the Australian Model Railway Museum
which his chopped up layout can be placed and then transport- (an institution that exists only in my imagination) and was
ed to the tip. He had no interest or concern about what happens allowed to nominate for inclusion just three items, the hardest
to his layout after his passing and he certainly didn’t want it to part would be deciding what to leave out more than what to
be a burden on his descendants. I expressed a long-held view include. If you start doing this exercise yourself you’ll very
that what made layouts interesting to me was the builder of quickly realise how regionally biased we are when it comes to
them in the presence of the creation, not so much the object by our own preferences of what we think significant. However,
itself. given the brief of preserving things that mark significant mile-
Who among us hasn’t visited a home layout that had only a stones in our hobby, and granted that I’m a one eyed New
few buildings installed and displayed the all-too-familiar rolling South Welshman, my three nominations would be the locomo-
vistas of line-side plywood fields, but were never-the-less tives that were made to run on the NSWGR-built O scale layout
caught up by the passion and vision of the builder as they that travelled the regions and appeared at the Sydney Royal
described what they hoped to achieve in this corner or over Easter Show in the 1950s, the NSWGR HO layout Beyond Bulliac
along that wall? At this point in our conversation, Graeme said and just about anything made by the late Geoff Nott.
he felt that layouts are infused with the animating spirit of their I know very little about the O scale rolling stock that ran on
builders. Once those builders have gone it is a rare layout the layout that toured in the 1950s, other than what was written
indeed that is worthy of preservation. I wish I’d said it like that, about it in this magazine [‘NSWGR’s O Scale Model Railways’

While still in its early stages,

Graeme’s layout is well advanced
with trains running and plans in
place for the construction of a
large terminal station. This sta-
tion complex and its associated
trackwork will be run from behind
the photographer to approximately
where the black chair can be seen
in the middle distance. The author
is particularly impressed, as all
this is in O scale.

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Issue 273 December 2008 and ‘The First NSWGR
Easter Show Layout at Newcastle’ Issue 304
February 2014, both by Jim Longworth – Editor]. I
never got to see this layout in person as I’m a lit-
Coasting to Clean
tle too young. It had been replaced by an HO
layout at the Sydney Royal Easter Show by the
time I was a small boy.
Track
This layout is the one I was left staring at on Steve Donohue stops drinking long enough to clean his track!
my own as my parents wandered off to view the
other displays in the hall; an experience I dis- Illustrations by the author.
covered was not unique… After my conversa-
tion with Graeme it turns out his parents used

I
to do the same thing! However, if I had a dollar ’ve read many model railway
for every slightly older modelling friend of mine magazines over the years and
who has mentioned the earlier O scale layout I’ve never read much in them
about how to actually clean the
and the locomotives and rolling stock that ran
rails. The only mentions I can
on it to me over the years, I reckon I could buy
recall are about someone using a
myself a good steak dinner. This layout (and I’m
track rubber by ‘running it over
sure similar displays in other Australian states)
the rails’. I’ve never actually seen a
and the rolling stock that ran on it was hugely
‘track rubber ’ and the rail cleaning
influential in doing so much to draw into the
wagons that are available seem
hobby many young modellers from that post
expensive and all seem to work
war generation. This was the generation who
only on the tops of the rails. I also
would form the nucleus of those who would
saw one bloke who recommended
come to see the modelling of local prototypes as
using a chunk of Masonite.
something worthy of attention.
Anyway, my track needed clean-
In making my three choices I’ve limited
ing and I came up with this idea as slide between rail and point blades.
myself to just one layout that I was lucky
I sipped on a frosty one at my local The rounded corners prevent snag-
enough to see with my own eyes. We could
club. I picked up one of those stan- ging too.
argue for hours, and I imagine I’ll be
dard, fibreboard drink coasters for a For really stubborn crud – moist-
approached by a number of hobbyists who will
closer examination. They’re made en the coaster with a few drops of
want to do just that in the wake of this In The
from an absorbent, recycled paper single malt modelling fluid!
Loop, about the most influential layout of this or
with two folds and one can recycle
that era or region. However, when I was trying
them as track cleaners! The folded
to decide what layout I’d include I simply
width (approx. 30mm) is perfect for
couldn’t go past Beyond Bulliac. I still remember cleaning standard HO gauge rails
the first time I saw it in the flesh and the impact and you can see and feel the differ-
it had on me. It is quite simply the layout that ence in the rail heads immediately.
has had the greatest influence on my own mod- One thing I’ve never heard dis-
elling over the past couple of decades and this is cussed in the modelling press is
saying something when I remind myself that anything about cleaning the vertical
my short list includes such masterpieces as the faces on the insides of the rails. By
Fry family’s Swans Crossing and Rodney James’ holding an unfolded coaster against
Wingham. And finally there is the work of Geoff the rail and running it along the
Nott. Do I need to detail why Geoff ’s work is tops of the chairs it’s surprising
worthy of inclusion in this very short list? The how much gunge is removed. It
man was quite simply a giant in our hobby and also reduces a lot of the friction
the world is a poorer place for his untimely experienced on small radius curved
death. track. The coasters are also the right
The more I think about it the more I’ve come thickness to clean the valley
to appreciate Spots’ idea of rebuilding the origi- between guard rails and to carefully
nal nucleus layout of John Allen’s Gorre and
Daphetid. It’s not something I’d do myself, but
I’ve come to the realisation that to some degree
this is our hobby’s equivalent of buying a motor
bike in your retirement to recreate the motoring
memories of your youth, and is probably a lot
less likely to land you in hospital!
As to preserving my trains in a museum
after I’ve kicked the bucket, I couldn’t think of
anything I’d like less. The thought of my jerry-
built creations, with all their flaws and imper-
fections, being on show to the world for gener-
ations to come is enough to keep me up at
night. The empire I’m building in the shed at
the bottom of my garden will be long gone
before my demise and most of the rolling stock
sold off to reduce somewhat the huge mortgag-
es my nephews and step-children will no
doubt have to take on if they wish to own their
own homes. And isn’t that the way it should be
for most of us?

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 No More
Stalling!
Peter Michalak installs an ESU
PowerPack Mini in the Orient
Express Reproductions SAR F class
4-6-2T steam locomotive.
Photos by the author.

T
here is no doubt that the addition Installing the ESU PowerPack Mini cab, hard against the front cab wall
of DCC, especially a sound- 1. Remove the coal load/oil tank from [Photo 3]), trim the three wires (red,
equipped decoder, adds to the real- the bunker as per the DCC installation white and black) to length. Strip 1mm
ism of a working model locomotive. instructions provided by OER. off the end of each wire and tin the
However, even with the cleanest of track 2. Carefully remove the cab roof, by plac- ends of the wires with solder.
and wheels, DCC-equipped locomotives ing a toothpick between the front wall 6. Carefully solder the wires to the three
can be more prone to stopping, especially of the cab and the top of the tanks (one solder tabs on the decoder [refer
on dead frog points and dirty sections of on each side), and carefully lifting the Diagrams 1 and 2/Photo 4]. A little bit
track, than DC locomotives (often because cab upward. This will dislodge the lugs of flux and a steady hand is required
the ‘cues’ offered by sound and the better that hold the cab in place at the front. here. If you don’t feel you have the
motor control encourages one to drive Using two more toothpicks, carefully skills to do this, please contact your
locomotives at scale speeds, rather than separate the rear cab wall from the side local hobby shop for advice, as it is
treating them as slot cars). walls. Lift the roof away from the body, easy to destroy the decoder.
The way to solve this problem is to add and set aside. 7. Fit the decoder to the motherboard in
a ‘stay alive’ module, which are available 3. Remove the internal bunker/cab parti- the loco’s bunker. A small amount of
under various names from most of the tion. You will note a small recess that Blu Tack can be used to hold the
major DCC decoder suppliers. These allows the ribbon cable from the decoder in the socket, as it doesn’t sit
function by storing a small amount of motor/front lights to run out of the flush with the board. Route the wires
‘backup’ power in capacitors for when the bunker and under the cab floor. Using across the cab floor and install the
electrical supply from the rails is inter- a 2mm drill bit [Photo 1] create a small PowerPack Mini into the cab. A small
rupted by dirt, bad contacts, insulated notch here, to allow the wires from amount of Blu Tack will easily hold
frogs etc. While this article describes how the ‘stay alive’ to reach the inside of the PowerPack in place.
I added an ESU PowerPack Mini to my the bunker. Once complete, set aside. 8. Place the loco on your programming
OEM SAR F class steam locomotive, the 4. Carefully prise out the boiler back- track and set CV113 to 200 – this
principles are the same for any installa- head detail, by placing a screwdriver should give you approximately three
tion. While there are obvious advantages blade between the cab floor and the seconds of backup power. You can test
to adding this module to any locomotive, bottom of the firebox. The back head the unit is working by setting the loco-
in this case it does involve the removal of should slide upward easily [Photo 2]. motive moving, then picking the
the boiler back-head detail (to create suffi- Place this in your spares box. engine up. The headlights and markers
cient space for the power pack) and also 5. Test fit the PowerPack Mini to the should stay lit, plus the wheels should
prevents any locomotive so fitted func- inside of the cab (mounted across the keep moving for about three seconds.
tioning on standard DC layouts. 9. Once you’re happy, re-assemble the
locomotive by re-installing the inter-
1 nal bunker/cab partition, routing the
wires from the PowerPack Mini
Items through the notch you made earlier
[Photo 5]. Install a crew in the door-
Required ways of the cab [Photo 6] to disguise

z ESU LokPilot or LokSound decoder 2

(with Next18 interface)
z ESU PowerPack Mini (ESU Part
No.54671)
z Toothpicks
z 2mm drill bit and drill press
z Soldering iron with fine tip
z Solder
z Small pair of side snips
z Blu Tack adhesive
z Small flathead screwdriver

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 the Power Pack Mini, then re-install
the cab roof, being careful not to dam-
3
age the detail on the roof, or the lock-
ing clips. Re-install the coal/oil load in
the bunker.
10. Test your loco. During my testing of
this installation, the loco happily
negotiated a yard ladder made up of
Peco code 100 Insulfrog points with-
out stalling.

Diagram 1. Connection to LokPilot DCC with

Next 18 connector

Diagram 2.

The finished locomotive, complete with lights,

crew and weathering, shunts a siding in the
Port Adelaide industrial area on the author’s
layout.

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BUILDING BILLABONG MARINA 6

Even More Buildings

(and a Scene or Two)
Tom Carlos describes how he constructed some more of the buildings (and other features) on the layout.
Photos by the author.

The Station Building miniature figures. There is a lady in the waiting room, a man
Even though the layout is small, there are a fair number of buying a ticket. The station master’s office has a couple of post-
buildings. Apart from the fish co-op, the next most important ers and a desk. Open on the desk is the Train Register.
building is the station building [Photo 1]. It’s the railway’s head- For the interior, Peco supply cardboard walls for the main pas-
quarters on the line. The platform was marked out on the base- sage from the entrance to the platform. These didn’t look great
board and traced onto paper. This was then cut to use as a tem- so I made my own with some wood-panelled Evergreen styrene
plate and transferred to an old piece of timber that was big [Photo 2].
enough to use as a platform. The doors were made with plain styrene. A ticket window
I wanted to give the platform a look of a moderately cheaply- was cut out as well, so my HO scale passengers could buy tick-
built platform constructed by a private railway that, in its day, ets. So that the doors looked as though they were in the walls, I
was trying to look fancy. I figured that the station building could made two of each wall so that the wood panelling could be seen
be stone with a brick-faced, earth-filled platform for the passen- on both sides and sandwiched the door between two door
gers. Over the years the platform had the sandy surface replaced frames. On plain styrene I sprayed the colour of the door on
by tarmac. Wanting to keep my costs minimal, the platform was both sides and sandwiched the door styrene in between the
covered with tarmac and the brick facing came from the walls. For the clear styrene for the ticket office, I used the plastic
Scalescenes range. I had previously purchased these for a project packaging from Peco points. The ticket window was masked so
a number of years ago. I usually spray the sheets with a matte that it didn’t accidentally become a door. A floor was also cut to
varnish before I use them. Once the platform was complete, it shape and painted with a suitable floorboard colour.
was screwed into position. One of the windows was painted white for the Ladies’ Room.
The station building is a Peco British outline ‘Manyways’ kit The gents use a brick annex next to the ticket office. Next to the
that I had found at a second-hand stall years ago. I thought that I Ladies’ Room is a small waiting room with a platform seat in it.
could use it somewhere on a previous layout. It turns out that it Nothing too fancy here. All of the internal walls were painted
was waiting for this layout. It was painted using the dry-brush- Railey Paints cream. About a year and a half after it was painted,
ing technique that I used for the dock walls. I used craft acrylic I decided to install LED lights in the building. The lights are from
paints for this. What I didn’t do was prime the plastic first. This a roll of warm white LEDs, the sort that you can buy in 10m
was a mistake and it should always be the first thing one does lengths, cut to size and stick on. They are great as they have the
before one paints. I knew better, but I still missed this step
because at the time, I didn’t think that it would matter.
For a long time not much happened to the station building. It
is located at the front of the layout and every time I worked on
something at the rear of the layout, I knocked it over. So it was
removed until the rear part of the layout was completed. When
the time eventually came for the station building to be complet-
ed, I gave a bit of thought to what should go into it.
As the building is right at the front of the layout, I wanted
spectators to be able to peer into it. I love the idea that people
travel on my railway, so I populated the station building with 2
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resistors built in. A mate at the club I’m a member of had bought
a roll for some of the members.
It was about now that I worked out that I should have primed
the inside walls, at least. There was a lot of light shining through
the plastic. When I first started the layout, I had not thought
about working lights. Now I had to hand paint many more coats
of cream on the inside walls before I came up with something
that was passable when lit.
The garden out the front of the entrance was created using
Wills stone walls for the garden bed and foam painted brown.
The foam came from the packaging that came with the plants. A
few years ago, I went to the AMRA (NSW) Liverpool exhibition
and bought no trains at all, but a whole stack of plants. They
have sat in a box since then. There is a mix of tulips, a couple of
tomato plants to represent something else and some… other
plants. My knowledge of HO scale plants isn’t that great.
The hedge was created using hanging basket liner from a
popular hardware chain, cut to size and sprayed with glue and
coated in dried sawdust, again, something that I had bought 3
many years ago. The hedge is another idea from Luke Towan’s
Yo u Tu b e c h a n n e l . ( w w w. y o u t u b e . c o m / w a t c h ? v =
zOs39RoYgYU&t=229s). The platform sign is from the Model
Scene range, with the station name and information on alighting
for Billabong Marina printed on plain copy paper. The platform
lights come from an internet purchase for an old layout and
reused on this one.

Tower Ales
Some people say that every layout needs a pub. This seemed
like a good idea. The Tower Ale House [Photo 3] serves two pur-
poses:
1. To serve fine ales to the dock workers and tourists.
2. To cover up a bracket holding the back scene in place!
After a lot of searching for small buildings, a Frateschi signal
tower was found to be almost the right size. It has a really small
footprint, which is good for the tight space. I thought that it
would be an interesting feature too. Perhaps the tower was built
during one of the world wars as a lookout tower in case the
Germans or Japanese invaded. After the war it was abandoned
and later turned into a pub. 4

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 ders and stairs that I picked up at my
local hobby shop.
As an aside, there are a number of
boats in the layout. The two fishing boats
next to the fish co-op and the ferry are
both Kibri kits. There is also a barge next
to the wharf which is a Faller model.

Cattle Dock
The platforms for Billabong Marina
and the cattle dock were built in the
6 same way as the main platform. For the
latter, some post and rail fencing was
My idea was to turn this into a low-relief building with a painted and glued on to resemble part of the cattle dock. This is
pitched roof. However, three walls of the building didn’t fit with in low relief, but at the front of the layout, as there wasn’t much
enough clearance for the trains. The windows would make it space available between the track and the edge of the baseboard
awkward to reduce the walls. However, if the building was [Photo 6]. The cows are removable as I don’t always want them
turned 45°, with the walls spread out slightly it would fit the there.
space perfectly. This did mean that the roof needed replacing. A
triangle of styrene did the job for a concrete roof and gives the The Marina
tower a more military look. I’m sure it was a perfect place for a On the other side of the layout to the main station is the
roof-top mounted machine gun or searchlight during the war! Billabong Marina platform. This platform for passengers also
People were added inside the top floor and a small beer gar- doubles as a loading platform for goods wagons. Facilities are
den was added outside. There are white barrels to stop happy sparse. There is a small shelter for passengers to wait in, with a
punters from walking onto the tracks and a couple of small trees seat and a passenger waiting, but as the shelter opens towards
as a scenic break between this layout and its extension. Wood- the back of the layout, no one will ever see him. The shelter is
land Scenics produce a few blokes playing checkers, which I pur- modelled using parts from the Wills Station Halt with Waiting
chased years ago. Playing outside an ale house on a sunny after- Room. I couldn’t find the whole shelter in my bits box, just one
noon seems like a fun thing for these blokes to do. A couple of side wall, but that was enough for a template. It was constructed
other chairs and tables were added to the beer garden [Photo 4]. from corrugated iron profiled styrene with just three walls and a
I bought some Walthers beverage crates and bottles. The bot- roof. After a coat of grey paint, it was ready to place on the plat-
tles are tiny. However, a couple made their way onto a table of form. From here the plastic population walk down some stairs to
drinkers. A blackboard advertising available drinks was made in the marina [Photo 7].
Microsoft Publisher and reduced to a suitable size before print- The Marina is a Kibri kit and is the centrepiece of the layout.
ing onto card. It was then folded into shape and glued into posi- The kit comes with a number of boats and a portable cabin for an
tion. office or a takeaway (it’s hard to tell from the picture on the box
and I can’t read German.) It also comes with benches and tables
Jetty and a couple of other bits and pieces. The idea of the kit is that it
Next to the station is the jetty for the ferry [Photo 5]. One can is a complete diorama with breakwalls, jetties and plastic sheets
assume that the ferry chugs up and down the river carrying of water included. I picked it up from a second hand stall at an
locals, tourists and backpackers. I’m not sure where the ferry exhibition a few years ago.
goes to, as it can’t fit under the bridge... Despite this, passengers There is a tiny space for the marina and its infrastructure, just
seem to wait for it to arrive. The pontoon is the middle section enough for a couple of benches and a fish and chip shop. Who
from a Faller barge kit. It seems to have an extra section in the kit doesn’t like fish and chips by the water? The fish must be fresh
that isn’t required. A few holes were drilled for balsa dowel piles as the fish co-op is not far away. There is even a lemon tree
to keep it in place and to allow the pontoon to rise and fall with growing nearby to provide slices of lemon for the fish. The name
the tide. Fishy McFishface was born from that lovely era of Boaty
A couple of Peco station seats were painted and glued in place McBoatface and Ferry McFerryface. The sign was made using
for the ferry passengers. An extra lifesaving ring from the ferry Microsoft Publisher and printed on photo quality paper before
kit was painted and added to a pole, should one of the passen- being glued to styrene. The blended paint is the result of cover-
gers have too many ales at the ale house and fall in. Access to the ing up a disastrous attempt to paint waves on the side of the
jetty is by crossing the tracks at an unprotected foot crossing and shop.
heading down some stairs. The stairs came from a pack of lad- Because the fish and chip shop is lit up, I wanted to have an

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interior to the shop. A stove range, deep fryer and drinks fridge
were all made from styrene and painted silver. A quick internet
search provided an image of a beverage fridge which was then
printed to the required size. As I was putting it all together, I
used a man with a hammer at the counter to see what you could
see past him. I left him there when it was all assembled as a man
with a hammer is ideal to batter some fish. I am not sorry for the
pun.
Around the marina you can find people eating fish and chips,
taking photos, carrying jerry cans of fuel and a kid holding up a
fish he caught to show his mum. People add little details to lay-
outs to bring them to life and show something of the owner ’s
personality or past. When my wife and I go on holidays, I gener-
ally pop into hobby shops and quite often make a small purchase
as a souvenir. My wife gets to visit quilt shops.
As another aside, last year we went to the United States. The
quilt shops there are places where you can buy quilt row pattern 8
kits designed by the shop owners. Quilters stitch the rows
together to make a complete quilt. These kits are only available
in store and there are new ones every year. My wife suggested
that hobby shops should do that, with every shop having a
wagon specific to that shop as collectors’ items for each year. It
might encourage people to go to as many hobby shops as they
can to build up a train. Realistically, I have no idea how success-
ful it would be or how it would work, but it is kind of an inter-
esting thought.
The bottles at the bar and on the table at the marina, along 9
with a couple of other kits, were bought in a hobby shop in
Strasburg, Pennsylvania, down the road from the Strasburg on a rock. His campfire is constructed from bits of ground up
Railroad and the Pennsylvania Railroad Museum – you could twigs glued around a tealight candle LED. These LEDs have the
stay in the Red Caboose Motel. The kid with the fish and his par- flicker of a flame and it’s a good effect when the lights are off.
ents were bought in Denver, Colorado. Next to the campfire is a rolled-up swag made from an old tea
There are some lobster traps and other fishing items that were bag and tied up with the tea bag string. On the other side is a
picked up in Edinburgh on a trip to the UK. Some of the flowers rather large tucker bag, presumably with a jumbuck in it. This is
out the front of the station were picked up on a trip to the snow a Model Scenes mailbag painted in a more suitable colour. I fig-
as we drove through Mittagong. There is a seal near the marina ured that the billy might be too hard to see so that detail was
because, on a trip to Kangaroo Island with some friends, their omitted [Photo 8].
daughters were chased by a seal. The blokes playing checkers Behind the swagman is a squatter mounted on his thorough-
were bought because I used to run a chess club at my workplace bred (of course). This is a drover model from Kerroby Models. I
(I can’t play chess, I just organised the teams!) They are little have had him for a couple of decades and his leg broke off as I
things to pick up on your travels, but are fun little details to add was getting him ready for his new role as a squatter. A little bit of
to the layout and remind you of holidays and other things. super glue reattached the severed limb, reunited him with his
horse and a touch of paint spruced him up a bit.
The Pink Pig I’m sure that we all know the song. The swagman needed a
One detail that I often point out to visitors is the pig under coolibah tree to camp in the shade of. The coolibah tree was
the stairs. My club held exhibitions with spotter questions for made from twisted wire and had bits soldered to give it a bit of
visiting children to encourage them to look at the layouts. One strength to hold it together. It was then coated with caulking
of our members decided to hide a pig under a goods platform on thinned with water. I normally use No More Gaps but there are a
his layout, he’d even asked his daughter for advice. His spotter couple of coloured caulks available. The caulk I chose was way
question was, ”Where is the pink pig?” Unfortunately, this member too dark and needed to be painted a lighter colour.
passed away suddenly and at his funeral, the story of the pink The final step was to spray the top of the tree with hair spray
pig was told. He was working on his layout in the garage of his as it is a cheap adhesive and dip it into some suitably coloured
house and had just placed the pink pig into position. ground foam. This was repeated a couple of times to make sure
He called out to his daughter in the house urgently. Thinking the tree had enough leaves. I have since started to use a spray
something was horribly wrong she raced out to help her dad, adhesive instead of hair spray and the results are much better. A
expecting the worst. She found him looking at his layout and he hole was drilled and the tree planted. Around the base of the
asked her if she thought the pink pig was too hard to find. tree is scattered some ground up twigs for leaf litter.
Words were had, but it was agreed that the pig could be seen. On the other side of the bridge, making their way from the
That year, club members displaying layouts put a pink pig on station, are three policemen (troopers one, two, three). These are
their layout in memoriam, along with the spotter question to Austrian policemen from the Preiser range. All they needed was
match and I’ve had a pig on all of my layouts ever since. It’s just blue hats instead of white. This was an easy fix [Photo 9].
a small thing to remember an old mate. If you’re ever interested in the origins of Waltzing Matilda,
look up Conversations with Richard Fidler on ABC Radio National.
The Swagman It’s more than just a tale of a bloke who stole a sheep…
Not so much as a building with four walls, but a humble (www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/conversations/
campsite. An obvious feature for a layout with “billabong” in the waltzing-matilda/6498912).
title is a jolly swagman. I’m not sure that in reality he would
make his camp so close to a railway or oil depot, but space is at a The Next Step
premium on this tiny layout. The swagman is from a bulk pack After a couple of years in the building and six magazine arti-
of Preiser figures. These were bought second hand at an exhibi- cles later, the layout is as complete as a layout could ever be but,
tion [There is a bit of a theme developing here… – Editor]. There were as they say, a layout should be complete, but never finished…
some good figures left in the box. The next step is to put some stock on it and run some trains.
This particular figure is meant to be riding a bike. He seemed Next time, I’ll explore some of the operational potential of the
to have a shape that could fit the bill, so he was painted and put layout.

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 Signal Box Diagrams
for a Model Railway
Wilfrid Brook and Chris Guy present a brief history of
VR signal diagrams and then show the diagrams they
created for their layout. Photos by Margaret Brook unless
otherwise credited.

AMRM ran a series of articles beginning in March/April 19791 out of matchsticks. The interior featured a lever frame made of
on Australian railway signalling and in August 1996 there was an matchsticks and a signal box diagram. It is planned that one day
article on building VR mechanical sig- this box will be replaced by a Design
nals 2. Signalling Victorian stations was Workshop signal box, as the kit has full
3 Sadly, the author of this article, Wilfrid
covered in 1997 and two articles on interior detail, including a diagram.
Brook, passed away on 26 August 2018,
Victorian colour light signalling appeared
after a recurrence of cancer. Don McGilvery
in 20074. In 1985 a modelling project was VR Signal Box Diagrams
observed: “Two of Wilfrid’s passions in
described converting a British signal box The signal box diagram is provided to
5 model railways were the Victorian
to an Australian one . ensure that the signaller has a constant
Railways’ somersault signals and making
Modellers’ conventions sometimes awareness of the track layout and sig-
working vestibule connections. It is fitting
include building a signal box6,7, but a fea- nals he (she) is responsible for and as an
that his final article touches on his love of
ture of the signal box interior, if included, adjunct to the efficient operation of the
VR signals, complementing his article
is usually not mentioned, namely the sig- interlocking frame. Traditional signal
nal box diagram. I (WB) started building ‘Scratchbuilding Full Width Vestibule box diagrams fall into two categories –
my layout in 1982 and a few years later Connections for VR S Cars’, which was illuminated (Photo 1) and picture-frame
my (then) young son built a signal box printed in AMRM Issue 245 April 2004”. (Photo 2).

The illuminated signalling diagram

from Kensington, an inner subur-
ban station on VR’s North East
Mainline to Albury. Photo by Chris
Guy.

The Eltham signal box diagram,

illustrating the style used in the
1920s. Eltham is an outer suburban
station on the line to Hurstbridge in
Melbourne’s north east. Photo by
Chris Guy.

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 Illuminated diagrams were usually provided in track circuited
locations to display the movement of trains within the track sec-
tions controlled by the signal box. This type of diagram first
appeared at South Yarra in 1915. It featured fully illuminated
track sections, was housed in a heavy, rivetted metal casing sus-
pended from the ceiling on large hooks and was most impres-
sive. Twenty six of these were eventually to be found at various
city and suburban signal boxes and three survived in service at
Brighton Beach, Sandringham and Kensington when this article
was written.
In 1925, a more austere type of illuminated diagram featuring
bullseye lamps within each drawn track section and housed in a
timber casing was introduced. Examples could be found in both
suburban and country locations, such as Footscray A and Violet
Town. Apart from a few nondescript diagram types being pro-
duced in the interim, in 1955 a new concept in illuminated dia-
grams was introduced. This type featured water coloured track
sections with small lamps in each section and may still be seen in
service at St Albans and Greensborough and the 7¼" gauge
Diamond Valley Railway at Eltham has chosen to replicate the
type in its two signal boxes.
The first Victorian Railways interlocking was brought into use
on 1 July 1876 at Essendon Junction, North Melbourne8, and pic-
ture frame diagrams possibly date from this time. On p.42 of the
book The Signal Box is a photograph of the interior of the Lydney
Junction Great Western Railway box taken in 1879 which shows
a signal box diagram9. Signal box diagrams are mentioned in the
Minutes of the Engineer of Existing Lines – the forerunner of the
Victorian Railways Way and Works Branch – in about 1885. The
information they display has changed little since then.
The size of the diagram usually relates directly to the extent of
the location it represents. Drafting styles are of particular inter-
est. Some of the earliest diagrams at Ballarat East and Bendigo C
survived until the 1980s and were quite artistic and unique. This
style of drafting gave way to a more contemporary form early in
the second decade of the last century. The former Baxter and
Greensborough diagrams typified the style. Even so certain fea-
tures, such as the depiction of the signal box as a hatched box,
lingered on until the style which eventually became standard
was adopted.
This arrangement using standard symbols consists of the Looking towards Petersborough station where a steam-hauled ‘Spirit of
track layout with all associated signals, points, lock bars, gates Progress’ waits in the platform. The Petersborough signal diagram
and any other controlled equipment suitably numbered accord- hangs on the wall behind where the operator manipulating the frame
ing to the lever that operates it. Signal lever numbers are can refer to it as necessary.
shown in red beside the relevant signal; point lever and lock
bar lever numbers are shown in black. Below this, all signalled
moves are set out under the heading of either Up Signals or
Down Signals depending upon the direction of movement with-
in the area of control. Below
the operation room of the sig-
nal box can be found the inter-
locking apparatus which safe-
guards against conflicting

The Petersborough signal diagram.

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 Looking the other way from behind Peters-
borough platform towards Lyndaville station,
where the signal diagram is prominently dis-
played on the wall in front of the Lyndaville
operator’s position.

Victorian Railways drawing office will

reveal to the attentive eye the superb pen-
manship of one particular draftsman who
drew a large number of diagrams – both
picture-framed and illuminated – over a
period of at least twenty years. None of
this person’s contemporaries ever man-
aged to equal his style. Sadly, some of the
very last diagrams drawn could only be
described as amateurish – perhaps reflect-
ing the modern-day loss of the drafting
skills formerly employed.
When one examines diagrams of
Flinders St A, B and C Boxes or No.1 Box
Melbourne Yard it is difficult to appreciate the vast amount of
moves being set up. Thus the levers can only be pulled in a par- time involved in laying out the details in pencil and completing
ticular sequence. the job in black permanent ink and red watercolour thickened
The layout of track and signals in the diagram had to be such with gum Arabic. One has to admire the results the draftsman
that it could be readily understood without confusion. Most dia- achieved using tools of trade that are now considered obsolete.
grams assumed a rectangular (landscape) configuration, Because of their size and the danger of damaging such a large
although a few oddities could be seen, such as Northcote Loop piece of cartridge paper, these diagrams – and others – were
Junction where the diagram was drawn in portrait fashion due linen backed for strength and durability.
to the track layout. Alterations to diagrams were usually carried out in the draw-
Close examination of certain diagrams produced in the ing office at Spencer Street and a reduced photograph provided
in the signal box in lieu. There were occasions when simple alter-
ations were effected on site – especially when patches were
placed over moves that no longer applied and the corresponding
features on the diagram were either erased or simply patched
over.
The Signal and Telegraph Engineer would put his signature to
a newly-drafted diagram or one that had been altered. The
Interlocking Engineer initialled and dated the diagram below the
lower margin. Three known types of timber moulding were used
in the manufacture of picture frames over the years, until the last
was issued to service in the 1970s.
The abolition of interlocked frames over more recent years
and the introduction of control panels complete with engraved
track and signal layouts have virtually brought to an end the era
of hand-drafted diagrams. Those that survive in private collec-
tions are highly prized, for they represent a significant chapter in
the history of railway signalling. In June 2007 a diagram of the
South Australian Railways 1886 Balhannah Station Yard – Diagram
of Points and Signals sold for $810.00 at auction.

The Model Railway

The layout is HO scale, VR prototype and consists of an oval
of mainline measuring 15' x 6' (4.5m x 1.8m). Off the main line is
a small terminal station and yard (Lyndaville) 6' x 4' (1.8m x
1.2m). Also coming off the main line is a 1 in 50 grade which
leads to an upper level yard (Petersborough) which covers half
the layout. There are storage sidings under Petersborough that
come off a loop which passes through at Jenni’s Junction. There
is also a short narrow gauge railway line.
The yards and junction are signalled with VR mechanical sig-
nals. The signals and points are operated by levers and piano
wire. The levers are grouped into three frames – one for each
yard and the junction. A working signalling system is an impor-
tant part of the railway and these mechanical signals (sema-
phores, discs, dwarfs and point indicators) give the model a
characteristic Victorian appearance.
The walls of the train room are adorned with a watercolour by
my son of a J class locomotive on a goods train on the Mansfield
line and three tapestries by my wife of a K class hauling a passen-
The Lyndaville operator has an excellent view of the signal diagram ger train, Puffing Billy and an old Denver and Rio Grande train. In
mounted on the wall above the station. 2006–2007 Chris drew and mounted a signal box diagram for each

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X The Lyndaville signal box diagram.

\ Jenni’s Junction is in the foreground, with the

operator’s lever frame out of sight to the right of
the Petersborough locomotive depot and the Jenni’s
Junction signal diagram on the wall behind, a
glance to the right for the operator. On the right-
hand wall are the tapestries mentioned in the text
and a ‘driver’s eye’ view from a train arriving at
the station can be seen on the monitor underneath.

lever frame. The diagrams hang on the walls

where they can be seen by the signaller oper-
ating the levers. So now there are three profes-
sionally produced signal box diagrams which
are admired by visitors (I suspect more than
the models) and have become an important
part of the railway. One visitor even asked me
if I had been a draftsman!

References
1. Perry, Arthur. An Introduction to Railway
Signalling, AMRM Issue 95 Vol 9, No.2, p
43 March/April 1979 (this was the first of a
series of articles).
2. Hurley, Ross. Building VR Lattice Post Signal
Kits. AMRM Issue 199, Vol 17, No.10, p 50,
August 1996.
3. Hurley, Ross. Signalling Victorian Stations,
or where do I put the signals? AMRM Issue
202, Vol 18, No.1, p 28 February 1997.
4. Weickhardt, Ian. Colour Light Signalling
Systems on the Victorian Railways. AMRM
Issue 265, Vol 25, No.4, August 2007.
5. Kershaw, Roger. A British/Australian Signal
Box. A ‘near enough’ conversion. AMRM
Issue 134, Vol12, No.5, October 1985.
6. Modelling the Railways of Victoria,
Sunbury Model Railway Club Inc, 21 May
2000.
7. Vi c t o r i a n M o d e l R a i l w a y S o c i e t y
Prototype Modellers Meet, 28 October
2007.
8. The Argus, Monday, 3 July 1876.
9. The Signalling Study Group. The Signal
Box. A Pictorial History and Guide to Designs.
Oxford Publishing Company, 1986, p 42.

Acknowledgements
Thanks must go to Michael Guiney for
information regarding the early date at
which VR signal box diagrams were men-
tioned. I would like to especially acknowl-
edge Chris Guy for his expertise and willing-
ness to draw and mount the diagrams. The Jenni’s Junction signal box diagram.

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 WORKSHOPS

Cleaning Unpowered
Electrical Pickup Wheels
Jonathan Majer mechanises an age-old tedious task.
Photo by the author.

T
here are various ways to clean powered pickup wheels,
such as driving the tethered vehicle over an alcohol-
soaked paper towel stretched across the track or by
using a plastic block with two parallel strips of wire brush con-
nected to two metal strips that rest on the track. Both methods
are effective as long as the wheels are powered and turn dur-
ing the cleaning process.
A problem arises when the pickup wheels are not powered
and do not turn during cleaning. One way is to turn the wheel
with your thumb while cleaning the opposing wheel by your The author spins up an unpowered pickup wheel to speed up the clean-
favourite cleaning method. I find this to be tedious and not ing process.
particularly effective. One such vehicle type that I find frustrat-
ing to clean is the Berg’s Sydney suburban electrics, which only scalpel blade. The mandrel (Dremel part No.EZ407SA) comes
have one axle per bogie powered, although electrical pickup is complete with an abrasive cylinder that must first be slid off
from all four wheels. Manually cleaning the unpowered the blue mandrel to expose the soft interior. The whole process
wheels is a slow process and does not totally clean the wheels. of cleaning two bogies takes less than a minute and the
I have overcome this problem by spinning the wheels by improvement in pickup effectiveness is, to say the least, dra-
means of offering up a spinning Dremel tool with what matic. One word of warning though; never try this on the
appears to be a silicone rubber mandrel attached. The oppos- powered wheels or you may strip the gears!
ing wheel can then be cleaned by skimming the surface with a

PrototyPe File

A Modern-era
Small Grain
Unloading Facility
Chris Jones has sent us a photograph
and description of a small facility that
would make an excellent minimum space
model for the modern era modeller. Photo
by the author.

T
his very basic grain unloading facility was situated at the the siding. On this day shunting was being undertaken by
‘Creek Terminal’ in Melbourne until 2013, when it was 4468, still in NSW Indian red, but in the employ of private
demolished for the new Regional Fast Rail connections operator Great Northern. It has been recalled by a driver at the
into the city. The primarily open-sided shed measured 20m time that the grain was coming in from southern NSW and
long by 13m wide and covered a small concrete pit. This small being trucked from the ‘Creek Terminal’ to Cargill’s crush plant
pit could only handle a single discharge door at a time, and located nearby at Brooklyn.
was deep enough to enable the yellow auger to fit underneath This operation was standard gauge, but the Volvo truck and
to convey the grain into road transport. Four large lights under dog tipper are sitting on a broad gauge track, which adds a fur-
the roof allowed for night time operations when necessary. ther element of interest to the scene. For those looking to
Not only were unloading operations slow due to the auger, superdetail the scene, there are plenty of opportunities includ-
but the siding length constraints meant that only a handful of ing a 44 gallon drum, traffic cone, ladder, an old generator and
wagons could be shunted over the pit towards the dead end of a small ‘ATCO’ site office.

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Organiser, David Xuereb, with furry assistant, supervises the U-drive layout at the AMRA (NSW) exhibition on the October long weekend 2019.

Trains For Kids With Cancer

Brad Peadon, of Semi-Retired Foamer Media, outlines the history of this model railway connected cause that is definitely
worth supporting. Photo by James McInerney.

‘Trains For Kids With Cancer’ is the brainchild of David Xuereb, One week prior to the Rosehill exhibition (June long weekend) I
modeller and rail enthusiast, who wanted to do something good for suggested to David that a U-Drive layout would be a great idea, giving
the community, both as a way to give something back to said com- a more concrete focus to our fundraising efforts. That week saw a possi-
munity and to help counteract depression caused by a very dark ble record-breaking effort, with David straight off to Bunnings and a
period of his life when a marriage breakdown resulted in the loss of week’s worth of very late nights, constructing the layout in time for it
contact with his own children. to appear at the exhibition. It served its purpose very well, at both the
It all started in 2016, during the HR Holden Club’s ‘Nationals Rosehill and subsequent Homebush exhibitions, being very popular
Weekend’, when the idea of starting a fundraiser, based around the with the kids and greatly helping to encourage donations.
train hobby, began to go through David’s mind, inspired by the HR Our aim in 2019 is to reach $10,000.00. At time of writing this (just
Club’s own fundraising efforts for the ‘Kids with Cancer Foundation after the AMRA (NSW) October exhibition at Homebush), we have
Australia’ during that event. just passed the halfway mark. We have already started to plan for
Over the next few years he formulated a plan and developed the 2020 and already look to be doing something different from the last
confidence to take on such a challenge. Come 2018, David was two years. We have been investigating a possible main event based
ready to accept the challenge and embarked upon a one-off event at around a (real) train ride, while we hope to again attend some model
Fairfield Showground on 1 December. railway exhibitions and also hit those Bunnings sausage sizzles!
David discovered he had a surprising knack for talking directly Can you help us?
to people and gaining their support, but wasn’t too confident with If you can help us with a donation, financial or raffle items, we
promotion and publicity, so he approached his mate (the author) to would most certainly love to hear from you. We can also use more
handle that side of the project. Having lost mates to cancer, includ- volunteers to help us at future events. Every little bit you can give
ing my dear railfan/modeller friend, James Loosemore, I could hard- helps us to help children in need.
ly say no to helping out with this very worthy project. Details of future events (and how to contact us), can be found on
The initial event at Fairfield far surpassed what had been expect- our website: trainsforkidswithcancer.wordpress.com and Facebook
ed, managing to raise $5040.00 for the ‘Kids with Cancer Foundation p a g e : w w w. f a c e b o o k . c o m / Tr a i n s - f o r- K i d s - w i t h - C a n c e r-
Australia’ organisation. We were so inspired by the result that we 2096154673930579. We also have a GoFundMe account ‘Trains For
decided to give it another go in 2019. The 2019 event took place over Kids With Cancer’ (www.gofundme.com/f/trains-for-kids-with-can-
the weekend of 19-20 October at the Fairfield Showgrounds cer) for accepting donations.
(Western Districts Live Steamers) and featured miniature railway There are so many people that we would like to thank for their
train rides, heritage buses and cars, plus lots of kids’ entertainment, help so far. Most especially all the model train manufacturers and
including jumping castles, plus the inevitable sausage sizzle! retailers (listed on our website) who have been incredibly generous
In the meantime, the idea soon grew well beyond just the event with help. Also, a huge thank you to the Epping Model Railway
at Fairfield Showground. We have also attended two long weekend Club and the Australian Model Railway Association for allowing us
model railway exhibitions (Rosehill and Homebush), as well as our to be part of your exhibitions, as well as to the many, many kind
first Bunnings sausage sizzle. people who have donated.

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 BEYOND THE FENCE

Unloading
Equipment
Phil Jeffery describes some interest-
ing and useful items that would make
a very nice detailing scene.
Photos by the author.
1

H
ave you ever wondered what to
do with model road vehicles
which are no longer up to the
standard of the rest of your layout? How
about the way the prototype vehicles
shown here have been ‘kit-bashed’ by
their owners?
Among some photos taken in August
1971 are these shots taken at Alexandra,
Vic, (Photos 1 and 2), which show a stor-
age shed on the far side of the yard.
Briquettes and fertiliser were among the
products that had to be transferred from
open wagons at this location. The truck
parked alongside the shed seems to be a
long wheelbase Commer, with the tray
area covered in and now being used to
store bags of briquettes. A belt conveyor
leads from beside the track up to a hop-
per which allows the operator to fill bags
with briquettes. Photo 3 shows the other
end of this shed where telegraph poles
and a large water tank have been stored.
Alexandra had a State Electricity Com-
mission siding, so the poles could well be
2 waiting to be loaded onto a train.
I remember a similar briquette unload-
er being in use at Greensborough. At
Greensborough they had a tractor fitted
with a blade for pulling the briquettes out
of the wagons.
The converted EK Holden station
wagon shown in Photo 4 was seen at
Healesville in October 1979. An enterpris-
ing mechanic had added a screw convey-
or to allow the transfer of fertiliser from
GY wagons sitting on this siding. I don’t
remember looking to see if the car still
had a motor.
Photos 5 and 6 were taken at Fish
Creek in May 1985. A belt conveyor had
been added to an old Thames Trader,
resulting in this eccentric piece of unload-
ing equipment. It is interesting to note
that the rear wheels have not been
thrown away, but left near the truck,
which still seems to have its driveshaft in
place. The second view at Fish Creek
shows a different style of conveyor in use
(behind the Trader) unloading fertiliser
from another rail wagon into a hopper on
3 the back of a Ford truck.

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Gallery

Shown at the 2018 VRMS

Victorian Prototype Modellers’ Forum
was the HO scale model of a VR double bulk-loading
sheep race, with adjacent cattle yards and loading chute, built to the
post-1937 style by Don McGilvery. Don displayed a number of stock handling
models at the 2018 PMF, some of which can be seen elsewhere in this Gallery.

VR Stock Handling Facilities

John McCallum photographed these models, illustrating the common theme of handling stock traffic on the
Victorian Railways, at the 2016 and 2018 Victorian Prototype Modellers’ Forums.

Another of Don McGilvery’s stock han-

dling models, an HO scale rendition of a
VR sheep race, the ‘economy’ style as
used on the Morkalla branch in the far
north west of Victoria. The model was
constructed from stained and painted
stripwood, based on photographs and
drawings of early Victorian stock race
designs.

The other ‘half ’ of stock transport on the

railways was the rolling stock, which pro-
duced some very distinctive vehicles. This
HO scale model of VR bogie sheep wagon,
LF28, was displayed at the 2016 PMF by
Alan Greenhill. The model features a
scratchbuilt roof and underframe, while
the body was kitbashed from two SEM L
class four-wheel sheep van kits, suitably
widened, using a photograph of the proto-
type LF28 as a guide to detailing.

Sheep were not the only type of stock

transported by rail, and this under con-
struction, HO scale, VR MF bogie cattle
van represents the type of vehicle used to
transport said cattle. Also displayed by
Alan Greenhill at the 2016 PMF, this
bogie cattle wagon was being scratchbuilt
using Evergreen styrene strip and sheet.
Some proprietary parts were being used,
such as the roof, kitbashed from two Steam
Era Models (SEM) four-wheel M cattle
wagon roof sections, as well as SEM
bogies and Kadee couplers.

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Another model from Don
McGilvery is this early style
sheep race, as constructed by
the VR prior to 1937. The
model was built from timber
following the information con-
tained in Phil Jeffery’s article
‘Modelling Sheep Pens’ in
AMRM Issue 86 (September/
October 1977).

While bogie stock vehicles were becoming prominent

towards the end of the stock transport era on the VR,
four-wheeled vehicles dominated from the first days of
rail transportation of animals. This long wheelbase ver-
sion of the ubiquitous M cattle wagon was displayed by
Stuart Dix at the 2018 PMF. Starting out with the well-
known SEM kit, Stuart replaced the central two panels
with new versions scratchbuilt from styrene and then
mounted the resulting modified body on a shortened
SEM I wagon underframe.

Another of Don McGilvery’s models shown at the 2018 PMF is this

HO scale model of a VR heavy duty truck loading ramp. The prototypes
were constructed when road motor transport became more common and
permitted stock to be loaded or unloaded direct from the motor truck
into the yards. The model was constructed from strip wood, stained
with Indian ink diluted with methylated spirits, attached to a frame of
old rail and painted a suitable rust colour.

Not all stations were provided with permanent stock yards; many of the smaller goods sidings which would only expect to load the odd wagon occa-
sionally were provided with portable hurdles that could be positioned to load small consignments of stock, as required. Don McGilvery constructed
this temporary yard using standard VR portable hurdles, constructed from strip wood stained with Indian ink and white paint.

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In-depth Review

The almost completed 1890 BCW waits to be loaded at the stock race, along with two other 19th century wagons, an A type flat wagon, dating from 1855,
and a contemporary HBW ballast hopper, also introduced in 1890. These vehicles could only prototypically appear together between 1891 and 1901.
Photo by James McInerney.

The Stephen Johnson Models NSWGR

‘Thow’ Bogie Cattle Wagons in HO Scale
Ian Dunn outlines the prototype history of the NSWGR’s Thow-era bogie cattle wagons and builds the SJM HO scale kit
‘1890’ version. Photos by the author, unless otherwise indicated.

Stephen Johnson Models ‘Thow’ Bogie Cattle Wagon (1890, 1891 and 1895 types) kit in HO scale by Stephen Prototype
Johnson Models, PO Box 31, Red Rock 2456. Facebook: facebook.com/Stephen Johnson Models. Website: Upon assuming office in 1889,
www.stephenjohnsonmodels.com.au. Prices: $80.00 (Kadee coupler version)/$85.00 (screw-coupled version), William Thow set about having
plus P&P. bogie sheep, cattle and refrigerator
cars designed and built. The first
bogie cattle wagon, using “the
American underframe” (which was
also used for the other two types)
was built to Shop Order 2490 of
July 1890, a single vehicle turned
out in December of that year and
numbered 6251.
As well as being built on the
‘American underframe’, by which
Thow meant that the body was fixed
directly to the sole bars, which were
trussed with queen posts, No.6251
The first BCW to be constructed, 6251, delivered in 1890, seen here in ‘as delivered’ condition, prior to the fitting was fitted with “passenger bogies”
of Westinghouse brake equipment. The author’s model replicates this vehicle as it appeared in the last years of the which were, in fact, lengthened,
19th century, after the Westinghouse equipment had been fitted. Railway archives image. close copies of the Baldwin tender

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bogies found under the L304 class
‘Mogul’ engines imported in 1884.
The ‘passenger bogies’ never found
their way under any passenger vehi-
cle, but they did permit the cattle
vans fitted with them to travel at
passenger train speed (40mph) and
to be included in passenger trains.
No.6251 entered traffic without
Westinghouse brake, but this would
have been fitted almost immediately.
Even before 6251 entered traf-
fic, twenty five more bogie cattle
wagons were ordered. They An official image of BCW9903 from the 1891-delivered batch, showing the ‘BW’ code mentioned in the text. The
entered traffic in 1891, numbered timber parts of the vehicle are painted what appears to be a light grey, while the metalwork is picked out in black.
9894 to 9918, and were almost Railway Archives image.
identical to 6251, the only visible
difference being diagonal bracing
on the outer panels of each side, wheels, turned brass axle bearings, An excellent instruction sheet accurate and square. A very fine
omitted on the prototype vehicle. etched nickel silver bogie frames, and photographs accompany the double roof is provided, as per the
This batch appears to have been brass wire for spindles and truss kits, covering all three types. The prototype. The roof par ts were
fitted with Westinghouse brake rods and eight-spoke RP25/88 castings are of exceptional quality about 2mm over-length, which
from new, and utilised the NSWGR wheels from North Yard Models. and lie quite flat, making assembly required removal of a 2mm slice
‘standard handbrake wheel’ (spi-
der) rather than the circular wheel
of 6251. An official photo exists of
9903 with the classification BW
rather crudely scratched on the
negative, but it is doubtful if this
really was the code.
Finally, in 1896-1898, a further
ten bogie cattle wagons were con-
structed. While the body was iden-
tical to the 1891 vehicles, the
under frame main members differed
and they rode on Thow’s new
standard diamond frame bogie.
They were, of course, Westing-
house fitted from the outset. They
were numbered 1896, 4386, 5301,
5891 (1896-built) and 6259, 4553,
7423, 7752, 7824, 7934 (1898- Also from the 1891 batch, BCW9916 is shown in its mid-life, circa 1930, with code and wagon number on the
built). All were coded BCW in the vehicle side. This vehicle has the number and code on the second panel from the right; after World War 2 a more
early 20th century. common position was on the far-left panel. When first put in service, the code was not displayed and the number
Most of these vehicles lasted was only carried on the solebar. Railway archives photo.
well, and were condemned in the
1940s and 1950s, the last to go
being BCW9896 in 1957. No.1896
had a very short life, being out of
service by 1899, no doubt the vic-
tim of an accident. Those that sur-
vived beyond about 1953 lost their
shade roofs, which brought the rail
to rooftop height down to 11'2".

Model
Stephen Johnson Models have
produced kits for all three versions,
each available configured for either
screw-link or Kadee couplings. The
parts consist of polyurethane cast-
ings for the major components,
brass castings for the operating A cattle wagon from the 1898-built batch, BCW7752, at an unknown location towards the end of its life, most like-
buffers and operating screw-link ly some time during the 1950s. It has the code and number at the ‘standard’ location on the left-hand panel of the
couplings (non-Kadee version), side and has lost its ‘shade’ roof. Unlike the 1890 and 1891 batches, illustrated by most of the other images, this
etched phosphor bronze spring for batch rode on standard ‘Thow’ diamond frame bogies, rather than the ‘passenger bogies’ used on the earlier vehi-
the buffers and the brake hand cles. Railway archives photo.

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The Thow bogie cattle wagons in

service, circa 1950. A stock train
climbs Cowan Bank behind the
train engine, a ‘roundtop’ 36 class,
assisted by a small tendered 53
class. The train’s consist is typical
of the time, a mixture of four-wheel
and bogie stock, including two
‘Thow’ bogie cattle wagons (ninth
and twelfth vehicles), complete
with ‘shade’ roofs, and also two of
the later ‘1927’ bogie cattle wag-
The completed chassis with a load of cattle. The block of cattle is an American product of unknown brand, ons. Railway archives photo.
obtained from Walthers a very long time ago.

The completed model of

BCW6251, the first to be built by
the NSWGR, after painting, but
before lettering and weathering.

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from the centre of the inner roof
and 2mm off one end of the corru-
gated shade roof.
SJM recommend Zap Green
superglue, but I have found that
UHU superglue is excellent with
this material. It is not available from
the usual hardware chains, but
from Officeworks for $5.04 for a 3
x 1g pack, or online. I assembled
the screw couplings and bogies I am always a little bemused at how often models appear with every tiny detail modelled above the sole bar, but
first, both fiddly, but not difficult, the gear below that level is just ‘representational’, usually nothing but a stranded air cylinder. The early bogie (and
jobs. After that I diverged from the four-wheel) rolling stock used a combined air reservoir and Westinghouse cylinder. The cylinder acted as a ram on
instructions, which suggest drop- a pair of connected actuating levers, one at each end of the cylinder. These, in turn, were connected to linkages to
ping the floor into the assembled each bogie and to the handbrake mechanism (the latter via a chain and pulley). These actuating levers and linkag-
body before completing the under- es are marked in blue on the accompanying diagram. The cylinder is a commercial moulding (they are available
frame. I wanted to complete the from several sources at good hobby shops), and the levers are modified AR Kits items, purchased many years
whole underframe and populate it ago, suitably lengthened with Evergreen styrene and shaped. (There’s an opening here for a nice etched pair of
with beasts before inserting it into levers and connecting rod in a small variety of sizes…) The lever furthest from the handbrake operates within a
the assembled body from below. pair of ‘slide bars’ attached to the end of the air reservoir and these can be simulated with small pieces of
This can be done, providing the Evergreen styrene strip. The ram on the end of the cylinder and the linkages to the bogies are brass wire of 0.15"
sprung buffers and screw cou- diameter, glued to the levers and bent vertical to fit into a hole drilled in the centre sill close to the bogie pivot (not
plings are not fitted until the whole quite prototypical, but they do have to be anchored somewhere). The air supply to the system comes from the
vehicle is otherwise completed. through, end-to-end Westinghouse pipe, and a small right-angled pipe running from that to the air reservoir. These
The kits for the 1890 and 1891 parts are in red on the diagram, and are formed of (scale) 1½" and 1" diameter brass wire, suitably bent to follow
types do not include a the contours of the underframe. Note that the cylinder/reservoir centre line is almost exactly level with the bottom
Westinghouse cylinder, but this of the queen post transoms, and the levers slide more or less on those transoms. While making and assembling
may be requested when ordering. I these parts is fiddly, the result is well worth the effort and the underneath of the finished model looks much more
opted to fit full Westinghouse brake complete.
gear to the model: a fiddly job, but
well worth it.
I began with the 1890 vehicle,
No.6251, which is reviewed here.
Assembly proceeded without any
hitches, apar t from the need to
shorten the roof. When cleaning the
(minimal) flash from between the
boards on the sides, the use of a
brass suede brush makes finishing
easier. I inserted a mid-body inter-
nal partition, as per prototype, and
managed to get sixteen cattle
inside. I also prefer fishing line for
the truss rods, rather than brass
wire, but still employed the sup- Printed to HO scale
plied turnbuckles, opened up with a
No.77 drill. posts, and height from rail to top of making and casting are backed up the 1927 Tulloch-built bogie cattle
Painting was dark grey exterior shade roof 11’9”. by thoughtful design and first-rate wagon in the future, so there is still
and dark brown interior. The These kits can be thoroughly instructions. We are promised the much to look forward to for the kit-
Westinghouse brake symbol was a recommended. Excellent pattern corresponding bogie sheep van and builder of NSW rolling stock.
decal. I have yet to source sole
bar numerals for the number plate
and a tare mass inscription, and
will not put any other markings on
the vehicle for the period mod-
elled. Those whose modelling
extends beyond the 1920s should
add the code (BCW) and vehicle
number to the lowest two boards
in the second panel from the right
of each side.
Assembled, the model is accu-
rate to within the odd inch – 5’6”
wheelbase bogies (as per Greg
Edwards’ drawing – the GA shows
5’3”) at 24’0” centres, body 36’0” The other side of the all but complete ‘1890’ BCW. Completion has been delayed due to the late arrival (post mag-
long by 8’6” wide over corner azine deadline) of suitable decals. Photo by James McInerney.

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Reviews
Hudson Brothers A History of trams and steam tram trailers. They
Hudson Brothers Carpenters, introduced refrigerated cars and
Engineers & Manufacturers astutely diversified into agricultural
1866-1898 by David Jehan. equipment – ploughs, chaff cutters,
Published by SCR Publications, windmills etc.
PO Box 345, Matraville 2036. Ph: In 1886, one of the brothers
02 9311 2036. Website: www. took charge of the timber building
australianmodelrailways.com. supplies arm and split it from the
Price: $75.00. engineering works. Through vari-
Sydney author and engineer, ous incarnations it survives today
David Jehan, has written a number as Hudson Building Supplies.
of books with railway themes, Leafing through this book, many
including the 2015 publication readers will be constantly reminded
addressing the history of Tulloch of a young Australia where manu-
Engineering. Now he has turned his facturing was a major component
attention to the seminal Sydney of the economy and culture.
manufacturing fir m, Hudson Clyde railway station opened in
Brothers, a hallowed name for 1883, the same year as the new
those with an interest in the rolling plant. It was named af ter
stock of NSW railways. This firm Glasgow’s river due to the number
had many more irons in the fire of Scottish immigrants in the area,
than railway manufacturing though which had seen it unofficially
and this volume lucidly chronicles known as New Glasgow. When the
the firm’s complete history, rail- works commenced, a soccer club
ways and all. was formed made up of Scottish
With a fluid writing style, a blacksmiths impor ted from
plethora of mouth-watering photo- Kilmarnock and Glasgow. Between
graphs, plus numerous drawings 700 and 800 workers were eventu-
and diagrams, the author ally employed at the most modern
describes one of Australia’s most factory in the country of the time.
important industrial enterprises of It is fascinating to read of the
the nineteenth century, the tenta- timbers used in carriage construc-
cles of which extended a long way tion, now regarded as exotic, but
into the twentieth. then common: Cedar, Huon Pine,
One can only admire the pluck Kauri, Baltic Pine, American Ash,
of 28 year old Plymouth cabinet- Californian Redwood etc., though
maker, William Henry Hudson who, William Hudson Sr stepped back, nus. Hudson Brothers built the the use of Australian hardwoods
in 1841, set off on a five month handed the reins to his three sons vehicles and thus was set in became more prevalent with the
sailing ship voyage to the and the firm became Hudson motion the evolution of Sydney’s passing of the years. Iron for
Antipodes, with wife and three tod- Brothers. They soon expanded, tramway network, from horse, to under frames and other compo-
dlers in tow, to seek a new life. with sawmills at Myall Lakes (with cable, to steam, to electric, eventu- nents came from the Esk Bank Iron
Initially, they tried New Zealand, but its Smiths Lake tramway) and ally becoming one of the largest Works of Lithgow.
conditions weren’t entirely to their Pyrmont, along with a branch of systems in the world. The Wickham plant built count-
liking and they headed for Sydney the building firm at Hill End. Among Soon there were new plants at less coal skips for Hunter area
in 1846. many other things, they imported Granville (1883) and Wickham, mines, as well as other coal mining
William started a joinery busi- the latest wood-working equipment Newcastle (1886) and they quickly infrastructure.
ness in Redfern, then a haven of from America and by 1874 they became the major rolling stock Between 1876 and 1898
ar tisan respectability. Hard work had 134 employees. manufacturer of the 1880s. The Hudson Brothers built over 5400
saw Hudson and Sons grow into The collapse of the rolling stock design of the Granville plant result- goods and coal wagons for the
one of the main building firms in manufacturer PN Russell in 1875 ed from a tour of USA by Henry NSWGR. These included covered
Sydney, providing timberwork for left a vacuum that Hudson Brothers Hudson. He was impressed by the vans, sheep and cattle wagons,
many notable structures. They filled, initially obtaining a contract plant of the Wason Manufacturing plus louvred vans for perishable
were the first firm of their kind in for 200 D type four-wheel open Company, Springfield, Massa- traffic. The first bogie goods vehi-
Sydney to use stationary steam wagons. With equipment obtained chusetts, which featured long cles were built in 1880/81. At the
engines to mechanise their work- from Russell’s auction they soon buildings arranged in two rows, peak there were said to be 13,000
shop: lathes, planers, vertical drills set up a blacksmith shop for metal one each side of a centrally located of the archetypal non-air private
etc. Their products included win- working and between 1876 and traverser. coal hoppers in the Hunter region.
dows, doors, and portable `knock- 1879 they built 700 goods wagons Hudson Brothers’ seminal pas- A great many of these removable-
down’ houses; in a sense the firm for the NSWGR. senger car contracts included the hopper vehicles came from the
was the ‘Ikea’ of their time. Hudson Brothers participated in original ‘Redfern’ carriages, the Hudson Brothers’ Wickham works.
Many modern readers will gaze the construction of the Garden improved Redfern carriages (dou- Chapter 5 on coaching stock
wistfully at photographs of the Palace in the Botanical Gardens ble roof and sides incorporating a will be one of the most studied in
ornate timber work fashionable in near the State Library, where the `tumblehome’), the ‘Cleminson’ this book. Famous author Henry
the 19th century, a stark contrast to International Exhibition of 1879 carriages and the early series of Lawson worked for the firm and
the bland `modernism’ of later was held. A horse-drawn tramway ‘American’ end-platform carriages there are some memorable quotes
generations. was inaugurated to transport visi- with clerestory roofs, countless from him. This chapter takes us
In 1866, at the age of 53, tors from Sydney Railway termi- goods wagons and even cable through the early four-wheelers,

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six-wheelers, horse boxes, hearse in 1898, symbolised by the choice problems, but that the sub-
and prison vans, mail vans and to of the mythological Phoenix rising ject matter more than made
the bogie coaches mentioned earli- from the ashes as the new insignia. up for the flaws in the film. I
er in this review. The subject of There follows a brief description can only agree with the pub-
radial cars is addressed, how these of early Clyde Engineering under- lisher’s judgement on this!
were shown to be inferior to bogie takings, smelting furnaces for vari- The book is full of fasci-
vehicles and eventually converted. ous locations including Mt Lyell nating images, both from a
Also described are the so-called (Tasmania), Blayney, Burraga, historical, artistic and useful
‘dogbox’ (Express Lavatory) car- Barraba, plus other types of indus- for modelling perspective. A
riages and the numerous end-plat- trial equipment and the continuance variety of angles was
form suburban carriages. We learn of electric tram manufacture. There employed by the photogra-
of the NSW State Cars, as well as is finally a chapter on the Clyde pher, including his signature
carriages built for the railways of Engineering offshoot Westralia ‘high angle’ shots, which are
Tasmania, along with the first bogie Ironworks at Fremantle (1904- particularly useful for model-
goods brake vans (later coded 1925), which manufactured goods ling purposes (e.g. the
BHG), the Mann sleepers and the and passenger rolling stock for the image on p.72 showing
first electrically-lit cars in Australia. WAGR, tram bodies for Perth and J547 at Nhill on 2 January
It is arguably less widely known Fremantle, along with a small num- 1968 shows a superb vista
that in 1891 Hudson Brothers fabri- ber of passenger cars for the of a country station and environs tage point within 30 minutes of
cated the iron work for the large Commonwealth Railways. One that contains some incredibly use- each other, two weeks before they
wool shed at Darling Harbour, and suspects the readership’s appetite ful details for modellers, such as were both withdrawn, and the shot
iron bridge components for for a future histor y of Clyde colours and textures of the ground on p.78 showing a perfect ‘cross’
NSWGR such as those on the Engineering will be whetted by the and track formation, building col- on the Maribyrnong River Viaduct
Carlingford line and the heavy plate release of this publication! ours and disposition etc., that are in October 1993 between pre-
web girders for road bridges In summary, this is an outstand- ‘pure gold’ for anyone building a served R707 and the up Melbourne
replacing level crossings (e.g. ing book, the author’s finest to date model of a typical VR country sta- Express, hauled by double G class!
Burwood) associated with the qua- in the opinion of this reviewer. It tion). The text is unobtrusive and, as
druplication of the main line to captures admirably, in words and While the focus is always on the far as I can tell, accurate, support-
Strathfield. pictures, a pivotal period in train, quite often it is a ‘train in the ing the images with interesting
Those readers interested in the Australia’s industrial, cultural and landscape’ type shot, which pro- information about the locomotives
intricacies of steam mechanics will social history. While this book is vides much useful information and locations depicted, along with
enjoy chapters 7, 8 and 9 on the primarily aimed at those interested about the surrounding area, such anecdotes from the photographer
subjects of industrial boilers, sta- in the development of the proto- as the image on pp.34-35 showing regarding the circumstances sur-
tionary steam engines and cable type, there is still much of interest K176 shunting the International rounding the capture of the image.
car powerhouses. The latter proved for the modeller in the sharp and Harvester works at Geelong in Summing up, this is another
a relatively short-lived episode in clear images of rolling stock and 1969. This image is just full of excellent publication from THP, pro-
Sydney’s transpor t history given infrastructure. ‘modellable’ clutter, such as weed viding magnificent photographs
the obvious superiority of electric Chris Sim covered track, the use of old sleep- that should be of interest to anyone
tramways. ers to build the ground level up to with a liking for the Victorian steam
There are detailed descriptions 7HG 3D\QH 7KH 6WHDP (UD ‡ rail height for safety, the road scene. For the modeller, the infor-
and photographs of Corliss valve Victoria edited by Richard crossing, plus an audience of local mation that can be gleaned from a
gear steam engines, which can still Barrack. Published by Train kids, complete with bicycles, any study of the images will definitely
be seen on operating days at the Hobby Publications, LPO Box (or all) of which would make a allow more authentic models to be
Waterworks Museum, Goulburn. 5123, Pinewood 3149. Ph: 03 great cameo on a layout. (Those created. It is also, apparently,
Also described are winding engines 9499 9194. Price: $52.00. kids and their bikes appear in other merely the first in a planned
for BHP, a smelter for the Sunny Train Hobby Publications has photos as well!) series…
Corner (near Bathurst) silver mine, found a real resource in Victorian Another very inspirational shot James McInerney
and steam-driven stamper batteries photographer, Ted Payne. This lat- appears on p.58, showing N426 at
for crushing ore. Additionally, the est book from THP is an 80-page, Portland, illustrating a perfect juxta-
1890s Hudson-built meat chilling large format, all-colour book featur- position of railway station and sea- REVIEWS
works at such locations as Narrabri ing more of Ted’s visually attractive side that would reward recreation
The products covered in the
and Bourke are covered, plus the and historically significant photos, in miniature. There are some abso- Review pages have been supplied or
creamery refrigeration at Byron covering Victorian Railways steam lute ‘gems’ captured as well; the made available by the manufacturer,
Bay. from 1960, through to the end of image of ‘Stephenson’ A 2 932 producer, importer or retailer listed in
There is an interesting discus- everyday steam and well into the hauling two DERM trailers on p.4 each product heading. AMRM wel-
sion about Hudson Brothers’ failure preservation era. would make a fascinating model, comes access to new product lines
for inclusion in the Review pages and
to obtain locomotive contracts from The majority of the images are as would the image on p.39 show-
requests items be addressed to the
NSWGR and speculation about the printed one to a page, allowing ing tender-first N479 banking a Editor at Australian Model Railway
designs they might have chosen. careful perusal of the many inter- goods train in the rear, crossing a Magazine, PO Box 345, Matra ville
The 1890s depression hit esting scenes portrayed. Although picturesque timber and steel trestle 2036. Readers are reminded that the
ever yone hard, and Hudson some of the early images are a little over the Barwon River at Break- prices quoted in the reviews are those
Brothers were not immune. The ‘grainy’ and/or ‘washed out’, the water. applicable at the time of going to
press. Those using the prices as a
Wickham plant closed. Chapter 10 scenes and subjects are good The photographer also had guide to purchasing products by mail
deals with the machinations that enough to allow us to overlook the some amazing luck, such as was order should always add extra for
led to the collapse of Hudson flaws. The publisher explains in the recorded on p.5, where he man- postage, or contact the supplier for
Brothers, and to the firm’s re-birth text that the film type used by the aged to record the last two X class the additional cost for mail order.
as The Clyde Engineering Company photographer was prone to those 2-8-2 locomotives passing his van- Editor

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Lyndon’s Trains has released HO scale

kits for two VR workmen’s sleeping
vans. The four-wheel version requires a
purchaser-provided SEM I wagon
Eureka Models released their r-t-r HO scale NSW TAM sleeping and MCS sitting cars just before the AMRA underframe to complete, while the
(NSW) October long weekend exhibition. Both types are available in post-1954 Indian red or 1980s era bogie WW is complete with brass VR 4'
‘candy’ colours, with a choice of roof colours, direct from Eureka or hobby shops carrying the Eureka range. wheelbase passenger car bogies.

JEM Kits have released a kit of the Melbourne Z1 trams in HO scale. The
kit is provided without any mechanism, but the instructions cover all
assembly options: building the kit as a static model and options for motor-
ising the model.
AndIan Models have released a num-
ber of new locomotive crew figures in
both HO and O scales, including some
‘early days’ figures suitable for 19th
century and early 20th century loco-
motives. The figures are also available
to other scales to special order. All the
figures are created by scanning real
eople wearing authentic clothing
(mostly from the collection of the
Dorrigo Steam Railway and Museum) and the scans are then 3D printed,
so the end result is very authentic and the reproduction is so exact that the
figures are quite recognisable if you know who they were scanned from!

SDS Models have released a second run of their r-t-r, HO scale, VR out-
side sill GY four-wheeled open wagons. There are five new three-packs
available, all with new numbers. Two packs feature VR red (with yellow
grain stripe) with 5" Imperial lettering, two packs are in Hansa yellow with
7" lettering and one is a mixed pack of red (2) and yellow (1) wagons with
7" lettering.

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Gopher Models have released a pack enabling the creation of either of the RAAF’s World War 2 recruiting trains (sets 25a or 25b) in N scale. The packs
consist of three r-t-r Gopher NSW ‘American’ end-platform carriages, suitable RAAF blue paint and appropriate decals.

AM Models have
released three new
HO scale detailing
items; a ‘Bills’ cast
concrete horse
trough (some of
which have been pre-
served at various locations), packs Minerva Models have released their range of r-t-r O scale Manning Wardle K class 0-6-0 steam locomotives. The
of NSWGR station awning corbels models are available from their Australian distributor, Model O Kits. I wonder who will be the first to convert one
for the A-type brick-built station into a NSWGR 127 class locomotive…
buildings and a NSWGR standard
fettlers’ toolbox (a similar, if not
identical, version was used by the
NSW tramway systems). AM
Models products are available from
Casula Hobbies at Liverpool, NSW.

Phoenix Reproductions have

released their full range of HO
scale, r-t-r, Victorian E and South
Australian O class bogie open wag-
ons, of which only a tiny part of the
range is illustrated here. See the
Phoenix Reproductions website for
the huge number of variations
available.

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Powerline have released a second batch of their Victorian Railways S type air-conditioned cars covering the classic blue and gold colour scheme used by
the VR from 1937 until the early 1980s. The various cars produced in this production run represent those used on the broad gauge and feature fourteen
different numbers sporting the Art Deco lettering font used by the VR until the mid-1960s and six cars with the Sans Serif font used from 1966 until 1981
when the Vicrail tangerine colour scheme was introduced. The carriages feature the appropriate font, depending on the period depicted on the model,
including the replacement of ‘SECOND’ with “ECONOMY’ from the early 1970s. As with the previous run of these totally new versions of the iconic VR S
cars, they feature painted interiors, NMRA RP-25 profile metal wheels and factory-fitted Kadee No.158 scale head couplers.

Signals Branch have released a

limited range of Australian-made
HO scale, NSWGR lower-quad-
rant lost-wax cast brass signal,
available in ether kit form or
ready-to-place by special order.
All items required to complete
the model, including details and
3D printed mechanism to make
them work, are included in the
kit. Downloadable instructions
and directions for ordering are
available on the ‘Signals Branch’
blog. Currently available are sin- Walker Models have released a laser-cut timber,
gle arm post in 23' and 27' three-bay, NSWGR locomotive shed kit, based on
heights, as well as left and right Tenterfield, in both N and HO scales.
hand bracket signals. Locally pro-
ducing the kits allows a noticea-
ble reduction in price to the cus-
tomer over the range of brass
signals available
through the
Signals Branch
shop on the
Shapeways site,
though the full
range of currently
available 3D print-
ed signals remains
available via
Shapeways, as the
rest of the range is
far too extensive
and specialised to
produce locally.

Tamiya have available a range of Lacquer colours, some of which will be of

great interest to local modellers. Model O Kits alerted us to the LP-60 Nato
Black and LP-18 Dull Red colours shown here, which they recommend for the
NSWGR ‘gunmetal’ grey goods wagon colour and post-1954 Indian red pas-
senger carriage/1960s-1970s diesel locomotive colours respectively.

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Southern Rail have released their
range of r-t-r, HO scale, QR 2400
and 1550 class Co-Co diesel loco-
motives. The models are available
for HO standard (16.5mm) and
narrow (12mm) gauges and in
two-person and ‘driver-only’ forms
in a variety of different colour
schemes carried by the prototypes,
only some of which are illustrated
here, as well as featuring a stand-
ard DC/DCC-sound option. See the
Southern Rail website for the full
range and ordering options.

Traction Scale Models has

released a 3D printed resin kit for
the Geelong SEC ‘Butterbox’ type
single-truck tram in both O and HO
scales. In O scale it can be ordered
as the two-man original version
(illustrated) or the later, more com-
mon, one-man version. In HO it is
only available in ‘one-man’ form.
The O scale version is designed to
fit on a ‘Tramworks’ truck, as it has
the correct 8' wheelbase (the
Tramworks trucks are handmade to
order). The HO version fits straight
onto an SEM Black Beetle truck.
Also now available are kits for the
Geelong ‘Meadowbank’ single-
truck cars, which can also be con-
structed as the version that ran on
the Bendigo system, plus the
Ballarat ‘Meadowbank’ cars, all
available in both O and HO scales.
Decals for all these cars are in
preparation and should be available
shortly, if not already, by the time
you read this. All the trams men-
tioned above can be supplied
assembled and painted to order.

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AMRM News

A factory-assembled sample of Ixion Model’s planned, r-t-r,

HO scale VR J class 2-8-0 steam locomotive, in this case, the
oil-burning version. While there are a few alterations yet to be done by the
factory, running, painted samples are expected to arrive in November
2019. If all is satisfactory with those samples, production is expected to
start in March 2020 with delivery expected some time in mid-2020.

AMRM Price Rise hard over the past five years to AMRM is to remain viable. From course, renewing your subscription
Regrettably, from the next issue maintain the current price of the February 2020 issue the cover (or taking out a new one) before 15
the cover price of the Australian $10.00, but as costs outside our price will rise to $11.00. The sub- January will let you have the maga-
Model Railway Magazine must control continue to rise, we have to scription rate will increase to zine at the old price for a further
increase. We have worked very cover them with a price rise if $66.00 on 15 January 2020. Of year…

New Products
HO Scale
Auscision have released their full
range of r-t-r NSW BDX/NOBX/
RCFX bogie open and steel carrying
wagons. A number of four-packs
are available, along with an unan-
nounced single pack featuring
BDX33663 as running in the 1970s
A sample of the r-t-r, N scale NR class locomotive announced by Auscision at the AMRA (NSW) Homebush exhibi- with Lysaght Steel branding on the
tion on the October long weekend. vehicle.
The release of the new r-t-r
NSW 80 class and the re-run of the
r-t-r NSW 422 class Co-Co diesel
locomotives were expected to take
place around the time this issue
went to press and should be availa-
ble from Auscision by the time you
read this.
Austrains NEO are upgrading and
re-releasing the Victorian APL/BPL/
VPCL passenger carriages. The
revamped models are expected to
arrive in mid-2020.
Casula Hobbies report that tooling
has commenced on their NSWGR
Z19 class 0-6-0 steam locomotive
project, with the first factory sam-
ples expected to arrive in Australia
towards the end of 2019/early
2020.
Also mentioned is that a number
Along with the rest of their range of of detailing parts for NSW steam
HO scale, r-t-r, NSW BDX/NOBX/RCFX bogie open wagons, locomotives, previously available
Auscision released this unannounced version, a 1970s era BDX as whitemetal castings, such as
with Lysaght Steel branding, available only in a single-pack. those from the old Protype range,

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A factory-painted part sample of
the Auscision HO scale version of
NR52 in its indigenous colour
scheme.

The chassis powering IDR Models’ r-t-r, HO scale, VR W/NSWGR 7101

locomotive. This tiny chassis has been designed to accommodate a DCC
sound chip, speaker and even a factory-fitted ‘stay alive’ module.

IDR Models have received running, factory-assembled and painted,

samples of their next release, the r-t-r, HO scale, models of the VR 0-6-0
diesel-hydraulic W class shunting locomotives, including the ‘one-off’
demonstrator, 7101, that was trialled in NSW from late 1960 until mid-
1961, before being repainted and sold to Victoria as W266, the only
standard gauge member of the class. The production run is due to arrive in
mid-November, 2019, around the time you are first reading this item.

Berg’s Hobbies have received the

first test shots of their r-t-r, HO
scale, models of the NSW ‘Sputnik’
single-deck, power door, Sydney
suburban electric multiple unit
stock. The cars will be available
with original style windows, or with
the Beclawat sliding windows
installed in many of the cars
towards the end of their lives.

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AMRM News
as well as others that have been painted ‘candy’ at Cowra during the
available from Casula in the past, mid-1980s.
have been recast in brass and are Phoenix Reproductions expected
now available again under Casula’s to receive the first factory samples
OzzyBrass sub-brand. of their r-t-r, VR D3 4-6-0 steam
Another very useful item for the locomotive in late October 2019,
NSWGR steam locomotive model- around the time this issue went to
ler that has become available again print. The running and factory-
is the range of steam locomotive painted samples are expected
lining decals previously available towards the end of November. If all
under the WAO brand. These are goes to plan, production will start
now marketed under the Ozzy-WAO in early 2020 with delivery possibly
brand. taking place in time for release at
Casula also have available the the Waverley Model Railway Club’s
new CDA DC output transformer/ exhibition at the Brandon Park
controller which, unlike many Community Centre (Vic) over the
older DC controllers, produces a Queen’s birthday long weekend in
‘smoothed’ DC output that is June. It is hoped that samples of
Manufacturer’s sample of the HO scale kit for a VR two bedroom compatible with modern era, pro- the VR K class 2-8-0 (being pro-
Departmental Residence, complete with outside laundry, dunny and water prietary DCC/DC chip-fitted loco- duced in conjunction with Eureka
tank being developed by Broad Gauge Models. The kit will consist of laser- motives and does not damage the Models) may be available by then
cut timber, card and etched brass parts. The laser-cutting is by the control chips as many of the as well, as the current plan is that
Outback Model Company and some detail parts will be supplied by Section older items have been found to the K class will be produced after
8. Kits for the three- and four-bedroom Departmental Residences are in do. The units are available in the D3 has cleared the production
development. either single- or dual-controller line.
form. San Mateo Line have released a kit
IDR Models now expect to release for mounting servo motors to their
their long-planned kit for the semaphore signals. The kit con-
NSWGR’s 4501/7100 Co-Co elec- sists of a brass etching, to mount
tric locomotive in 2020, once the on the bottom of the signal, a servo
pressure is off following the motor and par ts to connect the
expected delivery of the r-t-r VR W/ motor to the operating rod.
NSWGR 7101 0-6-0 diesel-hydrau- The purchaser will need to sup-
lic shunting locomotive in late ply their own electronics and pro-
2019. gram with the correct movement to
On Track Models will be releasing suit the signal to be powered. This
another run of their NSW 45’ lou- kit can be used for the VR lattice
vred vans in early 2020. Along with mast somersault lower quadrant
the expected LLV/GLX and variants, signals and the VR and SA single
there will also be new versions of upper quadrant signals.
the TLV/TLX ‘tinplate’ wagons and SDS Models have received factory
A sample of the body of the HOn30 EM Baldwin cane tramway locomotive the NLBF/NLBX ‘banana’ wagons
that is now in production by Cane Trains (Lyndon’s Trains and also availa- samples of their all-new r-t-r, NSW
(on a blue, rather than weathered 81 class locomotives. The 81 class
ble from BadgerBits) with expected release around Christmas 2019. The brown base colour as per previous
kit will consist of the one-piece body shown, a ready-to-go Life-Like N production run is expected to fol-
releases), plus the two LLV vans low the NR class at the factory,
scale SW8 mechanism, detail items and decals.
with delivery in Australia slated to
be towards the middle of 2020.
Southern Rail wish to apologise to
their customers for the delays in
responding to correspondence that
were experienced during the transi-
tion period following the retirement
of Rob Stevenson. Now that the
new team is up to speed and the
release of the QR 1550 and 2400
class locomotives has been taken
care of, response to correspond-
ence should take place in a more
timely manner!
The release of their r-t-r RRAY/
The HO scale kit for the NSWGR’s Railmotor No.2, affectionately known as ‘Kathleen’, is available from Redfern RRBY/RRGY five-pack container
Works in very limited quantities. The model was originally developed by the late Peter Ford and released as a limit- flat wagon project is now expected
ed run ‘Old Buggers’ kit through the NSW ‘early days’ convention under Peter’s Far North Hobbies label. The body to occur in early March, 2020.
and underframe are urethane mouldings with detail items of etched brass (end platform railings) and brass cast- Wombat Models released the sec-
ings. It was designed to be powered by a Hollywood Foundry mechanism, but with the retirement of Hollywood’s ond run of their r-t-r NSWGR 30T
owner and cessation of the business, it has been redesigned to ride on a North West Short Line mechanism. The 4-6-0 steam locomotive at the
accompanying decal sheet includes smoking and non-smoking lettering for the windows. AMRA (NSW) Homebush exhibition

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over the October long weekend. fire inside them, kilns, ver tical
The models, available with a choice steam boilers and smouldering
of the short, saturated smokebox tree stumps. Other ‘flickering’
or either of the two versions of the effects include a welder and modi-
longer superheated smokebox, as fied Road Ragers police and
well as a choice of six-wheel 3000 ambulance vehicles, plus a gener-
gallon ex-P class or 3650 gallon ic fire engine, with flashing lights.
ex-T class bogie tenders, are avail- To power and control lighting
able from the Wombat Models effects, including such things as
website. streetlights, a power distribution
board with up to 36 separate out-
Multiple Scales puts is also available.
Matt’s Ballast has released A ready-to-place range of farm
‘Marrangaroo Fine’, reproducing and domestic water tanks, includ- The next item to be produced in Redfern Works’ HO scale ‘early days’
the material traditionally used for ing stands, is also available. range will be this B type high-sided four-wheel open wagon, as introduced
dirt-surfaced station platforms in Also available, but in N scale to the NSWGR system in 1858. The kit will have a one-piece urethane body
NSW. only at this stage, is a range of moulding with cast brass buffers, brake gear and solebars/axle boxes. The
Scale Workshop are producing a building kits, including a pub, pattern for the moulding has been produced via 3D printing and includes
range of ready-to-place models for house, miner’s cottage, shearing all plank and metalwork detail. This class of wagon was originally painted
HO and N scales with flickering shed, VR goods shed with platform bright red, as outlined in Garry Saunders’ recent book ‘New South Wales
LEDs that produce ‘fire’ and other and a VR station building, all laser- Railways in Colour’, and later adopted the umber brown colour scheme
flickering effects. Some of the cut in thin basswood ply. shown in this sample. The kit will be a limited production and available
items currently available include Scale Workshop/Digcom items direct from Redfern Works (contact details in the Hobby Services Directory
fireplaces, fire pits, drums with a are available direct from their stand section of this magazine) and through the ‘Old Buggers’ network via the
annual ‘Modelling the Early Days of the NSW Railways’ convention.

Samples of the r-t-r, HO scale,

models of the two NR class loco-
motives, NR30 and NR52, painted
in the ‘indigenous’ colour
schemes. These two models are
expected to arrive in November
2019, with the rest of the NR
release expected to arrive in
December 2019/January 2020.

A factory sample of SDS Models’

r-t-r HO scale SAR 800 class diesel
locomotive. Development of this
model has been greatly sped up by
the use of the proven Austrains
NSW 41 class mechanism (if only
the real thing had run as well as
the model) and the production run
is now expected to arrive in
Australia in March 2020.

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Some samples of the r-t-r HO scale
VR T class locomotives in develop-
ment by SDS Models under their
‘Austrains NEO’ brand for ex-Aus-
trains produced models. The mod-
els are powered by the ver y
smooth and reliable mechanism
developed for the original Austrains
T class, but everything else is
completely new. This release, cur-
rently expected to occur in late
2020, will feature a number of vari-
ations not covered by Austrains,
including the ‘T2’ version (the orig-
inal ‘flat top’ body with a higher
cab), as well as all the other ver-
sions of the high cab and low nose
locomotives operated by the VR, in
all conditions from ‘as delivered’ to
currently in service.

A sample of a HO scale kit for the

range of tubular post lower quad-
rant signals that are being devel-
Samples of the N scale kits for the
oped by Ray Pilgrim for his
NSW NLKY louvred van and VR E
‘Signals Branch’ range of locally-
open wagon being developed by
produced brass and 3D printed kits
Lyndon’s Trains, in conjunction
of NSWGR signals.
with Aust-N-Rail.

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SDS Models have received factory-
assembled and painted samples of
their r-t-r, HO scale, VR four-
wheeled rail tank cars, modelled on
the series OT505-513. The produc-
tion run was in transit at the time
this item was written and they
should be available by the time you
read this.

at selected exhibitions or by mail octagonal film canisters, once r-t-r models of NSW Newcastle guard’s van, as well as the NSW
order via their website. common sights being loaded/ area non-air coal hoppers in a vari- NLKY louvred van, WAGR WFX
Stephen Johnson Models now unloaded from passenger trains at ety of colour schemes/lettering container flat wagon and SAR M
have an online shop where their many locations, as well as Per Way styles in 2020. There will also be a closed van kits. As resuscitation
range of kits, decals and detailing fuel containers, ‘1906’ pattern government version, lettered LCH. work is completed, they will be
items, along with copies of locomotive jacks and the special Lyndon’s Trains are working with added to the Lyndon’s Trains and
Australian Journal of Railway jacks carried by the AD60 class BadgerBits on some new VR Aust-N-Rail websites.
Modelling can be purchased. By Garratts. wagon releases, including the origi-
the time you read this, the SJM nal VR E bogie open wagon Publications
‘1959’ BSV bogie sheep wagon kit O Scale (pressed sides and ends) and WrightLight Pty Ltd have released
should be available again. This Model O Kits have released their some later Way & Works/traffic volume five in the Wheatley broth-
excellent urethane and etched kits for the NSWGR FS and BS steel variations. Lyndon is also co-oper- ers’ Railway Portraits series of high
brass model has not been available main line compartment carriages. ating with Aust-N-Rail to make quality b&w works highlighting the
for a considerable time. Also Kits are available from stock at the many of the older urethane Aust-N- last years of NSWGR steam, with
recently released in the detail parts Model O Kits shop. Rail kits available again. The initial an emphasis on the staff who kept
range are a number of interesting releases will include the later rebuilt the system going despite long
small items, such as insulated can- N Scale (flat sided) VR E open wagon, plus hours and harsh conditions.
vas ice cream containers and Gopher Models expect to release VLEX and VLDX louvred vans, CP Compiled by James McInerney

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Mailbag
De-bugging your Layout means wading through the whole even trust the excruciating hours of where, as was quite common for
I always enjoy reading the short ‘which numbered locomotive wore research you have put in to ensure country people at the time, we
articles, such as the one in the cur- what colour and ran where and that the models produced did actu- stayed at the People’s Palace in Pitt
rent [AMRM Issue 338 October when’ conundrum. ally once exist in the colour Street.
2019 – Editor] issue, De-bugging In years past, most manufactur- schemes you have produced them Having, as young boys did in
your Layout by Jonathan Majer, ers seemed to provide a brief back- in. Can you just tell us when? those days, an interest in trains and
which rang true for me! I have a ground on the history of each loco- If ever y producer at least in Sydney suburban electrics in
small N scale layout at one end of motive or item of rolling stock in labelled their models with a simple particular, as we never saw them in
an unlined shed, which was regu- question. This included such infor- ‘circa 1997-2001’ or whatever, it the country, my brother and I head-
larly visited by a resident gecko. mation as when the prototypes would make things so much easier ed off alone from the People’s
Unfortunately, I didn’t see her egg were released, withdrawn, or for seasoned modellers and new- Palace, down Pitt Street, through
in time to avoid breaking it. Other passed into private ownership. Now comers alike to be able to decide Belmore Park to Central Railway
visitors to the layout are the tiny it seems we’re lucky if some even which goes with what before they Station to ride the City Circle. We
spiders, which I call N scale ‘rab- include in brackets a (circa 1997- open their wallets. Maybe then the purchased our tickets and surpris-
bits’. No.1 driver, Archer, aka my 2001) mention beside the order next generation of Australian mod- ingly, for young and inexperienced
four-year-old grandson, isn’t fond number for the par ticular model ellers entering our hobby would country boys, found the correct
of spiders, so I’m afraid a couple of they are trying to sell. While most have a simpler star ting point to platform and waited for the train.
‘rabbits’ became roadkill before he ardent modellers can make a pretty work from. When the train arrived, we
got the joke… good guess at which liveries belong Phillip Overton climbed aboard to start our adven-
Thanks for a great magazine. to what era when it comes to their Caloundra 4551 ture. We enjoyed the ride and in due
Clinton Horley favourite railways, the excitement course arrived back at Central and
Bayswater 6053 of purchasing a new locomotive is Thank You John Dennis left the train. As we walked through
quickly lost if you only discover I want to publicly thank John the tunnel, we saw the sign to the
Era Information Please! afterwards that the particular num- Dennis for the superb photographs City Circle platform. Why not go
Is it just me, or are we heading bered locomotive you have just he took to accompany the article again, we thought! So we did, only
down a path where producers are acquired turns out to not quite on my layout Forest Creek in this time when we arrived back at
listing more details about the fea- belong in the era you are so pedan- AMRM Issue 338 (October 2019). Central, we decided not to get off
tures that their models include, but tically trying to model. It may seem The images definitely make the lay- the train, but continue with our
are also giving less information trivial to some but, after being out look better than it appears in adventure.
about what the model actually is or caught out with my own research real life! John drove from one side The train stopped at several
exactly when and where it ran? three times, I’m wondering if mod- of Melbourne to the other and on to stations before we decided we
Having just backdated eras for a elling anxiety such as this can be Gisborne on three separate occa- should leave the train at the next
new layout I am constructing, I avoided with a little bit more infor- sions (a round trip of 150km in station and return to Central. There
noticed when poring through the mation about the model itself, rath- heavy traffic) to get all the shots he was just one problem, the train did
websites of the advertisers that fea- er than just a description of the wanted - that’s dedication. I cannot not stop at the next station, or the
ture regularly in AMRM, that their details each model comes with. praise highly enough his skill and next, or the next! With age and
earlier releases often included a lot European model railway manu- professionalism. experience, I now know it was
more background information on factures all use an ‘Era’ designation Tony Scott probably an express ‘skip-stop’
the models compared with the with the same importance as the Gisborne 3437 service. Eventually, much to our
more recent pre-release announce- model’s gauge and product number relief, the train did stop, at an
ments. on their websites, making it a lot I can only echo Tony’s thoughts; island platform station (I know not
Even as a seasoned modeller, easier to assist a novice with their John is a wonderful asset to AMRM where) where we quickly got off
transitioning to modelling and purchase. A significant proportion (as, indeed, are all our volunteers), and were able to walk across the
researching a different era, or even of Aussie modellers are a lot more consistently producing excellently platform and wait for the next train
a prototype from another state for era specific and loyal to a particular composed, high quality images back to Central.
that matter, can quickly become a gauge or location than even our that need minimal preparation for The train duly arrived and we
fr ustrating exercise. Tr ying to Anglo-Saxon cousins, yet can often publication. John’s contribution to once again climbed aboard. Boys
assemble an authentic prototype find nothing to assist newcomers to the continuing excellence of being boys, once the train arrived at
roster from what is readily available the hobby when it comes down to AMRM’s production values is sec- Central we thought, why get off
now or, as an upcoming pre-order, the when, where or what to model. ond to none – thanks John! – here? So we didn’t, probably think-
In the end, I resorted to doo- Editor. ing we would travel the city circle
MAILBAG dling my own research onto a again… but the train didn’t, so we
Australian MODEL RAILWAY graph chart in a notebook to deter- More Suburban (Mis)adventures headed out the other side of the
Magazine welcomes letters on mine what I would purchase for my Reading Roger Lloyd’s letter city. We must have crossed the
any pertinent model railway sub- new layout and be able to say that (Camden Comment) in AMRM harbour bridge, although I do not
ject for inclusion in Mailbag. to the best of my knowledge the Issue 338 (October 2019), I was remember doing so! We eventually
Letters should be sent to Mailbag, models all prototypically coexisted brought to reminisce on my young left the train again, caught the next
SCR Publications, PO Box 345, within a given five-year period. days and how safety and other one and returned to Central where
Matraville 2036, emailed to amr- There are some producers who things have changed so much in we quickly exited.
magzn@tpg. com.au or faxed to are doing a good-enough job of this day and age. Again, walking through the tun-
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er’s name, address and phone models on their websites. In turn Crusade and, at the same time, the that would land us on the correct
number to permit verification. these are the ones that I gravitate Sydney ‘Ashes’ test was on platform should anyone question
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 The Australian Model Railway Association: Queensland Inc. Presents

THE BRISBANE MODEL

TRAIN SHOW 2020
rier exit where it was “tickets as my major project, with the inten-
please!” tions of building a small Märklin
So ended after two hours, what layout with my beloved catenary on
should have been a fifteen minute it. After time, it became apparent
adventure for two country boys! that this was not going to happen,
Reliving this long-ago adventure, I so I reluctantly sold my Märklin and
am reminded of the story about the placed my finances and efforts in
outback gentlemen who went to the to the NSW scene calling my layout
city by train for a week’s holiday. Great Northern Railway.
On returning home his friends Attendees at a number of New
enquired as to what the city was England conventions have had the
like, to which he replied “I didn’t opportunity to see this layout on
get in to the city as there was too the convention layout tours. I still
much happening at the station!” I love the Sydney electric scene and
2 May 9am-5pm
can’t agree more!
This early experience definitely
would love to build a layout based 3 May 9am-4pm
on it but, because of finance, time
had an effect as, while I was not in Exhibition Building
and age this is very unlikely to
a position to have a ‘train set’ in my 601 Gregory Terrace (cnr. Costin St)
eventuate now, though I am happy
younger years, I always had an Brisbane Showgrounds, Bowen Hills, Brisbane
to continue enjoying the hobby with
interest in models. A very clear
what I already have. Adults: $15.00 // Concession:$10.00
early memory is of attending the
Sydney exhibition one year when it Geoff Yeomans Children under 16: Free
was still held in the Lower Town Armidale 2350 If accompanied by an adult
Hall. Things changed around 1970, Layouts and Traders
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steam and even more so in ‘elec- I received my October 2019
AMRM today and on browsing Supported by
tric’ trains, I was attracted to
Märklin because of their catenary through it, I came across the letter
system, and my first purchase was in Mailbag from Roger Lloyd
a European pantographed Bo-Bo regarding Camden, star ting on Est.

and several bogie gondolas. p.58.

Over the years I built up my col- Some further information on the
lection and ended up with a layout ‘Picton Milk Pots’ may be of inter-
with an extensive catenary system
on it. I stepped back for a while,
est to AMRM readers. The ‘Picton
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mitments. I attended exhibitions and Campbelltown, then ran Volume 1
being held around the district express through to Sydney Features the
(Armidale), eventually becoming a Terminal, where it was scheduled to R
Rigid Wheelbase Vehicles, Radial & Early Bogie Cars,
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England Model Railway Club Inc., numbered No.228, later renum- $100.00 plus postage
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Around this time a friend gave passenger cars, plus a variable
me a Lima 4469 and 4201, plus Volume 2
number of milk pots marshalled Features the
rolling stock, which had belonged behind the passenger carriages, American Sleeping & Suburban Cars, Other Truss
to his, unfortunately deceased, son. hauled by a 32 class locomotive. Sided Cars, Steel Country Cars, Miscellaneous
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and I purchased boarding kennels, Cars, East Greta/SMR Cars
Campbelltown to Picton (No.247)
so moved to another property and $120.00 plus postage
to be in place to work the ‘Pots’ the
house where these were estab-
next day. It is noted in the Working
lished. Eventually, I was able to
obtain a room on the property to
Timetable as sometimes having a Volume 3
again set up my Märklin layout. single EHO + CX attached, rather The Electric Cars features
As I also now had some than the usual four carriages, which The Sydney System, Infrastructure, Train Formations,
T
may explain Roger’s reference to a Car Equipment, Colour Schemes & Logos, Proposed
C
Australian outline, and extra space,
single carriage on the train he saw. Cars, Timber Cars, Steel Cars, Interuban Single-Deck
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based on Armidale and the New Cars
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Art Deco (BG)-Build date 1940
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