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24 1 In the September issue of Railway Modeller, page 644, John describes the layout’s drastic revamp. It looks magnificent, well done John. Modelling Water The Arguably modelling water is one of the most difficult areas of modelling to get right and to look realistic – help is at hand. Branchline The latest in the Shows You How Series of booklets distributed with Railway Modeller magazine’s The newsletter of the Australian Model Railway Association Inc. www.amrawa.com October issue is well worth consulting – but please do not ‘disappear’ our Library copy – if you really Western Australian Branch Inc. want to have a personal copy, either purchase a copy of the magazine or photocopy the booklet on our Library copier – as this will be for your personal use only, you should not fall foul of copyright rules. Issue 189 October 2008 Vol 31 No. 5 There’s a Prototype for Everything This is the only place in the UK where a narrow–gauge railway crosses a main standard gauge line. Frans Fatidic As you might have guessed it is the Welsh Highland Railway, which crosses the Machynlleth – Pwllheli line just outside Porthmadog. The WHR has almost finished laying the track and the first It was pleasing to see so many members at the AGM. Everything went smoothly, I was glad to see Caernarfon to Porthmadog train will run the full length of the line in September, although public that between Ron and Alan they managed to sort out the financial situation of our Branch and a big passenger services won’t start until Easter next year. thanks must go to both of them. It was also good to have nearly the same Management Committee back, other than Jim Gregg, and a big thank you to Jim from all of us for his support of our Branch and Committee. We welcome Rod Tonkin and hope he enjoys his time on the Management Committee. After the AGM a General Meeting was held where members could ask various questions regarding the running of our Branch, which was very helpful to the incoming Management Committee. [Note the main line Since then various members of the Management Committee have had a meeting with the Honorary driver’s sighting Life Members and views were exchanged and your Committee will take action on these suggestions, problems as his train for example first Monday of the month meetings, auctions and other ideas that were deleted over approaches this the last few years that we would like to see re–introduced, we will keep you informed. crossing for WHR trains approaching from left By the time you read this our Branch will have taken part in the Albany Expo with Fran’s River of picture. Ed,] layout being displayed. The Wembley Scout Fair is on Saturday 25 October and if anyone is able to assist please let me know. The Ted Thoday Clubman of the Year was awarded to two very special members, Alan Higgs and Rob Kay, congratulations to both for their tireless work for our Branch. The Minutes of the Annual General Meeting/General Meeting will be enclosed with this I understand that the protocol for a WHR train to cross the main line will be quite mind–boggling – issue of The Branchline for those who receive their copy by mail and will be emailed to those not quite a notarised quadruplicate application three weeks before the train is due to cross but not members on our electronic mailing list. much less convoluted! Missing Videos and DVDs. I raised this matter during my Report to the AGM. Most of the Chris Gorring videos and DVDs listed in previous issues of The Branchline are still missing. Someone has one or more of these. Please return them so that other members may have the pleasure of viewing them. Printed by the Wyalkatchem Telecentre Phone 08 9681 1500 Fax 08 9681 1501 e-mail [email protected] Print Post Approved PP631312/008 2 23 Australian Model Railway Christmas Social Function. Please make a note in your Association Western Australian diaries for Saturday 6 December, starting around 1700 for Emails – Privacy and Security Branch [Inc.] members and their families to get together for a bit of PO Box 60 Seasonal good cheer, etc. Most, if not all of us, suffer the never ending problem of spam and scam emails. Similarly, most, if MAYLANDS 6931 not all of us, receive ‘humorous’ and ’interesting’ emails from other people. Many of these emails are Clubroom Photographs. During a recent meeting forwarded on from and to other people. Clubrooms between our Management Committee and our Honorary Life 24 Moojebing Street Members it was considered that the recording of our Privacy. Recently I received one of these forwarded ‘funnies’ that contained the details of seven BAYSWATER 6053 Branch’s history was of considerable importance. other people who had forwarded it on, only one of these people was known to me and that was the Phone 9377 3456 person who sent it to me. To commemorate our Branch’s 25th Anniversary, in 1989, President Associate Professor A H’Istorian [aká Alan Porter] One of the earlier forwarders had apparently used his work computer as he was identified with his researched and wrote a fairly detailed historical summary of name, position title, name of his employer, phone and fax numbers and at the end of the email was a Frans Ponjee – 9490 3636 our Branch. This was later supplemented with a brief warning to recipients of the email to disregard/delete it, etc. e-mail – [email protected] update to 1997. This brings up a couple of potential hazards. One is the issue of privacy, did the other people in the Vice President Alan has been asked to consider bringing this historical addresses know or give permission for their details to be broadcast to all and sundry? This may record up to date. constitute a breach of the privacy legislation. The second is the reaction of your employer should they John Maker – 0417 941 553 find you using your employer’s computer for frivolous purposes – there is the potential for disciplinary e-mail – [email protected] Ted Thoday has put this history into booklet format and, as action here. Secretary modern electronic technology now allows, is including photographs of our various Clubrooms, etc. Security. Most of these ‘funny/interesting’ emails doing the rounds contain, usually at the end, one Neill Phillips – 9243 4664 or more links to other web addresses offering things like funny faces, etc. Clicking on any of these [email protected] To supplement the photographs we are currently in links will automatically open that web site and in the process can transmit your details to who knows possession of we need the following – where or who, perhaps to the originator[s] of spam and scam emails. Treasurer Ron Fryer – 9401 3514 Photographs of No. 1 Beaufort Street, Solutions. If you intend to forward one of these funny/interesting emails to e-mail – not available particularly the interior. someone else click on <FORWARD> this will open a new email panel that allows you to edit the original email. Delete all the previous forwarder’s details, including the Committee A photograph of the C. S. Harper Hall [which dividing lines down to the start of the text/picture. Delete the < or > symbols and use to be just east of the Mint in Hay Street] spaces from the start of each line, Alan Burrough – 9316 1045 [work] where we held our first Model Railway e-mail – [email protected] Exhibition Cursor to the end of the email and delete all the inviting text and links. Niels Kroyer – 9315 9635 Photographs of the final day at Meltham, e-mail [email protected] including moving the final ‘stuff’ off the Never, ever activate a link within any part of an email unless you are absolutely certain of where it platform and of Ted finishing the clean–up will lead you. It is much better to deactivate any such link, in Windows XP/Office 2003 select the link Garry Pilmoor – 9296 7070 by sweeping the platform adjacent to the without clicking it, then press <CTRL K> and click on <REMOVE LINK> in the drop down window. e-mail – [email protected] main room door Steve Rayner – 9379 1147 Photographs of the construction of the And never ever agree to send a receipt of any description to an email that you don't e-mail – [email protected] original building at Moojebing Street [we know the source of. This trick is becoming more prevalent have a full set for the extension but none of Rod Tonkin – 9309 5338 the original building] including the Update your anti-virus software, firewall and anti–spam software daily to give yourself the e-mail – [email protected] ceremonial ‘turning of the first sod’ and Barry maximum protection. Keens handing the keys to Ted. Editor And, last but by no means least, set your computers to notify you automatically of any Microsoft Ted Thoday – 9310 6316 updates and download and install them. e-mail – [email protected] The photographs are needed for a short time only so that they can be scanned on to disc. The photographs can be in printed format, 35mm slide or film strip as The views and opinions expressed by Ted has access to the equipment to scan these formats. The Tylwyth Teg contributors in this publication are not necessarily those of the Association or Please search your archives. No, I couldn’t pronounce it either, not being a speaker of Welsh.

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