Innholdsfortegnelse for June 2022 i Australian Model Railway Magazine

Murray Scholz; happily married with three kids and farming in Southern NSW. I have always been a fan of railways, especially narrow gauge. I have been a narrow gauge modeller for most of my time in the hobby, first in HO and then moved to O scale in 2004. My favourite aspect of the hobby is building scenery and structures and I enjoy the detail I can add in the larger scale.…

State Rail Authority of New South Wales (SRA of NSW) 81 class diesel electric locomotive in Candy livery r-t-r in HO scale by SDS Models, PO Box 804, Winston Hills NSW 2153. Phone: 0431423878. Email: sales@sdsmodels.com.au Web Site: www.sdsmodels.com.auPrice: $335.00 for powered – DC, DCC ready. Prototype With the formation of the SRA of NSW on 1July1980, it took responsibility for the state’s Rail, Bus and Ferry networks. One of its main goals was to modernise the NSW rail system. The 81 class locomotive and a new paint scheme were born in this time of modernisation and rationalisation. The SRA of NSW at its formation was reliant on several classes aging 1800 and 2000 hp locomotives. The horsepower at the time was restricted by the traction control systems available. The previous…

Auscision Models have received an undecorated factory pilot model of their future release of a C44ACi diesel electric locomotive in N scale. The model will be released in the following liveries: ARG AC class, Pacific National 92 and 93 class, QR National 6000 class, Aurizon 6020 class, Xstrata Rail XRN class, Genesee & Wyoming Australia GWU class, Centennial Coal/SSR CEY class, CFCLA CF class, Fletcher FIE class and Mineral Resources MRL class. Models will be available in standard DC and with the option of factory fitted ESU LokSound 5 DCC and sound. Auscision have also received an undecorated pilot model of their future release of a State Rail Authority of New South Wales (SRA of NSW) 80 diesel electric locomotive in N scale. The model will be released in the…

The On30 Bogong and Geehi Railway is a branch line running through a fictitious landscape that could (but does not) exist somewhere in the foothills of the Snowy Mountains. I have spent many years planning, researching, talking to friends in the hobby, modelling and remodelling to get the layout to the point it is now. It represents many of the aspects I value most in the railway modelling hobby: building Australian scenery, modelling structures that are a part of my history and heritage, researching in depth on real railways and the communities and industries they serviced. The railway began life as just two modules, each 1.5m long; they were my first attempt at modelling an Australian scene. Prior to their creation, I had been modelling North American narrow gauge, first…

There are many modellers who have the skills and the patience to detail their models. While we like to detail our models sometimes you wonder if anyone really sees the little things you add to your models. It is a satisfying thing to add some final touches to a model. I looked at adding tail discs to some of the rolling stock on my small New South Wales Government Railways (NSWGR) layout. I decided to add a tail disc to one end of a guards vans, a CPH railmotor and the 600/700 diesel railmotor set. AM Models produce brass etch NSWGR tail discs in HO scale with four round and four triangles in a set. I purchased these from Casula Hobbies. I painted them white while they were still in…

Welsh Point is an industrial area branching off Kooragang Island, Newcastle, in New South Wales. The Welsh Point branch is a good example of a location to model that would lend itself well to a shelf layout and can be modelled in the ultra-modern era. Situated at the south-eastern tip of Kooragang Island is the Welsh Point branch. The branch splits Heron Road, with sidings on both sides of the road. On the Western side of Heron Road, there are two sidings: • Facing south is a Cargill’s vegetable oil facility. • Facing north is the Australian Cement siding. See photo 3. While this part of the branch has only two sidings, this might look simple but operationally can be very complicated, as follows: There is no run around road…

The Canberra exhibition was held on the weekend of 26 and 27 of March 2022 at the Kaleen Secondary School. The exhibition utilised two large halls and a number of class rooms. Attendees were able to move from location to location, without hassle. Some of the classrooms featured either one large layout or a number of displays that were appropriately arranged for easy viewing. Layouts attending included, Guildford Model Railway Group’s Goulburn, Epping Model Railway Club’s Bethungra Spiral, Coffs Harbour Railway Modellers’ extensive exhibition layout (it almost filled an entire hall) and ACT Model Railway Society’s Yendys. N scale was well represented, including Robert Popovski’s Gunning NSW, Ross Balderson’s new layout Newcastle 1899, The Canberra Monaro N scale group exhibited their extensive modular layout, and Georges River Model Railway Club’s…

Dust! The bane of my modelling life! Unless you have space in your house, you may well have to use the garage, shed or loft for your layout. I too am in this position, with my Paterson-Keating Lines (AMRM Issue 333, December 2018) layout being in an unlined loft. The house has a tile roof that is lined with fiberglass/ aluminium foil Sisalation insulation. This helps keep the dust out but not completely, a situation that is worsened by the fact that we live in a coastal suburb where wind-blown sand is a fact of life. Part of the layout features a double oval, with the rear of the oval disappearing beneath an upper level line to Keating station, see photo 1. After many hours of track cleaning at fairly…

Like most heavy haul Pilbara Western Australia railroad operators Mount Newman Mining (Mt Newman) had heavily invested in the C636 Alco & M636 MLW type locomotives. This decision worked very well, as these types provided sterling service in these high demand and harsh conditions. By the late 1970’s the C636s were needing a heavy overhaul. Mt Newman’s competitor Hamersley Iron (HI) had also amassed a large fleet of Alco type locomotives and they initiated a heavy overhaul/rebuild program. HI commissioned Comeng (Commonwealth Engineering) to rebuild six C636 locomotives into C636Rs. This rebuild would make the locomotives more user friendly and extend their operating life. The rebuild included the first application of the now famous ‘Pilbara Cab,’ a raked back front window design to reduce glare. This initial rebuild program spurred…

On 16 and 17 April 2022, over the Easter long weekend, the Yarra Valley Model Railway Club held their annual Diamond Creek model railway exhibition at the local Community Bank Stadium. Notably, attendance exceeded previous year’s figures. It seems that modellers are out in force in 2022. The layouts exhibited included four brand new layouts: Gunnadoo by Robert Popovski (of Gunning NSW fame), Culcairn NSW by Mark Jesser (N scale), Grosvenor St by Michael Braun (HO) and Apple Cove (On30). Other layouts included The Beechy by the Sunbury Model Railway Club, Herbert River (Queensland cane tram, HOn2½), Daraby, British O scale, The Valley, Victorian N Scale Collective T Trak and Murray River Bridge. Trade stands included Blue and Gold Models, Brunel Hobbies, Lyndon’s Trains, Railmotor Models, San Mateo, SDS Models…

The project We are modelling the Victorian Railways (VR) KF / KW Car Transporter Wagons with 11'6" wheelbase for which, unfortunately, there are not many photographs. However, refer [Editor note: for Photos 1 to 21 refer to AMRM issue 353 April 2022] Photos 13, 14 and 15 of the prototype wagon KF 1 which is empty and shows the framework and posts. Photos 16, 17, 18 and 19 show KF 1 with Fairlane 500 Ranch Wagons being craned on at the Ford factory Geelong. The only two drawings I have located are a VR line drawing titled ”KW” on www.pjv101.net and VR’s GA Drawing No. 15230 KF Wagon of 2July1959, either available in PROV Victoria. Both these drawings give the dimensions of the top and lower frames that car bodies…