Innholdsfortegnelse for October 2017 i Australian Model Railway Magazine

Established in 1974, SCT has been operating trains for more than 20 years with key operating routes between Melbourne-Adelaide-Perth and Parkes-Perth. SCT has reinvigorated van load traffic and primarily operate trains as a key part of their warehousing and distribution supply chain logistics business. In January 2017, SCT operated their first east coast service between Melbourne (Altona) and Brisbane (Bromelton) using their flagship SCT class locomotives. SCT operates three or four return services per week, utilising the train numbers MB9/ BM9. Each service operates direct between the two capital cities, with the exception of a short stop at Wodonga (Barnawartha) for a quick drop-off and pick-up of wagons in both directions. SCT have been running freight to and from Brisbane for many years now, with a train consist form (X2010)…

NSWGR High Elliptical Roof EHO Brake Van in HO scale by SDS Models, PO Box 804, Winston Hills 2153. Website: sdsmodels. com.au . Price: $130.00. William Thow’s first essay at a bogie brake van, in 1890, was the HA, a 46’0” composite vehicle which provided lavatory accommodation for passengers travelling elsewhere in a non-lavatory-equipped train. Most of the van was devoted to a guard’s compartment and a luggage compartment, with several side windows to provide illumination within. From 1906, the lavatory and passenger accommodation were removed, and the vans were recoded to HO. Six further vans, with three full passenger compartments and coded HS, were added to the fleet in 1891, and all except HS432 lost their passenger accommodation from 1906. These vans were in…

Mackay, Qld The review of Ted Payne’s Vantage Point Queensland in AMRM Issue 325 (August 2017) contains the following: “...such as that on p.44 showing Mackay steam depot in 1968 and, on the next and subsequent pages, images showing the old station, seemingly plonked in the middle of an urban street next to the river.” Unfortunately for modelling inspiration, this is incorrect. Ted’s photograph on p.50 shows the east end of Mackay railway station on the Sunshine Route mainline between Brisbane and Cairns. In the background is Hamlet Street which is a kilometre from the Pioneer River. The rail line on River Street shown on p.46 and p.48 goes only as far as the Bulk Sugar Terminal at Mackay Harbour. Nevertheless, the review is correct; Queensland was an interesting and…

The Victorian Western Line to Serviceton and Adelaide was always of interest to me, with single-line operation with crossing loops, mainline stations, small town stations and branch lines. The attraction of an interstate passenger train, The Overland, local passenger trains and railmotors, combined with fast interstate goods trains and intrastate goods trains, all of which had a mix of four-wheel and bogie wagons in their consists, provided me with an opportunity to run a broad selection of trains. There were also plenty of livestock and grain trains running in the 1960s, together with a roster of steam locomotives and the new modern diesel electric locomotives, plus many of the trains were double headed. The layout is built in a 21' x 28' (6.4m x 8.5m) garage and takes up most…

The flood of small 5V ‘stepper’ motors on internet shopping sites, along with the inexpensive Arduino computer boards, has opened many possibilities for model railway applications. With Arduino-clone boards selling for as little as $5.00 and the stepper motors for $2.00 (with driver) one can afford to use them for all kinds of projects and experiments. The 28BYJ-48 stepper motor is produced in the millions for vent controls in air conditioners and other industrial applications. With a 64:1 reduction gear it supplies sufficient torque to operate scale model points and with the gears removed works well as a turntable drive. I converted a ready-to-place, off-the-shelf Walthers HO scale 90’ turntable, but the principles will work just as well with any turntable, be it purchased or scratchbuilt. Adapting a Stepper Motor…

Comrailmodels continue to expand their range of 3D printed HO scale models of Commonwealth Railways locomotives and rolling stock. Shown here are three samples from the pre-air-conditioning era ‘Trans’; a painted and decaled D dining car, a partially complete BRP sleeping car and an M bulk mail/luggage van. These cars were used on the ‘Trans’ from the opening of the line in 1917 until replaced by the air conditioned Wegmann cars in the early 1950s. Some were then ‘cascaded’ to the narrow gauge and used on the ‘Ghan’ until the narrow gauge line via Oodnadatta was closed in the early 1980s. The M vans lasted on the ‘Trans’ until well into the 1950s, after which they were adapted for other uses. Also shown are completed samples of some…

AMRM’s editor, James McInerney, managed to spend a few moments ‘lineside’ at the 2016 AMRA (NSW) Liverpool exhibition and grabbed a few shots of scenes that particularly caught his eye. With the 2017 Liverpool exhibition coming up on the October long weekend (30 September-2 October), we can now anticipate further opportunities to view similarly attractive scenes on this year’s crop of exhibits.…

Metro Hobbies Melbourne Withdraws from the CBD Due to the construction of the entrance to one of the new Metro Tunnel stations where the building occupied by Metro Hobbies’ Swanston St store now stands, requiring the compulsory acquisition and demolition of the building by the Melbourne Metro Rail Authority, the Swanston St store has closed. Metro Hobbies will, however, continue to trade from their Station Street, Box Hill, store and orders taken at the Swanston St store will now be processed at the Box Hill store. Gosford Hobbies Changes Hands Central Coast (NSW) institution, Gosford Hobbies, changed hands on 1 July last. After 16 years in business the previous owner opted for retirement and the business has been sold to Ross Mews. Ross intends to expand the modelling area of…

EXHIBITIONS LIVERPOOL – NSW. September 30 & October 1-2, 2017. Sydney Model Railway Exhibition, Whitlam Leisure Centre, Memorial Ave, Liverpool. 9.00am-5.00pm (Sat & Sun), 9.00am-4.00pm (Mon). $17/$12/ $9/ $43. Australian Model Railway Association NSW Branch Inc. Phone (02) 9153 5901. Fax (02) 9153 5905. liverpoolamra2017@gmail.com or www.sydneymodelrailwayexhibition.com BURWOOD – NSW. October 7-8, 2017. TT scale layout. Burwood Uniting Church, Burwood Road (between railway station and Westfield Shoppingtown). 10.00am-5.00pm (Sat), 12.00pm-5.00pm (Sun – Burwood Festival Day). Peter 0458 043 985. SHEPPARTON – VIC. October 21-22, 2017. G V Rail Club Shepparton Exhibition. McIntosh Centre, Shepparton Showgrounds (300 metres from the railway station). Adults $9,Children (4-16), $4, Family (2x2) $20. Max McDonald, Secretary, (03) 5821 8089. SUNBURY – VIC. October 21–22, 2017. Sunbury Model Railway Club exhibition, Memorial Hall, Barkley St, Sunbury.…