Rocket Sep 2016

The Rocket September 2016 Volume 38 Issue 4

P.M.E.S President Ray Hall presenting our Treasurer Lynn Venning with his long overdue life membership at the 2016 AGM. The ROCKET is the official journal of the Penfield Model Engineers Society Inc. The views or opinions of Authors of contributions to this magazine are not necessarily those of the Office Bearers, Committee Members or Members of this Society.

ALL CORRESPONDENCE SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO:

The Secretary, Penfield Model Engineers Society Inc.,

P.O. Box 792, SALISBURY S.A. 5108

President: Ray Hall Vice President: Peter Henley Secretary: Gerry Dowling Treasurer: Lynn Venning

Editor: Michael Wilhelm [email protected]

Inside this issue: Editors Note Only a limited number of copies of AGM 3 the rocket are printed, usually 15 General Meeting 6 copies. 8 Track Report So when you are done reading the Notice to all members 14 rocket, can you please return it, so The gallery 15 some one else can have a read. Waynes World 21 Thanks.

Wanted and For sale 27 If you have pictures for the Rocket, include some notes to go with it.

Thanks, Michael

AGM minutes

PENFIELD MODEL ENGINEERS SOCIETY INC.

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING HELD ON WEDNESDAY, 20th JULY 2016

President Ray Hall welcomed members and declared the meeting open at 8.00 P.M.

37 Members present. See attached list.

APOLOGIES: W. Hoskin, R. Russell, M. Tonkin

PREVIOUS MINUTES: Copies of the Minutes of the Annual General Meeting held on the 15th of July 2015 were distributed. M. Wilhelm proposed that they be accepted as distributed. Sec. C. McIntosh. CARRIED.

BUSINESS ARISING: Nil

PRESIDENT'S REPORT: A written report was read then tabled.

D. Franks proposed that it be accepted. Sec. D. Hawkins. CARRIED. SECRETARY'S REPORT: A written report was tabled.

M. McCauley proposed that it be accepted. Sec. R. Webb. CARRIED.

TREASURER'S REPORT: A detailed written report was tabled.

M. Carmody proposed that it be accepted as tabled. Sec. L. Castle. CARRIED.

WORK FOR THE DOLE NO. 2: Ray Hall gave a rundown on the account- ing for this project. A written report was tabled.

CANTEEN COMMITTEE'S REPORT: C. Hall gave a written report which was was tabled.

S. Palmer proposed that it be accepted. Sec. by D. Hawkins. CARRIED.

D. Franks proposed a vote of thanks to the Canteen personnel. Sec. by M. McCauley. CARRIED

3 CORRESPONDENCE: IN: 1. A letter from P. Hoye with an agenda item for the AGM.

GENERAL BUSINESS:- 1. Annual training day to be held on 8th October 2016.

2. The Constitution. Paul Cain spoke about the proposed constitution and the reasons for amending the present Constitution 2000. Pro- posed constitution has been distributed to members. Suggestions from P. Hoye will be considered and incorporated in the new constitution. SEE NOTES Suggestion par 7 Incorporated Par 9 Incorporated Par 10 Par 11.4 2. The Committee recommended that the Entrance fees remain at $8.00 per person and $30.00 per family as recommended by the committee. Membership recommended to remain at $90 and $70. Moved by D. Franks and Seconded by M. Carmody. CARRIED.

3. Club Member of the Year - Paul Cain

Life membership awarded to Lynn Venning. 4. Speedway Results

Speed cars: 1st Peter Henley, 2nd M. Tonkin, 3rd John Cooper

Dirt Modified: 1st M. Wilhelm, 2nd Paul Waugh, 3rd Shane Hannagan

Sprint: 1st Paul Cain, 2nd Matt Tonkin, 3rd Brian Mead 10. All positions except that of the Secretary and Treasurer were then declared vacant.

Election of Officers:-

Position Nominated: President: Ray Hall, Nominated by M. Carmody Seconded by G. Dowling. As there were no further nominations Ray was then declared elected, unopposed, for the next two years.

4 Vice President: Peter Henley, M. Carmody, Seconded by G. Dowling. As there were no further nominations Peter was then declared re- elected, unopposed, for the next two years. Committee Nominated by Seconded by member

G. Ward M. Carmody W. Hoskin

P. Cain M. Wilhelm G. Dowling

W. Hoskin M. Carmody G. Ward

M. Wilhelm D. Greenhill D. Franks

All the above members declared elected for the four positions for the next year. Canteen Manager: C. Hall G. Dowling P. Cain

Canteen Committee:- Present Committee (Cheryl Hall, Ray Hall, Julie Walding & Nancye Russell.)

All were declared re-elected and Len and Ellen Castle were added. Newsletter Editor: M. Wilhelm G. Dowling R. Hall

Michael was elected unopposed.

Historian Librarian: - No Nomination

To be appointed by the Executive Committee.

Auditor:- No nomination To be appointed by the Executive Committee. Members were thanked for their attendance and invited to remain after the meeting for light refreshments.

Meeting Closed:- at 9.00 P.M

5 General Meeting

PENFIELD MODEL ENGINEERS SOCIETY INC.

GENERAL MEETING

HELD AT PMES, WOOMERA ROAD EDINBURGH SA

ON WEDNESDAY 15th JUN 2016

Welcome The President welcomed all members and guests to the meeting and declared it open at 20:00 hours.

Present

R. Hall, G. McDonald, P. Henley, D. Hawkins, G. Dowling, M. Wilhelm, P. Cain, M. McCauley, D. Coppick, K. Hampel, R. Russell, Brian Meade, W. Brown, M. Hampel, R. Webb.

Guests

Apologies

Geoff Ward, David Franks, Lynn Venning, M. Carmody, W. Hoskin Minutes of previous meeting

The minutes of the previous meeting on 18th May were read.

D. Hawkins moved that the minutes be accepted.

Seconded by P. Cain CARRIED

Business Arising Disabled toilet mentioned was rejected due to poor quality.

Correspondence

G McDonald…… moved the correspondence be accepted

Seconded by M. Wilhelm….. CARRIED

6 Business Arising Nil

Treasurer’s Report Verbal report given by the President..

G McDonald. …… moved that the financial report be accepted.

Seconded by R Webb……. CARRIED

Reports: Nil

New Members New Member Steve Hamer Nominated by P Cain Seconded M Wilhelm CARRIED

One still on the table.

General Business

D Coppick requested an update on payment from the Work for the Dole. The money is believed to be in our account but not yet showing up. Follow up ACTION: President

Work for the Dole – 4/5 starters cutting lawns, cleaning up around the club. All qualified to drive the mower. All seem to be good value. Pe- riod of employment is 6 months.

Dolomite will be ordered when the money in the bank is confirmed. An air line and a 12V power cable to the new container will cost $100 each. ACTION: President

8 CCTV cameras are being installed around the Club. Reminders

Sunday 26 Jun16, Wednesday 13th and 20th July.

Meeting declared closed at 20:37 hrs Please note: No General meeting minutes for July, have been provided.

Track Report

WEDNESDAY 1st of June. Started to make switch channel cover plates from the 2mm sheet metal plates, made four today. The switch motor for operating the movable ' K ' crossing at No 14 switch would not operate properly it looks like the pilot air valve not working as it should, check again next Saturday. SATURDAY 4th. Checked operation of switch No 14 could not fault , checked limit switches one required slight adjustment. With the availability of 2mm thick sheet steel I made channel covers for all switches as the present ones were being bent, also they were fixed in position by bolts and this did not allow quick and easy access for oiling and cleaning the actuating rods. WEDNESDAY 8th. Did not attend due to the weather. SATURDAY 11th. Completed making covers for all switches and now are all fitted. Transported a ' T ' rail track panel previously made to the Head Shunt. ROLLING STOCK. Checked bogies on work wagon No 4.

8 WEDNESDAY 15th. Checked the operation of switch No14 however the air operating cylinder for the movable ' K ' crossing not working correctly removed cylinder for testing. Ray with tractor removed road bed soil for the extension of the Head Shunt tracks. Fishplated the already placed track panel to the already laid track. ROLLING STOCK. Checked club passenger cars No 2 and No 3 , bogies, brakes and wheels all O.K. SATURDAY 18th. Checked operation of air cylinder at home could not fault however when fitted to switch it did not operate without leaking air, so I removed the motor and clamped the the switch for the MAIN LINE. Two previously made track panels transported to the Head Shunt added one of these panels the R.H. track by fishplating, still one more panel to add, David helped in this work. Mark fitted flashing to New Container roof to stop rain being blown in under roof sheets. WEDNESDAY 22nd. The second panel butt welded on to the R.H. track this now completes the 7 1/4 gauge Head Shunt track. Made up a dual gauge track panel for the L.H. Head Shunt track this being fishplated on.

9 SATURDAY 25th. Replaced air motor on switch No 14 but still not right, will check again after the Run Day. Mark dug out more of the road bed for the placement of another two dual gauge track panels, one track panel butt welded on with the next panel still to make. Checked operation of switches and signals, David did this work. SUNDAY 26th. public Run Day The battery driving skeeter Junction signals went down, replaced with small wheel chair battery which lasted all day. WEDNESDAY 29th. The hole in the new container roof sealed by a small square sheet of metal siliconed to the ceiling. Ray purchased a deep cycle battery which was fitted today at Skeeter Junction the reading across the terminals was 12.33 volts. Replaced the air piston motor at switch No 14 controlling the ' K ' crossing movement, this tested to be O.K. Made up one dual gauge track panel. K.W.L. HAMPEL TRACK MANAGER.

10 SATURDAY 2nd of July. Added one metre of air hose to Station supply hose it will now reach all tracks. David checked the operation of switch No 14 O.K. Transported the previously made dual gauge track panel to the Head Shunt, this panel butt welded to the existing panels, this track then lifted aligned and tamped, three trucks of dolomite used, both tracks swept with new track Broom. l thank Mark, David and Mike for their help today. WEDNESDAY 6th. Cleaned up two lengths of old rail. Made up one dual gauge track panel. The Signal Gantry foundations were poured. Relocation of fence at ‘T’ Junction pegged out. SATURDAY 9th. Made up one dual gauge track panel and another panel transported to ' T ' JUNCTION , one panel butt welded to the bladeless switch and the other fishplated, the road bed was dug out a little deeper to accept the larger sleepers. Put in fouling peg marker, this indicates a standing room of 20m from fouling peg to dead end on both tracks. Mark and David helped today. WEDNESDAY 13th. Transferred 33 sleepers from treatment bath to draining rack. Made up one dual gauge track panel and transported to ' T ' Junction. Cleaned up two lengths of old rail and made into ' T ' rail. 11 Checked drains, David helped in this work. SATURDAY 16th. Checked several signal bases for water entry, their was none, repainted the signal heads. Checked battery at Skeeter Junction read 14.28 volts their was no load. Cleaned up two more lengths of old rail and made into ‘T’ rail. Two dual gauge track panel made and transported to ' T ' Junc- tion, to complete this section of track a half panel will be required to reach the level crossing, David helped in this work. The safety fence was shifted to a new alignment so giving ade- quate clearance for the new parallel track, Peter and his work force carried out this work. WEDNESDAY 20th. All main line and shunting tracks poisoned by David using the Weed Control Spray Wagon. Cleaned up two lengths of old rail and with new rail made one dual gauge track panel, Allan helped in this work. SATURDAY 23rd. Made up one dual gauge track panel and together with a previous made panel transported to ‘T’ Junction. Added three panels to the already laid track , fishplating one butt welding the other. David helped in this work. With the modification l made to the Track Broom I tested it today and found it works as planned . WEDNESDAY 27th.

12 Made up 13 fishplates. Made a removable Check Guide Rail for the bladeless switch No. 13 this will allow a reverse movement to be made through the switch for the purpose of ballasting. Cut and removed the dual gauge track that was across the crossing and on a closer examination found it to be badly bent in several paces, I questioned whether it could be reused. SATURDAY 30th. instead of spending a lot of time refurbishing the above track Mark suggested that we use a length of dual gauge straight track that was removed during relaying as it was found to be in very good condition, the rail ends were cropped and every second tie was cut for track circuit reasons, it was the transported to the level crossing put in correct alignment and bolted down to the concrete, the other end butt welded to already laid track, Mark did most of this work. David checked the track switches and signals for correct operation for Sunday Run Day, all O.K. SUNDAY 31st. There were 104 train movements. A derailment occurred twice at Station Switch No 4 the cause was difficult to determine however l found that the switch blade was jamming due to lack of lubrication for as a vehicle travelled over the switch it operated with out warning. Oiled switch mechanism no further trouble. K.W.L. HAMPEL TRACK MANAGER.

13 PENFIELD MODEL ENGINEERS NEW HEAD SHUNT TRACKS STANDING TRAIN NOTICE N0 4 - 16' NOTICE TO ALL TRAIN OPERATING STAFF As from SATURDAY 16th JULY 2016 the new HEAD SHUNT tracks will be available for train operations.

The HEAD SHUNT track has been extended and divided into two tracks, a Right hand track and a Left hand track, the track selection being controlled by a kick over magnetic lock switch, the R.H. track is single gauge and the L.H. track is dual gauge.

Both tracks have a standing room of 20 m from fouling point to dead end.

When a train is to enter either track the train must pull right down to the Dead End so clearing the fouling point allowing a following movement to enter the adjacent track.

Permission to enter the Head Shunt will be given by the Station Mas- ter who will operate the Switch Stand for the movement.

Permission to Back Shunt from the Head Shunt will be given by the Station Master waving a green flag after he has operated the Switch Stand and is satisfied that Station Track No 1 is clear for the Back Shunt to take place .

The fouling point will be identified by a white marker located be- tween the tracks at the fouling point, the last vehicle of a train must be in clear of this point.

Two yellow painted wheel chocks are provided to help secure the train if left unattended.

K.W.L. HAMPEL, TRACK MANAGER.

The Gallery

Our compressor has just been delivered.

and David helped.

New Track being laid to the old tunnel.

David also helped.

Paul adding that final touch to the newly laid road base along the new head shunt tracks. Nothing short of perfection.

David did not help this time.

Adding extra rail to protect the track from damage by heavy vehicles.

As you can see, David is the only one working. and Karl helped.

Waynes World

Photo 1-The collapsed Dog Box.

Photo 2-The awesome power of mother nature.

21 Photo 3- I was the only one stopping today!

Photo 4-

Sheep Van at Farina.

Photo 5- Cattle truck.

22 Photo 6- W truck on display.

Photo 7-The water loco was relocated to the standard gauge line but wasn't used much.

Photo 8-A faded map on Farina, time for a new one.

Photo 9-Look who I found.

Photo 10-

Me on Mt Scott.

24 A trip up north. I recently went for a week long camp at Leigh Creek in the Flin- ders Ranges with my other club, the Ariel Motorcycle Club, yes, I moonlight as a dirt biker, that’s my dark side!

We camped at the Leigh Creek Motorcycle Club motocross track and did day rides from there, this camp was right next to the Leigh Creek railway line but alas, there are no coal trains any- more, just my luck to camp in the perfect spot and see no trains. I squeezed some railway stuff in during the trip, photo 1 is of an old SAR dog box passenger car, this car has been sited beside the Gladstone Rd for as long as I can remember (and longer), you used to be able to see it quite plainly from the Pt Pirie Rd. I haven’t seen it for a number of years and presumed it had been moved or demolished, I recently heard on the grapevine that it was still there but had collapsed so I made this slight detour to check it out, I think it is beyond restoration, I wonder why it was there in the first place?

Most of the week was consumed with bike riding thru some in- accessible but beautiful parts of the Flinders that one normally wouldn’t see. But I did do a sight-seeing trip up to the old Fa- rina township for a look see, for many years Farina was the head of the Great Northern Railway that ultimately reached Alice Springs, it was an important regional centre for stock trains etc even after the railway centre moved on. Of course its impor- tance faded with time and with it the town. For some years now a group of grey nomads have been making a yearly pilgrimage up to Farina and are slowly restoring the town buildings, one stone at a time. The underground bakery has been rebuilt and it is fired up during their July camp each year and fresh bread and buns are baked and sold to the passing trade, a local I was talk- ing to at Lyndhurst commented that the buns were worth the

25 200km drive to get but they had disappointingly sold out on his last trip!

The group have also secured a sheep van, cattle truck and an open wagon from Pichi Richi Railway and Steamtown Peterbor- ough, that have been set up on short sections of track with inter- pretive displays describing their use at the sites of the old stock yards and goods shed. All very interesting and informative and I have to admire what they are achieving up there, there are no amenities or shops and everything must be carried in so they are very dedicated to their cause.

My week at Leigh Creek came to an end all too soon; my jour- ney home was via my old hometown of Peterborough, the Peter- borough Council has laid pavers engraved with residents names in Jervois St and railway employees have been graced with pavers by the War Memorial in Main St (just by the Yx), I have- n’t seen these yet so I hunted me down in Jervois St and then went looking for Dad in Main St but look who I found first (photo 9)! I did find Dad’s eventually. I went for a tour thru the Steam- town Peterborough Museum as well, nice to see the roundhouse being looked after but it is a shame they can’t fill it with genuine SAR displays, maybe one day, for a start I think they should move the Yx from Main St and put it in the roundhouse as well. And in all that trip I didn’t see a single train – apart from the ones in the roundhouse. And my bike riding? – it was awesome, and yes Peter, real mo- torcycles need front brakes, especially up there on the Flinders Ranges, the last photo is me on Mt Scott with Leigh Creek in the distance,

Wayne

26 Wanted and For Sale

Do you have something for sale or need? Place your Ad in the Rocket. If you sell something that you advertised in the Rocket, Make a small donation to the club. How much is up to you. Email the Ad to me, and remember that pictures take up a lot of space so make it one good one.

27 General Working Bees are held every Saturday Please do your bit to support the club!

On Open Days Members are asked to arrive early to help set up equipment etc. for use on the day, then to assist to pack up af- terwards. Additionally, everyone is requested to, wherever possi- ble, operate their models until the conclusion of the Open Day.

We need more members to help out at the school holiday run days. Every Wednesday of the school holidays.