www.toowoombamodelrailwayclub.com.au November 2018 Volume 30 No 05 Issue 329 A 100% NMRA Affiliated Club 2 ‘Train Talk’ Volume 30 No 05 (issue #329) November 2018 ABN 32 998 681 418
A 100% NMRA Affiliated Club Disclaimer: The opinions expressed in ‘Train Talk’ are not necessarily the opinions of the TMRC Inc. or it’s members. PLEASE NOTE: Any personal items left and/or used at the club premises or events attended and/or organised by the club are the responsibility of the owner of said items. The TMRC Inc. Takes no responsibility for any loss or damage thereof. MOTION:04/02/03.
Toowoomba Model Railway Club Inc. Please note; schedules for club activities are notified in Train Talk - RAILWAY TIMETABLE - Page All correspondence mailed to: 38, and via email, if you have an email address and TMRC Inc. are not on our members email list, please advise PO Box 883 ASAP so you can receive up to date news. Toowoomba Qld 4350 Send to email; [email protected] MEMBERSHIP FEES One membership level only. President Brent Smith 4687 7607 Vice President Grant Hirning 4635 7939 Ordinary @ $90.00* Secretary Ted Freeman 4638 0397 For Twelve Months Treasurer Angela Adams 0488 768 486 Committee David Cook 0414 301 436 Pro-rata rates per Quarter Jessica Gibbs 0411 069 328 (*Includes basic NMRA membership = Ben Martin 4630 7668 Gary Sardoni 4635 5920 $30.00 for Public Liability Insurance) Club Mobile; 0490 388 327
6. Beyer Garratt (Percy Forrester) 32. OOPS! (www) 7. Teditorial (Teditor) 33. Teditor’s Tales (Ted Freeman) 8. On The Footplate 35. Temperamental Tortoise (Ted 9. Southern Rail Freeman) 10. Lest We Forget (Arthur Hayes) 36. Ben The Engineman (Angela Adams) 13. Garden City Central to Bunnings 38. Railway Timetable 15. Eddie Stavleu Layout 38. Loco Lingo (www) 20. Railway Pics (Andy Warren) 39. Replicated Realism (Brian Moore) 22. Southern Rail News 40. Backpage Photos (Andy Warren) 24. Drayton Harbour/Jamestown News (Gary Sardoni) 26. Heard on the London Underground ADVERTISER INDEX: 27. On the Cover 3 Southern Rail Models 29. Clubhouse Ditties (TMRC Inc. 4 Train Pictures Members) 5 Wuiske Promotions 30. Flailing Scotsman (Gary Sardoni/Ted 7 4AK/4WK Toowoomba Freeman) 8 Altitude Motel 31. Modellers Corner (Michael Freeman) ON THE COVER: British OO D11/2 built in 1924 by the LNER to a reduced loading gauge with smaller boiler mountings for hauling passenger trains in Scotland. Shown on Drayton Harbour at the main station (as yet to be named).
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NEW LOCOMOTIVE RELEASE FROM WUISKE/HASKELL Wuiske Models, again in partnership with Haskell Co of Taiwan, are proud to announce the release of the fifth mass produced Ready To Run locomotive for the Queensland Modeller. The 2470 class are the most common of all the 90 tonne locomotives built to this design.
Wuiske Models PO Box 131 Jandowae, Qld, 4410 Web: www.wuiskemodels.com
The 38 members of the 2470 class were introduced from 1980 to 1983. The majority of these units were held in coal traffic throughout the 1980s with only a handful being released to general traffic. By the early 1990s however, all members were in general traffic and could be seen in all areas of the state. We are still awaiting the arrival of some models through customs but have (at the very least) a small number of each running number in both gauges in stock and available right now. As ever with us, we have kept the price the same at $295.00 per locomotive. We have released eight different running numbers in three versions to ensure everyone is catered for. The numbers are as follows,
The high nose units are: 2472, 2486, 2495
The Driver Only (low nose) units are: 2474D, 2491D, 2471D , 2484D, 2497D
All available in HOn3½ or HO (Standard Gauge 16.5mm)
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Percy Forrester Major articulated locomotive types
What is a Garratt articulated locomotive? A Garratt is a type of steam locomotive that is articulated in three parts. Its boiler is mounted on the centre frame, and two steam engine bogie units are mounted on separate frames - one on each end of the boiler cradle. Articulation permits bigger locomotives to negotiate curves and run on lighter rails that might restrict large rigid-framed locomotives. Many Garratt designs aimed to double the power of the largest conventional locomotives operating on railways. This breakthrough created the opportunity to reduce the need for multiple locomotives and crews and increased line capacity. The principal benefit with the Garratt design was with the boiler and firebox unit slung between the two engine units. The arrangement freed them from the size constraints imposed when they were placed over the frames and running gear. This was a major constraint with conventional approaches and with other articulated designs such as Mallet configurations.
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Although I have been up against it for many reasons, there is no real excuse for my tardiness over the last few months other than to put forward my apologies. This issue of Train Talk is way behind schedule and I have been asked on just a couple of occasions “when can we expect Train Talk?”. Some suggestions have been put to me that I should do a combined issue including the missed issues as one release, I don’t feel this is fair to anyone and my aim is to get back on top of my game, get the late issues out and then hopefully not allow another lull in my life. For this issue I will endeavour to bring you up to date on the happenings towards the end of 2018. Carnival of trains was basically our last public event at the clubhouse for 2018 and the event proved successful for the club with plenty of interest over the nine days we were open, we even had several bus groups front up and the general feeling was one of great success and enthusiasm. Some big plans were to be exercised within the clubhouse during the lull of the holiday period and the final result in a lot of aspects is quite rewarding. Although I am speaking in past tense, try and look upon it as what is going to happen, one event ‘not at the clubhouse’ that we get involved in is the Bunnings Christmas celebration where customers of the large company get invited to a special customer night all over Australia, of course this means some difficulty for us as there are two Bunnings stores in Toowoomba now, Bunnings West and Bunnings North. Christopher Hawley was the Activities Organiser at the West store where we used to participate, when the Bunnings North Store opened, Chris transferred to the new facility, we followed him as he was always good to work with and ensured the club was rewarded for its efforts. Of course this means that the Bunnings west store has been wanting for our appearance at their store, as events at Bunnings are nationwide on the same dates, this has been a problem, we just can’t be in two places at once - or can we? When we head into 2019, we will be making an effort to resolve the situation, Ben Martin has put forward a proposal as to a manner of working things out to appease all, we will be looking into his suggestion with interest.
Tune in for the best of sounds for everyone’s likes 4AK and 4WK - Your stations! 2018 TOOWOOMBA CARNIVAL of TRAINS Toowoomba Showgrounds 22nd - 30th November 2018 November 2018 8
There is a policy at the TMRC Inc. You “MUST HAVE FUN”, say g’day to everyone and invite them to ‘get involved’, we are all in this hobby for the same reason - “To have fun” Model New members: Welcome aboard to the Railroading ‘IS’ The World’s Greatest following fellow modellers, Liam Turnbull Hobby. from Chinchilla (Errols son), Liam Models The production of Train Talk and N Scale North American primarily, Mervyn Construction of the Showgrounds Klein from Harlaxton, Mervyn is still Museum & Display Centre has been deciding on a prototype but is going with made possible through the generosity HO & OO and Peter Worland from Dalby, of the Peter is into HO scale North American, please make these new members welcome.
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November 2018 10 World War 1 Anniversary Arthur Hayes 11:00 am on Sunday the 11th of November 2018 marked 100 years since the end of World War 1. Pioneer Steam Railway turned the clock back to the war years as they remembered those who left by train to join in the battles. Trains depart from Bundamba Racecourse to Swanbank Station where numerous displays of memorabilia, Light Horse, machinery, vehicles re-enactors, current servicemen, war time entertainment and good food. Two trains were planned to run. A Troop Train and a train of military equipment including the light horse. On Sunday afternoon the PB 15 Westinghouse pump failed and the equipment train did not run.
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November 2018 13 Goes to Bunnings Text Ted Freeman Photos Angela Adams A dedicated band of members attended the Bunnings North Family Christmas Night with Garden City Central along with the Children’s ‘U’ Drive Layout.
A great time was had by all as can be seen in the photos, the next Bunnings outing will be for their Easter family Night (TBA)
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Text David Cook - Photo’s Various members.
Michael’s Partner Kim assisting with set-up.
Gary, Grant, Benjamin and Jeff Fritz unloading the layout. As usual, Europcar Toowoomba assisted us with a truck to transport Garden City Central and Benjamin did the honours with the Childrens ‘U’ Drive.
November 2018 Eddie Stavleu 15 Cleveland 1950-60 Arthur Hayes Hi All, Last Saturday was the Division 1 Meeting at Eddie Stavleus place. Eddie models QR in H0n3.5 and is modelling the Cleveland Branch in the 50/60 period before the line was closed in 64. I will let the photos do the talking ?? Cleveland Central Station
Cleveland School of Art Hall.
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Station Masters house
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RM 81
McKeen CAr. Lazer cut timber. Hollywood drive
Ormiston
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Cleveland Central Goods Shed
Cleveland Central Loco and Carriage Shed
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2000 class RM
RM 46
BU Carriage
BUV Van
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Photo’s by Andy Warren at Thornton in the Hunter Region NSW.
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OTHER PROJECT UPDATES OLO/OVO - AMPOL BFT & RTC PROJECT This project is slotted in for production now but is being held up due to the factory misunderstanding the complexity of versions involved. The OLO/OVO’s of course are made in two gauges for a start. All up there are a total of 25 versions. Some of the differences are minor, it could be a change of bogie or a different hand brake fitting.
Each variation requires a new decoration file in order for the factory to get the production right and manage thousands of small parts and assemble them into the correct model.
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by Gary Sardoni Firstly, Drayton Harbour. Since last month, I am pleased with the progress made. The viaduct is completed and in position on the layout, and there has been considerable progress with the station buildings. Scratchbuilding is considerably slower than kitbuilding and as the viaduct was a large scratchbuilt structure, I had gotten used to a particular (quite slow) rate of progress. When it was finished, I was able to move onto the construction of some of the station buildings, and as these were straight kitbuilds, progress seemed to be much faster. On top of the viaduct there are two buildings, both of which are part of the "Scalescenes" Large Station Kit. The larger building is the main passenger terminal and the smaller one is for the delivery and pickup of goods. There is also a roadway across the viaduct and some parking bays for cars and trucks etc. Even though kit building is faster than scratchbuilding, as I have said previously, building "Scalescenes" structures is quite t i m e c o n s u m i n g , b u t v e r y rewarding and well worth the effort. While the viaduct was made from the backs of speeding ticket books (thanks Brent), which are made of heavy card 2mm thick as recommended by "Scalescenes", for the station buildings I reverted to the usual (for me) matboard (purchased from Murray's art supplies) which I have built many "Scalescenes" buildings from. While matboard is only 1.5mm thick, I have found it to be very suitable building material. The 'speeding ticket' card, while a bit thicker, can get a bit frayed at times if not handled carefully, whereas the matboard holds together a bit better. The accompanying pictures show the buildings on the viaduct viewed from various angles as well as a staged scene using some 1940's road vehicles (these vehicles normally 'live' on my home layout). Passengers enter the main station building from the street, then exit this building at the rear and then proceed down one of the two flights of stairs which lead to the station platforms. The image of the station building from the rear shows the gaps in the parapet at the rear of the large building where the steps that lead down to the platforms will be located.
November 2018 continued on page 25 continued from page 24 25 At present, it's one giant step from the top to the bottom. The next job is to build the (2) station platforms, which will be followed by construction of some island platform buildings, with (maybe) a subway linking the platforms. Putting the steps in place will be the final major part of the project.
Now for some "Jamestown" news. Over the last couple of years I have rebuilt and tweaked various bits of trackwork to improve the reliability of running trains, and it has reached the stage of being as good as it's going to get, given some of the inherent trackwork limitations, which I have always worked within. Ben Martin has been keen to go further and get rid of these limitations to improve things even more. Of course this means that much more severe changes and rebuilding have to be done. Ben has exercised considerable energy in attacking those parts of the layout that impose limitations on what can run reliably. First to go was the awful double curved Atlas #288 point in the north-east corner (which is difficult to replace anyway as these now appear to be out of production). This point was good for stalling due its long insulated frog and its ability to 'short' various locos as well as its ability to derail things. However, its removal means some serious reworking of the surrounding landscape. I understand that Jim Russell was a car panelbeater and painter and consequently used materials that he was familiar with when building "Jamestown". I can say for sure that panelbeaters 'bog' is a very tough material to remove as anyone who has tried to 'modify' it has found out. Ben's plan was not just to remove the t r o u b l e s o m e p o i n t . H e a l s o h a d redesigned the station area to make it more of a feature with the addition of a third platform and also a run-round loop for local passenger trains.
November 2018 continued on page 26 26 continued from page 25 This part of the build will replace two dead-end sidings, which while they were officially set-up tracks, in actual fact got very little use. Unfortunately, as is typical of renovation projects, there is always more that needs to be done than anticipated as Ben will testify to in this case. It turned out that the baseboard in the station area had disintegrated much more than expected and a large area needs replacing. To provide further structural support for the layout there is an underlayer (of chipboard). However, to make matters worse, in the station area this turned out to be mostly chips and not much board - what a mess! (Rule 1 - NEVER use chipboard anywhere in a model train layout.) All this means that a lot more rebuilding of the framework in the station area is needed before any trackwork is redone. Unfortunately "Jamestown" will be out of action for a bit longer than anticipated. Ben also has identified another part of the layout that can be improved: the steep hills at the southern end of the station area, where the grade is not only steep but also uneven in places. To get ready for a rebuild of this feature, while in 'destructo-mode', he lifted the tracks on the hill. However this part of the renovation is on the back- burner as the station area will be rebuilt first. Changing the grade on the hill will require total removal of the baseboard in that area and its replacement with a board with a longer gentler grade. Making this change will also give the opportunity to re-route the track to eliminate another problem: the sharp curve on the mainline at the siding to the fuel depot. Exactly how this will be done is yet to be determined but we will get there eventually. HEARD ON THE LONDON UNDERGROUND TUBE Contributed by Bob Claydon A list of actual announcements that London Tube train drivers have made to their passengers...
1) 'Ladies and Gentlemen, I do apologize for the delay to your service. I know you're all dying to get home, unless, of course, you happen to be married to my ex-wife, in which case you'll want to cross over to the Westbound and go in the opposite direction.'
2) 'Your delay this evening is caused by the line controller suffering from E & B syndrome: not knowing his elbow from his backside. I'll let you know any further information as soon as I'm given any.' November 2018 27
The Great Central Railway Class 11F or Improved Director Class is a class of 4-4-0 steam locomotive designed by John G. Robinson for passenger work. The LNER classified them as Class D11 from 1923. They were based on the earlier GCR Class 11E "Director" class (LNER D10).
There were two subclasses: D11/1 were the original GCR engines and D11/2 were those built in 1924 by the LNER to a reduced loading gauge with smaller boiler mountings for hauling passenger trains in Scotland.
November 2018 continued on page 28 28 continued from page 27 The Scottish D11/2s were initially allocated to Eastfield (6), Haymarket (6), St. Margaret's (5), Dundee (5), and Perth (2). The NBR was noted for keeping its allocations relatively constant, and these allocations remained unchanged during most of the 1920s. In 1928, a few of the D11s were swapped around, with the end result that Perth lost two and Haymarket gained two. Duties included express passenger services and special services, as well as the NBR legs of a number of Pullman services.
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There has been a flurry of activity at the clubhouse now that our exhibition/display period has come to an end.
Work on the various layouts will be the main undertaking as we revitalise scenery/trackwork/electricals etc. As can be seen at left, Brian Zenke is keeping a watchful eye on Teditor to make sure the work being done on the Z scale ZeNkeville II is up to high enough standards.
Russell has been performing scenery work on the N Scale Byers Junction layout within the main town area, the section he can be seen working on is where a church will be located.
Teditor has been working in the same area on scratchbuilt turnouts leading into the Main station area as well as to the commuter platforms.
A new handbuilt turnout has also been installed in the South Yard lead and more work on turnouts is underway.
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Text Gary Sardoni/Teditor Photos Angela Adams When a young model train enthusiast came to the club with a OO Scale Flying Scotsman that wasn’t running, Gary and Teditor got into it to see what could be done.
He couldn’t get the train to run at all and had no idea about how to connect it up.
Firstly we tried to see if we could get the loco to run, (on DC) which we did after cleaning the track and the wheels.
Then we tried to find out if it was DCC fitted by connecting up an NCE Powercab and either listening for the ‘hum’ to indicate that it wasn’t DCC fitted or finding that it worked OK and was DCC fitted.
It wasn’t DCC fitted but the hum was quite soft which confused the issue a bit.
After a bit of crawling around the floor and improvising with a length of track, the locomotive was up and running.
There was another (smaller) loco which was DCC fitted.
This added to the confusion, as the owner was under the impression the Scotsman was DCC equipped also.
As can be seen in the above photo, Ernie Lindel found our floor frolicking amusing.
In the end, all went well.
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Photos Michael Freeman The 2018 Toowoomba Model Trains & Hobby Expo saw Michael Mikey) Freeman look after setting up the Wings Over The Downs Display and Radio Control Drift car Track.
An added feature for the Radio Control cars was an Off Road section built by Mikey and Aaron Durkin.
Mikey went out of his way to s e c u r e s u p p o r t f r o m To o w o o m b a L a n d s c a p e Supplies in the form of various g r a v e l , r o c k a n d s a n d ingredients with wich to cover the Foam mountain base.
Built in two sections, the Off Road feature worked very well and is to be improved upon for the 2019 Expo. W i t h v a r i o u s ascents/descents to manouvre over and around there w e r e s e v e r a l challenges facing any vehicles that were given a go.
The Four wheel d r i v e v e h i c l e s h o w n i n t h e p h o t o s i s a s m a l l e r s c a l e model that was towered over by the obstacles.
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(www) Don’t have information, came off the Web, but if it was to be a Toyota Tuff Ad - “FAIL!”.
Why people seem to think their 4 Wheel Drive vehicles can drive over railway tracks is beyond comprehension, yes! its feasible(very possible) that the train will be derailed, but it's a certainty that the 4 Wheel drive vehicle will come off worse.
The final indignity of this mishap is the use of a Front End Loader to move the vehicle out of the way - Train 1 - Vehicle 0!
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Ted Freeman (* names have been changed) Some really pleasant surprises have come out of writing this series of articles on my life on the New South Wales Railways in the 1960’s-early 70’s. For one, I have realised just how fortunate I have been to have experienced the things that I have, second, ‘old’ contacts have been made. In a lot of cases, the people mentioned in my series have passed on - but not all. At the Brisbane Miniature Train Show - Did you know a bloke by the name of Clarrie Hough (not sure on the spelling) when you were at Eveleigh? I was recently asked! Yeah! Fired for a Clarrie Hough while I was there - I recalled! Well, that’s him standing over there, I’ll introduce (re-introduce) you to him. Clarrie - this here’s Ted Freeman, worked at Eveleigh in the 60’s, when you were there? Don’t recall the face (and I thought I hadn’t changed in thirty years!) That’s OK Clarrie, you don’t look all that familiar either - but! I related the story in the most recent issue of Train Talk! Old F.A. and Alec - yeah, I remember them, what about ------, yeah! How about ---- yes of course - and the memories started to filter back, discussion went on and memories started to ‘flood’ back with recollections of different characters we both worked with, swapping of stories and relating to similar incidents we had both encountered (endured). It was really something to catch up to an old work mate and reflect back on the times past, I'm sure Clarrie Nanny 3510 before receiving a Turret Tender would be able to tell some right proper yarns relating to his experiences as he did one to me whilst we talked - it jarred my memory - and then I recalled - that’s the story I was geared up for in the next edition of Train Talk. Clarrie spoke of a 60 class Garratt on 274 Up goods from Newcastle to Sydney, I had a similar trip on 274 Up - but the steed I had was a ‘Nanny’, or 35 class 4-6-0. Eveleigh crews worked the Down Newcastle Flyer from Sydney and returned after an eight hour break on 274 Up Goods. The Nanny’s were not a familiar engine to us as Eveleigh did not have any and at this stage in their life they were mostly relegated to the Northern Division from Gosford on. I was with my regular driver PW, a man I had fired for for quite some time and a true gentleman and master of the art of locomotive driving (PW would have been in his early to mid 30’s). Although he had plenty of experience on steam for his age, he had never worked on a Nanny, and neither had I. No big deal - you say - not all steam engines are the same, believe me! Local Broadmeadows crews offered some sympathetic advice (inside they were snickering - I’m sure!), The fireman! - keep the fire banked, don’t let the front build up or you will be in trouble - the driver! - don’t let-er slip! November 2018 continued on page 34 34 continued from page 33 Climbing aboard 3510, nothing seemed out of the ordinary, it was just a bigger 32 class, close to the size of a “Pig” or 36er. We whistled out of Broadmeadow loco and headed towards Honeysuckle Yard (just south of Newcastle) where we would latch onto our train and head off to Gosford where we would pick up one of the three thousand plus horsepower 46 class electrics for the jaunt to Enfield Yard in Sydney. On arrival at Honeysuckle, we coupled up, performed the mandatory brake test and spoke to the guard as to tonnage and any special orders, it was just starting to come onto dark when we were due to depart so on went the dynamo with its high pitched shriek piercing the eeriness of nightfall on the waterfront. With lights ablaze and the fire nicely banked with a good head of steam and the appropriate water level in the sight glass we were ready to go, no reason not to feel confident for a safe and swift trip. With the guards right-o-way given and clearance from the shunter, we blew the whistle - the whistle cord shorted on the dynamo and a resultant kaboom and extinguished lights ended the confidence so rapidly gained. Digging around in what was now relative blackness, save for the light of the fire, we filled some kerosene gauge lamps, flare lamps and marker light and decided to give it a go. Shortly after getting under way, the kerosene lights extinguished and refused to re-light, oh! No! There’s water in the kero. It was about this time that we were starting our climb towards Tickhole Tunnel, too late to do anything about it, we worked together to keep an eye on the water level by the light of the fire as the old nanny dug in for all its worth. Of course, with sand being laid on the rails under the struggling drivers and a full head of steam in her belly we were making noisy but positive headway. But! With water in the kero, why should the sand be any different, as the sandpipes clogged we were just entering the confines of the tunnel and the inevitable happened - whooooooosh, massive, uncontrolled wheelspin and then to cap it off, the old girl picked up the water and primed crazily. PW quickly responded and shut the throttle, simultaneously opening the cylinder cocks in an effort to arrest the wheelspin, but the damage was done - the fire had turned over, the bank, so diligently fought for to be kept at the rear of the firebox - was all up the front. It didn’t take long for the steam to start dropping as I struggled to get the fire back in order and PW assisted as much as he could while still keeping the train under control. It became a battle of men and machine as we battled on into the night with no lights, no whistle and what was beginning to look like no hope! It was impossible to get the fire right and the steam pressure was wavering dangerously low to applying the brakes, keeping a safe level of water in the sight glass was a top priority and we struggled on into the night, eventually limping into Gosford a sad and sorry lot with PW and myself looking like black and white minstrels and Nanny 3510 struggling on her last breaths of steam with water hovering just above the low mark in the sight glass. This was a trip I was sure I'd never forget - and I never have! Handing over the sad and sorry loco, PW and I knew there would be an inquiry, we found out a short time later that trials were run with 3510 and she was in a very sad state indeed. Apparently the blast pipe had dislodged, and damage to the locomotive was severe enough that in this late era of steam, she was condemned like so many of her sisters before (and shortly after), never to give the likes of us Eveleigh greenies any trouble ever again! November 2018 35
Ted Freeman I showed this photo (left) on page 30 of last months Train Talk, did you work it out, thought not.
O n t h e B y e r s Junction N Scale layout we had a t u r n o u t t h a t would not throw one direction at all and the other was very noisy, investigation under t h e l a y o u t s h o w e d t h e problem a s t h e linkage from the Tortoise Turnout motor was not moving.
The Turnout motor was removed and dissected (5 screws under the label, “voids the warranty”), as the Tortoise was many years old it didn’t really matter to us.
As can be seen in the close-up above, the gear that drives the linkage arm was badly worn allowing it to jump up and down and of course, not function as it should.
The complete gear and shaft is shown at left and
the opened Tortoise showing t h e i n n e r l a y o u t o f t h e components is on the right.
The challenge now is to see what can be done to rectify the problem.
November 2018 36 Ben The Engineman Photos Angela Adams On a trip to Murray Bridge SA, Ben got to be a train driver, thankfully the train remained stationary.
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The Rx-class were developed from the earlier R-class 4-6-0 design of 1886 via adoption of a larger, superheated boiler. A number of the class also received superheaters. The Rx-class ultimately grew to 84 examples comprising the 30 original R-class locos rebuilt to Rx specification, together with a further 54 built new, becoming the South Australian Railway's most numerous class of broad-gauge steam locomotive. The Rx-class were assigned to both passenger and freight turns until the arrival of larger locomotives in the 1920's, after which they settled in to branch line, suburban and shunting roles. In this capacity they lasted to the end of regular SAR steam operations. a
Rx 160 was among the final members of the class remaining on the SAR books when condemned on 21 August 1969. a Fortunately it was saved for preservation and, together with several freight wagons, was placed on display alongside the Murray River at the old Murray Bridge wharf area.
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THIS COMING EVENTS LISTING IS PRESENTED AS ACCURATELY AS KNOWN AT THE TIME OF PRINTING, IF YOU WISH TO CONFIRM ANY DETAILS AND/OR HAVE ANY OTHER EVENTS FOR LISTING, PLEASE SEND THE INFORMATION TO THE CLUB EMAIL ADDRESS - [email protected] PLEASE ADVISE ANY ERRORS. NOTE: Saturday afternoons at the showgrounds from 2pm, unless notified otherwise. Wednesday afternoons from 1pm till 4pm. ALL EVENTS SUBJECT TO CONFIRMATION *Indicates limited access at the Showgrounds*
December 3rd Committee Meeting. McDonald’s Margaret Street, 7.30pm. 7th Running Day, all layouts proposed to be available for running. 10th Running Day, all layouts proposed to be available for running. 7th Social Night, activities of your own choice, Start 6.30pm.
January 2nd Running Day, all layouts proposed to be available for running. 4th Social Night, activities of your own choice, Start 6.30pm 5th Running Day, all layouts proposed to be available for running. 7th Committee Meeting. McDonald’s Margaret Street, 7.30pm.
February 1st Social Night, activities of your own choice, Start 6.30pm 2nd/3rd Toowoomba Swap Meet 4th Committee Meeting. McDonald’s Margaret Street, 7.30pm. 6th Running Day, all layouts proposed to be available for running.
November 2018 Replicated Realism 39 Brian Moore In January 2016, on Trainorders, SR Bush posted this fabulous picture of an SD7/SW1500 combo at Guadalupe in the early 80s, and it was generally agreed to be the slightly quirky power for that day's Guadalupe local. I immediately prompted me to replicate it on my Quisling module. It's now possible to take the picture in Guadalupe yard:
November 2018 40 NSW Hunter Area Andy Warren
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