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December 2018 Volume 30 No 06 Issue 330 a 100% NMRA Affiliated Club 2 ‘Train Talk’ Volume 30 No 06 (Issue #330) December 2018 ABN 32 998 681 418 December 2018 Volume 30 No 06 Issue 330 A 100% NMRA Affiliated Club 2 ‘Train Talk’ Volume 30 No 06 (issue #330) December 2018 ABN 32 998 681 418 Email; [email protected] Facebook; Toowoomba Model Railway Club 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. Rare Sight (Bill Waterhouse) 31. Modellers Corner (Bob Comerford) 6. Happiness (www) 32. OOPS! (www) 7. Teditorial (Teditor) 33. Teditor’s Tales (Ted Freeman) 8. On The Footplate 35. Sophistication (Neil Parker) 9. Beyer Garratt (Percy Forrester) 36. Second Hawkesbury bridge (www) 12. Model Train Photography (Charles 37. Taree XPT (Arthur Hayes) Page) 38. Railway Timetable 14. Helix (Mark Rankin) 38. Real names (www) 15. Charlevile Engine Shed (Arthur 39. Garratt (Geoff Evans) Hayes) 40. Backpage Photos (Andy Warren) 16. Do you need blocks with DCC (www) 17. NGPF Grain Hopper (Al Cutmore) ADVERTISER INDEX: 19. Paterson QLD (www) 3 Southern Rail Models 20. Railway Pics (Graeme Daniel)) 4 Train Pictures 22. Movie Magic (Mike Prowse) 5 Wuiske Promotions 25. Barn Find (Ted Freeman) 7 4AK/4WK Toowoomba 26. Drayton Harbour News (Gary Sardoni) 8 Altitude Motel 29. Roofwalks (Bill Welch) ON THE COVER: Union Pacific Big Boy 4006 heads up a coal train on the Toowoomba Model Railway Clubs Byers Junction N Scale layout. The locomotive was donated to the club by Barry Turner and is DCC Sound Equipped. December 2018 3 December 2018 4 December 2018 5 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) December 2018 6 Bill Waterhouse QUBE 3314 with loco's 872 - 4836 - 852 - 864 were in the silo road loading containers of Visy paper when along came Greentrain / Coote loco's DMV1 C507 - C509 - RL307 - CC505 - C506 on their way to Melbourne for conversion to razor blades or storage (depending on the story teller) which was put into the loop, about the same time from the south came 5MW2 (commonly called the steely), with NR78 - NR100 - NR121 - NR88 which horned and belled past the other 2 trains Another wonderful day in The Riverina December 2018 7 I am alway concerned about stepping on someone's toes (so to speak), I get a lot of articles sent to me that I am unable to relate the source, legal implications relating to copyright always concern me, on the other hand, with today’s open slather on the likes of Facebook and other instant gratification means via the internet, when is it not appropriate to use an article, if it is published publicly then one would assume there is no problem in using said items. If I use an item that you recognise as yours and there is no credit given, please advise me. Some simple aspects of this hobby can be very confusing to newcomers, in the near future I hope to bring articles that will assist the newbie's (and in many cases, the long term modellers). Some fr’instances, how sharp a curve can my train go around, how steep a grade can my train climb, what is an easement, how many different ways can scenery be done and so on, if you have an article that you feel could be useful, send it in, consider writing an article on a subject you are conversant with. I have been in this hobby for sixty years now (my first train set “TRI-ANG” when I was twelve), yet I am still on a learning curve regardless of my long term exposure to the hobby, even having been an engineman in the steam days on the New South Wales Government Railways does not in any way make me an expert on the subject. Many people come to me for assistance and I am for the most part willing to have a go, but the variety of designs and their relevant problems can be quite daunting, but by having a go, I continue to learn. Believe me, servicing a 1960's TRI-ANG Loco is vastly different to servicing any of the modern models, DCC being a big stumbling block for many, including myself, but hands on is how you learn, every mistake you make is a part of that learning curve, you are always welcome to sit in on anything I am doing and learn by my mistakes, but hey! Have a go and make some mistakes and learn yourself as well. Over the Christmas New Year period there will be a lot of work going on at the club, a perfect time to pitch in and make things happen, never look at a club as a “What will I get out of it by being a member”, instead, ask yourself “What can I do for the club that will make it and myself better” Simple answer - PLENTY! 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 December 2018 December 2018 8 Hobby. Member participation is an important part of the clubs success, become involved and reap the benefits. There are many projects underway to Club Shirts: If you wish to obtain a club suit any interests. shirt of the Chambray type, purchase The production of Train Talk and d i r e c t f r o m To t a l l y W o r k w e a r Construction of the Showgrounds Toowoomba, 1/37 Prescott St. Museum & Display Centre has been There is a policy at the TMRC Inc. You m a d e p o s s i b l e t h r o u g h t h e “MUST HAVE FUN”, say g’day to generosity of the everyone and invite them to ‘get involved’, we are all in this hobby for the same reason - “To have fun” Model Railroading ‘IS’ The World’s Greatest December 2018 9 Percy Forrester CONTINUED FROM THE NOVEMBER TRAIN TALK Additionally, as Garratts can incorporate a boiler with a greater diameter than other articulated concepts, this increased the heating area and aided the production of steam. The boiler was also able to be built shorter than other designs with the same heating area. This was a problem in some conventional locomotive designs, as the boiler was so long almost no heating of the water occurred at the smokebox end, resulting in overall reduced efficiency. In contrast, a larger but shorter boiler facilitated by the Garratt design enabled a bigger firebox to be built which promoted more efficient combustion of fuel and also increased the heat available to the boiler. Despite his frenetic workaholic and adventurous lifestyle, Herbert Garratt used what little spare time he could find in designing a pair of bogies which were really propulsion devices not supporting a boiler. At this stage, he incorporated separate driving cabs at each end of the boiler. To apply the double-bogie power unit principle to steam locomotives was for some time quite beyond the capabilities of locomotive engineers as the materials for a critical part of the concept had not been developed. The challenge was that it was essential that the piped steam from the boiler should transfer to the bogie-mounted cylinders without escaping along the way.
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