Hi All,
I Thought I Would Wish You All A Very Merry Christmas & A Happy New Year. Catch Everyone In 2009.
Cheers John
A Blog To Tell The Story Of The Making Of My Model Railway In HO Scale. Includes Other Modelling Content.
Hi All,
I Thought I Would Wish You All A Very Merry Christmas & A Happy New Year. Catch Everyone In 2009.
Cheers John
The Above Is A Book By Tony Koester Of MR Fame. The Book Is An Interesting Read, I Recommend It To Those About To Take On The Challenge Of Building Their First Multi-Deck Railway. I Was Reading It The Other Night And In Chapter Two Tony Is Talking To A Friend About His RR Design And The Friend Makes A Suggestion About Having Drivers Complete A Shift From Loco Depot To Loco Depot. Tony Really Liked The Idea And So Do I, I Think It Would Give Operators A Great Sense Of Operating A Real Railway If They Sign On At A Depot And Have Roster Of Trains To Run, Rather Than Picking Up A Train In Staging And Running It To Staging. The Great Thing About The Gwabegar Line Is That On The Section From Wallerawang To Mudgee There Were A Lot Of Trains Which Sole Purpose Was To Go To A Particular Station Or Mine Etc. Terminate And Return To Sydney. A Feature I Would Love To Include On My Railway. For Those Looking At Building A Multi Deck Railway Or Any Railway For That Fact Another Great Source Is Joe Fugate's DVD's.
The Layout As Proposed So Far. This Post Will Be Added To As More Is Known.
Layout At A Glance:
Scale: HO (1.87.1).
Size: Not Determined Yet.
Prototype: State Rail Authority Of NSW.
Era: 1979-1983.
Height: 1350mm-1625mm.
Track:
Mainline & Loops: Micro-Engineering Code 70 Flex-Track.
Sidings & Branches: Micro-Engineering Code 55 Flex-Track.
Turnouts: 1:6, Scratch-Built To Proto:87 Standards.
Minimum Radius: 900mm.
Maximum Gradient: 1 in 40.
Control System:
DCC Wireless Throttles.
Track Power Electrically Interlocked With Signals & Points.
Points Contolled By Tortoise Slow-Motion Points Motors.
Scenery:
Hard-Shell Using Cardboard Strips Covered In PVA Soaked Paper Towels.
Trees Supplied By Track-Side Trees.
General Notes:
Typical Trains That Will Be Modelled Are Block Coal, Cement, Ore & Wheat As Well As Passenger And General Freight.
Addendum:
As You Can See My Design Preferences Have Changed, After Reading A Few Books With Eye-Catching Photos I Decided To Move The Era Forward Almost 20 Years To The Late 1970's, Early 1980's. I Have Also Decided To Build This Layout And The Rollingstock To Proto:87 Track & Wheel Standards
This Is The First Draft Of My Givens & Druthers.
Givens:
Fleet Numbers Are Limited To The Following:
Druthers:
This Blog Will Account The Building Of My Model Railway. I'll Start By Setting Out My Aims/Goals & Constraints.
Aims/Goals:
Constraints:
Below Is A List Of Locations On The Mudgee Line. This List Will Have To Be Culled To 4-5 Mainline Stations & 2-3 Branchline Stations.