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June 2015 Volume 26 No 10 Issue 288

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‘Train Talk’ Volume 26 No 10 (issue #288) June 2015

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ON THE COVER: 8028 working the Newcastle Flyer, the train has just passed a temporary speed restriction for bridge work. Concrete Gang worker steps back for the passing of the train. Layout:- Trangie Valley. H0 NSWR. Austrains 80 class, AR MLV Van, Power Car, Eureka HUB set. Arthur Hayes

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Here we are back again, fresh from the Model Trains, Craft & Hobby Expo. It was a success with pretty good crowds both days, bearing in mind all the activities that people now have to contend with on weekends.Some highlights of the weekend were:Presentation of QR 1550 class loco by long-time Club supporter, Adam Wuiske, of Wuiske Models. Adam has stuck with the Club

over the years and has been very generous with his time, advice and donations.

The generous donation of money from the Ipswich Model Railway Club to the Glenvale Scout group. The money comes from the Oops jar. To those who don't know what that is, it's

the swear jar. We probably could all use one of those,

when running model trains, where invariably things go wrong from time to time, and it would benefit a local charity at the same time!

The presentation of a Steam Art painting to the Mayor of Toowoomba Regional Council, Paul Antonio. The Mayor has been a long-term supporter of the Club and is largely responsible for paving the way for the Showgrounds building to be completed without fuss. The Mayor was genuinely delighted at the presentation of the painting, which depicted two QR BB18¼ steam locos charging

through Spring Bluff towards Toowoomba. The weather was pretty good over

the two days compared to previous Exhibitions, with mild weather making for very pleasant conditions.

More detail about the Exhibition will appear elsewhere in this issue, let me say, I was pleased with the effort put in by the members that attended to help out. Without their Stirling efforts the Show would not have had the success that it did.

Now, let's focus on the building of the HO layout and start to move forward with the rejuvenation of the Club. Cheers for now. Smithy.

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The Wuiske Models 1550 Class Diesel Locomotive donated to the DDMRC Inc. is a start for the planned 12mm track inclusion on the new HO scale club layout being planned/built. In the

specifications included in Train Talk a few issues ago, mention of this fact was overlooked, but the layout planning committee have assured me that 12mm trackage is definitely in the plans.

With the surge in interest in 12mm QLD modelling brought about by the large influx of R-T-R QR models, we are opening

the doors to a completely as yet untapped part of modelling in the club, I for one have 12mm stock ready to go and I am sure there are others in the club as well, drop us a line and let us know your feelings and if you have or intend modelling in QR HOn3.5.

The introduction of this scale/gauge combination will pave the way for new members in the area that have models in the scale, many thanks to Wuiske Models for the generous donation.

On board this year for the Exhibition was EUROPCAR Toowoomba, they supplied a diesel Ute for the three days of the exhibition, Friday being the set-up day and a very much needed donation, the only criteria, return with a full tank of fuel, no other costs. If you require a hire vehicle, make sure it’s a Europcar vehicle and mention your connection with the DDMRC Inc.

The changes to catering for exhibitors this year left us with some major changes, we were still able to utilise the Glenvale Scout group and the effort they put in was far beyond what many people realise. In stead of Russell and myself spending time and effort ordering and c o l l e c t i n g f o o d requirements, they undertook the lot. As e x e m p l i f i e d b y DDMRC Inc. member D a v i d N o b l e scratching his head

after seeing 85 loaves of bread to be unloaded, they earned their keep.

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Showgrounds Museum Coordinators:

There is a policy at the DDMRC Inc.Special Sale Items:

Club Shirts: The production of Train Talk and Construction of the Showgrounds Museum & Display Centre has been made

Layout Coordinators: possible through the generosity of the

YouAvailable now are , say g’day to everyone

quality pens inscribed with the club name @ that comes along to the clubhouse, visitor, $3.00, 25th Anniversary Magnets @ $1.00, new member or old and invite them to ‘get 25th Anniversary Coffee Mugs @ $6.00 and involved’, we are all in this hobby for the same Key rings @ $1.50, complete pack for just reason - “To have fun” Model Railroading $8.00. ‘IS’ The World’s Greatest Hobby.

A limited number of club shirts are available at just $30.00 each.

Ted Freeman - GeneralVacant - HO JamestownRussell Hartwig - N Byers JunctionMichael (Mikey) Freeman - Groundsman

HO - Bill WaterhouseZ - Ted FreemanN - Bob Claydon

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Memberships 2015-2016It’s that time of year again, memberships for the 2015-2016 Financial year are due on the 1st July.The DDMRC Inc. M/S fee remains at $60.00 pa, unfortunately the NMRA Insurance Levy is now $30.00pa bringing an annual fee of $90.00, still very good value when compared to many other hobbies/sports.You will receive your membership renewal notice as per Train Talk, Hard Copy or Email.Life Members are reminded that the NMRA portion is still payable by them, the club provides more than ever, show your support with prompt renewal.

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Model a wedding sceneJune has long been associated with weddings, and modeling one is sure to be an eye-catcher on your layout.

Start by finding a location. Churches are available for every scale and era, but a local courthouse, city park or scenic spot can also be used.

Posing the bridal party on the steps with a photographer and friends nearby will be a fun project. With a little bit of paint, everyone can wear matching dresses and tuxedos.

Add a limo or a horse-draw carriage with a homemade "Just Married" sign or some traditional tin cans, for the perfect finishing touch.

Planning a real wedding might be a lot of work, but modeling one will be easy using your current Reference Books and

HO CornerstoneCottage Grove Church

walthers.com

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NMRA DIVISION 1 (QUEENSLAND) (martyn1107@bigpond.com)

11th & 12th July – Miniature Trains on the Coast (Gold Coast) at Carrara Basket Ball Stadium. 15th August – Leigh Craig and home to the Action Model Train Club. 22nd & 23rd August – Pine Rivers Train Show at the Pine Rivers Community Centre. 12th & 13th September – Redlands Model Train Show. All meetings start at 10.30am unless otherwise stated.

Visit to George Stainlay's George's NSW Railway layout was visited last year and the repeat visit this year had 25 members attend. George's NSW railway runs beautifully and he has trains that look as authentic as any I have seen. George often runs long strings of goods wagons, cleverly modelled and realistically painted and weathered, with subtle differences in the amount of weathering. His passenger trains are likewise done in his particularly artful finishing. As someone said at the visit, "Where else would you see Garretts double-heading and thus be brought back to your childhood so quickly?" Martyn gave us some information about the National Convention to be held in Portland this year and hopes to see other Aussies there. He also reminded us of the Australasian Region Convention to be held at Ettalong on September 18th – 21st. His next rather pleasant duty was to present to Arthur Hayes his AP awards

Arthur Hayes receiving his award certificates from Laurie McLean and Martyn Jenkins, and possibly wondering about completing his MMR.

As at all of our meeting there was a Show and Tell time and Martyn Jenkins showed his three Austrain BPL coaches of VR in HO. Laur ie McLean showed and explained his scratch built and animated Sanding Tower and Coal Tower. These are driven by ¼" diameter electric motors running through a tiny precision gearbox.

Control is applied by TAM Valley servos. I recommend that you see how clever these towers are on Laurie's website. James Lampard from the Gold Coast and an expert in European railways, showed some German made servos he is using at the moment. These have four outlets connected to Chinese made geared motors he buys for $8 each. James also had 2 Roco Scandinavian electric locos and a Bemo 9mm Swiss electric loco.

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MAKING AN O'SCALE NARROW GAUGE TURNTABLE Part 1 By Laurie McLean MMR©

O Scale is 1:48 scale or ¼" to the foot. On3 is narrow gauge with the rails 3 feet apart. I started out in O scale animating figures and animals but once they were made they needed a home so I built a small diorama. Things sort-of grew and I picked up a few On3 locos and rolling stock, a module 6 ft long x 14 inches wide with some PSC code 83 track. Next another module was made to adjoin the track module but this one has a small town with people and animals moving. Now the plan is to expand to make a small switching layout and the next module will have a turntable to turn locomotives and also have a small facility. Building a wye was out of the question (for now) because the minimum radius will be 42 inches and a module would be too large to transport to train shows. So I started making a turntable and wanted it to be simple yet reliable and looking correct.

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The basic structure is 3 sheets of plywood laminated together, glued and screwed. The hole or turntable pit was cut out using a jig-saw after marking out the first sheet drawing a circle. Precision was not necessary as will be shown a little later. However the main central bearing was something that had to be made right. The bearing is a steel plate 2 inches diameter and 1/8" thick with the center hole having a clearance of 7/16" – the tube I used is a K&S brass tube of 7/16" diameter. The bearing itself is 1.0" diameter hard plastic epoxied to the plate and then installed in the center of the turntable pit base plywood. Getting this square is important.

Here is a sketch I made showing the main bearing and center plate the turntable rests upon.

The bore has clearance to suit the brass tube which is 7/16" diameter. On the bottom of the table which is hardwood, and shaped with tapers is a brass plate acting as "rubbing surface" in contact with the steel plate set into the pit base.

These photos shows the brass plate, brass tube and steel base plate along with the hardwood table with the taper each side.

A separate ring was cut for the step inside the pit that the rail and ties will sit on. The ring has some clearance – a little gap, so that it can be moved and get the table to turn, and get the centre properly located so that the table turns with clearance. It has been screwed and glued to the base. You can see the gap between the table and pit edge – this gap is important.

There is the trick to getting the table central to the pit ring wall. On the end of the table I screwed a 1/8" styrene plate with a right angle to keep things perfectly square. Next I mixed up some 'Builder's Bog' (Australian term for the 2 part epoxy carpenters and bu i lders use in construction (also like Bondo in the USA I'm told). This 2 part mix is at a ratio of 100 parts to 2 parts hardener and goes off

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So, working with about a golf ball size mix and using a wood ice cream stick the epoxy mix was spread in front of the spreader and the table slowly rotated. This method of applying the epoxy mix saw it spread on the plywood pit walls and filling the gap of the rail–ring too. Rotating the table in an arc saw the pit walls filled and this was a simple solution to getting the table rotating inside the pit squarely and with just enough clearance. The jig-saw cutting wasn't perfect but it didn't matter as the builder's bog filled any irregularities. Once the epoxy set I used a scraper tool to smooth out the walls ready to have lines carved to represent concrete layers. This was a cheap and quick way to line the pit and get it circular. Also, the epoxy gives more strength to the construction. This technique saved the alternative of cutting embossed bricks or stone work (plastic or styrene sheets), and was cheaper and will turn out well once weathered and stained.

These two photo’s shows the Builder's Bog epoxy all the way around the pit walls and around the base of the step rail ring too. The plywood is 2 sheets of 12mm and 1 x 20mm thick.

Humidity can cause expansion and contraction so all surfaces were sealed with an undercoat sealer. Note that once the sealer was sprayed onto the pit walls they were again scraped to reveal the base epoxy and this will aid the weathering and staining later.

The turntable itself has also had ¼" thick styrene foam sandwich sheets glued to the sides. This makes the table 2 inches wide and ready for the ties and supports. Styrene strips and angle will be glued to make the details of steel along the sides and more on this will be in part 2 of this article which will follow.

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The sketch above I made to show how the wheels of the turntable are going to be made. I do like to keep things simple and I do like to make, rather than buy as this keeps the skills sharp and more fun in the hobby. Basically the curve is a piece of shim brass about 3/16" wide. I machined up 4 black plastic wheels with axle holes of 2.0mm. The idea is to insert brass wire through the wheel holes and bend both ends back and solder the brass shim. I'll make covers for these so they will appear to be like the real thing in photo 8 above. The brass shim will act as a light spring keeping tension on the wheels as they rotate around the rail. The rail will be cut from a length of HO scale code 83 flextrack – cutting down the center of the plastic ties and giving 2 pieces of rail with ties – again, like the real thing.

T h e u n d e r s i d e i s shown and the 4 x hardwood cleats can h a v e t h e b a s e shimmed-up or packed to get the vertical alignment spot-on so t h e t a b l e s i t s horizontally level to the surface and tracks will be level too.

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Little brickies express their creativity these school holidays.Young aspiring master builders have their work cut out for them at Brick Kids,

The Workshops Rail Museum's winter school holiday event, with LEGO® bricks and more for family fun from 27 June to 12 July.

Many thousands of LEGO® pieces will be at the disposal of visiting families to get hands on and create masterpieces and school holiday smiles.Smaller fans can invent with bigger blocks in the Under 3's area with plenty of LEGO® DUPLO® to share.

Museum Director Andrew Moritz said the event gives families time to connect and have fun with a variety of activities, including a miniature train ride and hands-on Museum exhibits."LEGO® needs little introduction! It's a timeless toy that can be enjoyed by parents and children together, and we value that family time, it's what we want for our visitors," he said.

"I wouldn't be surprised if some parents have more fun than their children as LEGO® is dear to the hearts of many adults.

“I personally have fond memories of building with LEGO® as a child and it’s been a joy to share this toy with my family."Creation Station is a haven for children to use colour to express their creativity with LEGO® inspired craft, including decorating mini figures made of plaster, and colouring-in.

V i s i t o r s can take a guided tour of the active railway workshop to see where real life creations of the steam e r a l i v e a n d a r e maintained. Enclosed footwear is required for this activity.

I n f o r m a t i o n (07) 3432 5100

LEGO® is a trademark of the LEGO® Group which does not sponsor, authorise or endorse this event.

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Photos by Mikey

This years event was looking a bit doubtful with several hurdles thrown up, but we overcame the challenges and presented a first class exhibition, of course, this would not be possible without the Exhibitors, Supporters of the DDMRC Inc, Glenvale Scout group and the Members of the DDMRC Inc. Lets let photo’s tell the story!

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Roy (left) & Lionel Club Sales Table

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Australian Society of Section Car Operators

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Instead of a June meeting, the modelling group set up an information display for the Exhibition weekend. Several regulars were on hand to answer queries and demonstrate new found skills. I would like to thank them all for their assistance over the two days.Also a grateful thanks to Michael for moving numerous tables, chairs and boxes from the clubhouse and back again.By far the most common enquiry was from people with a train set or a track laid board - how do I take the next step and bring it all to life?M o s t w e r e Toowoomba based or near local. None were club members, which as a model r a i l w a y c l u b i s something we should think hard about.Next meeting will be on July 4th when we shall deal with latex moulds and plaster casts. Backdrops need painting, Crowswell dairy farm needs painting also. Plus

there is more to be done on the small ocean scene and the Gatehouse diorama. Star t ing t ime is 1.30pm. Everyone welcome.

REMEMBERSaturday the

4th July.

NO FIREWORKSALLOWED

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Time for Jade to hijack Adam's Corner again with the long awaited DCC installation walkthrough for our 1550 class (as well as our upcoming 2400 class) locomotives.You can pick any DCC decoder as long as it is 3 or 4 function (to have working marker lights) and where the plug is separate to the decoder itself.The DCC chip we are using in this guide is the LokSound Select item number 93490 which can be purchased or ordered through us as well as any hobbyshop stocking ESU products. If purchasing through a retailer, you will also require a speaker and bafflebox, ESU product code 50330, although when purchasing through Wuiske Models directly, we offer this already soldered and included with the 93490 sound chip. If you want DCC but don't want the sound, one of the available chips is a LokPilot Standard - ESU Product Code 53611 and available from any retailer stocking ESU products and Wuiske Models directly. The steps for installing a LokPilot Standard are almost identical, sans the steps for the speaker (obviously).

If you purchase your LokSound Select and your speaker and bafflebox separately, you will need to solder the two brown wires from the decoder to the speaker. To do this, you will need to remove the speaker from its baffle box and then replace it after the wires are attached.To remove the body from our 1550 or upcoming 2400 class locomotives, unscrew the two diagonally opposing screws on either side of the fuel tank from the bottom.

To give you more working space and reduce risk of accidentally knocking out any wiring, disconnect the two white plugs on either side of the PCB gently.Remember that the higher part of the diecast chassis is on the leading end of the locomotive.Carefully ease out the dummy plug from the PCB 8 pin socket.As space is limited within QR locomotives due to their size, it is best to remove one of the mounting points on the bafflebox.

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Using sidecutters, remove the mounting point on the end without the wires. There is no need to remove the mounting point on the end where the speaker wires come out.After you have done this, you may wish to paint the sides of the bafflebox black so that you do not have an unsightly white shape coming through the rear grill of the locomotive.To mount the speaker and chip, the simplest way is some "Sticky Dots" by Sellotape. Our pack of 64 dots was purchased from the local newsagent for

the princely sum of $3.50. You can also use double-sided tape, but you will want to find one that has good stickability (some double-sided tapes are very weak). The sticky dots come with a white backing paper and a clear fronting paper with perforations that separate each dot, making them very easy to work with. Apply one to the back of your bafflebox and press down firmly. If using double-sided tape, cut to size and apply firmly.

Peel the fronting paper off carefully - the sticky dots are very sticky on both sides, but they may at times need to be persuaded to leave the security of the fronting paper. Remember they are sensitive little petals so soft, coaxing words might be of assistance here. W i t h t h e locomotive shell

upside down, insert the speaker to the back of the locomotive shell.Try to push it in as far as you can against the lights PCB and once happy with the positioning, press the speaker and bafflebox into place firmly. Try to avoid pressing on the actual speaker - this is where that extra mounting tab comes in handy as it gives you something to work with.The ESU decoders have some extra wires (Purple and Red) that are not required for our locomotives. Isolate the tips by folding a piece of sticky tape over the end of the wire. To neaten things up and save space, cut a few millimetres away from the wire.This will just ensure that the wires definitely can't touch or short on anything when running your loco.The majority of wires on the decoder should be on one end. Any wires that are located on the other end of the decoder should be folded over for neatness.

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Once folded up, place a sticky dot on the top of the decoder and surplus wires.You can also place the sticky dot on first, then arrange the spare wires to go around the dot.

P l a c e t h e decoder butting up tight against the baff lebox. W i t h t h e LokSound Select decoder you will notice it almost wedges itself between the bafflebox and the chassis screw mounting point. The sticky dot is really only there to prevent it from flapping around.Once you are happy with the positioning, press down on the decoder to adhere the sticky dot to the

locomotive shell.You will notice on the PCB, there is a white border around the 8 pin socket. One corner is marked a bit heavier - this denotes the positioning of pin 1 on the standard 8 pin plug. Pin 1 is located on the leading end, left hand side of the locomotive. On the ESU decoders, the orange wire is Pin 1. Plug in your decoder. Reconnect your lights plugs.And now your decoder is installed. Just need to put it all back together.

There is a lot of wiring there, and you must take care to not catch any wires in between the shell and the metal chassis, or in the way of the chassis screw mounting points as you may crimp the wires, break the sheathing and cause shorts. Gently try to tuck the wires in as you replace the locomotive shell.Fingers, pens, screwdrivers etc may come in handy for this job. As simple as it is, this is the most complex part of the install. It should just come together, and you can

use the overflow pipe which hangs down from the underframe on the left hand side and the fuel gauge on the fuel tank to line up your positioning of the shell to the chassis. The overflow pipe should sit directly in front of the fuel gauge. Once you have your body and chassis aligned correctly, just replace the two screws and you're done.Now all that is left is to program your locomotive address. The locomotives are factory assigned an address of "03". Marker lights are Function 11 and Dynamic Brakes are Function 7. Check your DCC Control system manual if you're unsure how to select these.

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.During the 70's and 80's, Train 209 (Mackay Goods) departed Mayne @ 01:45 Hrs Monday to Saturday.

On Monday the train ran to Rockhampton as 309. On Wednesdays, the train run through to Townsville. In later years the train was numbered 7209/7309. 7 identified the train as an ordinary Goods/Freight train (60 Km/h runner). Not a fast trip, the train conveys ordinary rolling stock, shunting at most major locations on the coast, Gympie 06:38/07:45, Bundy 13:17/14:40, Rocky 00:18/01:15, Mackay 12:04/17:00 (Thur), Townsville arr. 07:03 (Fri).The 1973 Working Time Table shows the train crossing or being passed by 7 trains between Bundaberg and Avondale, which is just 4 stations to the north of Bundy. The train was also timed to bypass Maryborough/Gladstone.

Older locomotives were usually rostered to work the train, today 1208 is in charge (Hollywood band drive mech) .

Timetable Instructions:- 309 Mondays will convey all available loading for Gladstone and for Central Division and be restricted to 70 units in length. This train will convey roadside between Gympie and Bundaberg and must be worked with a suitable van. 209 (Tues to Sat) will convey Mackay traffic loaded in ordinary rolling stock.

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wide plate steel, caravans, machinery, rain water tanks etc.

In 1990 the instructions for a car & caravan travelling between Roma Street and Cairns were; 1. Load must not enter shed over 2, 3 and 5 Roads at Roma Street.2. Must NOT travel between Brunswick Street and Roma Street via Central.3. Loading not to enter Maryborough Platform Roads.

In 2006, instructions for wide plate steel (Brisbane to Cairns) had no fewer than 49 do's and don'ts.

Mayne Yard Orders:- For Tuesday the 13th of March 1984 show the following arrangements for "Out of Gauge Loading:- 7209 Wed; MS 18105 Mt Isa ex Strathpine 7012

M 19256 Ingham fwd Innisfail ex Moolabin 7027 TuesdayM 5250 Mackay ex Moolabin 7027 TuesdayPE 31616 Rockhampton ex Roma Street 7027 Tuesday.MTW 19190 ex Sarina arr 7472 Wed send to Roma St 7F06 Wed.MTW 101 Ipswich Workshop O/H Mayne to go to Roma Street 7F16 Wed. FJS 26361 Kingaroy ex Sunshine 7943 Wed to go 7209 Thursday.

The train in the photos consists of 22 vehicles, approx. 52 units long and comes in at 520 tons. Some wagons were scratch build, loads added (some were kits) and secured in accordance with QR regulations.

The first wagon behind the engine (DEL 1208) is an “MTW’ class wagon. W/MTW wagons entered service between 1943 and 1945. The class had its own set of numbers like privately owned wagons. W wagons were for conveying bag wheat and were much the same as MTW’s, to assist in keeping the bags on the wagons, a 4” rail was fitted around the out edge of the floor. The wagons had a Tare of 10.5 tons and carried 26 tons. The wagons were supplied by two manufactures, Waddingtons, Granville, NSW (Numbers 1 – 500), and Evans Deakin, Brisbane (Numbers 744 – 800). Plan P 244 redrawn in 1984 (metric) and revised in 2001 shows the wagons as

12.2 m Flat Top W a g o n , Commonwea l t h Land Transport Board. One writer indicated the “MT” was for Military Transport, while another indicated it was fo r Mo to r Transport.

209 was also the train that conveyed special loads, many of these loads were "Out of Gauge" and required special instructions for travel.

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Weekly Notice 47/43 (25/11/43) advised that 55 “W” wagons would be converted to sheep wagons, 50 NW double deck sheep wagons and 5 NWB sheep drover/guards vans. 1944 annual reported showed there were 356 “W”, 89 “MTW, 50 NW, 5 NWB’s were in traffic. 1948 more wagons were converted to NW wagons, In 1950, 50 were converted to WR rail wagons, more followed in 1957. In 1957, 272 wagons were fitted with “Draft Gear” increasing drawhook capacity, some were marked with CD in a side-on square on the sole bar, others just had the words “Draft Gear fitted. This made them “Select” or D3 drawgear rollingstock, by marshalling these wagons on the lead increased train loads were possible.

By the mid 1950’s, wheat was being transported in new ‘WH” wagons in bulk. At about the same time, sugar commenced to be transported in bulk. Boxes were placed on MTW wagons and carried sugar to port terminals at Mackay, Townsville and Cairns. This continued to the mid 70’s before new PYC wagons were built for this traffic to increase loads etc. June 1960 Annual report showed 12 W wagons, as to 24 in 59, 436 MTW’s as to 398 in 59, this included 9 carrying bulk cement. 9 NW and 9 NWB’s in service. 120 WR as to 70 wagons in 1959.

MTW’s had a long record of service and over time were converted to carry various traffic. 1981 CME report showed all but 15 of the original numbers were still in service.

Some conversion where:-WBC:- bulk cement (21). WM:- molasses (5 in 74 ND Tfc). MTWG :- bulk grain (17 in 79, two types of containers), WRA:- (WR with ridge control bogies). WRB:- (in sets of 5 to carry 24 m rail), KWA:- cattle wagon (100 in 77, ND Tfc), MTWC:- Containers (1976), MTS:- steel floor (1989), MTSC:- steel floor- containers, MTSF:- steel floor fast freight, these wagons were also fitted with bars for carrying vehicles. WS:- timber, MMTW:- maintenance wagons, some with mobile homes fitted. They were also used as skeletal wagons for concrete bridge girders, MTW 442 was fitted with cradles for cable drums for electrification work.

W/MTW’s’ wagons were painted red oxide (QR goods wagon red) to 1969, and grey after that. By 2000 only 3 remained in service.

(Summary of information located in Weekly Notices, Supplement to Working Timetable, QR Rollingstock “Blue” Books, ARHS Sunshine Express, ARHS Bulletin and Iron & Steel Wagons steam era by John Armstrong.)

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MTW’s were used for everything, vehicles, pipes, pineapple bins, circus trains, steel, timber to name a few, all you had to do was work out how you were going to keep the load on the wagon during travel. They were also used as runner/cover wagons for long loads.

On the train where are 2 MTW’s (Photos attached), both were scratch build from styrene in about 1975, most likely my first wagons build with this new material. Buffers:- 00 ERG (Bit oversize, all that was available at the time), Bogies:- The original bogies were replaced with Turntable bogies, some with K & M disc wheels, others with Steam Era spoke wheels. If construction today I would use Wuiske QRB009 or Caintode Flats CFB 3 which are close to the mark if you have a few in the draw. Queen posts for the trust rod are small fish hooks cut down. Before attaching the load, you may consider weathering the floor. The grader load is a Woodland kit (D234 - white metal), when attaching the plough blade, make sure it is along the grader so it fits on the wagon floor. The grader is secured by placing old sleepers under the wheels both ends, pine chocks prevent the sleepers from moving. Chain is added both ends. Various sizes of scale chains is available, 40 link / inch is a good size for general loads, on the grader I use 27 link l inch. I make hooks from brass rod/wire to secure the chain to both the wagon and the vehicle. The chain and hooks are secured with super glue and painted once the glue sets. If glue gets on anything like the floor, it will dry shiny, dullcote will fix that for you. This helps to keep the chain secured to the wagon when handling. In most cases, the cab was removed from the grader and secured to the floor, or placed in another suitable wagon.

The second (grey) wagon is loaded with 2 ploughs, (Life-Like, Scene Master disc plows) these are not available today. Keep your eyes open at “Buy and Sell” you may find a couple at the right price. Woodlands has tractor and plow sets with different type plows which are still suitable (D207/AS 5564/AS 5565/D 208). The ploughs are secured with old sleepers and wire. The wire is cotton from the CEO’s sewing cabinet. Saw mill off cut were also used for securing loads, we could order a FJS load through the Stores Branch.

Lettering was free h a n d a n d t h e w e a t h e r i n g w a s water colours (kids s e t ) . T h a t w a s modelling in the old days.

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United Pacific 6926, you are clear to land on runway 2W, please taxi, um! shunt, er! switch to the freight hanger, um! depot, er! marshaling yard, unload cargo er! freight and proceed to the hanger ar! roundhouse.

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Geoff Burns

Tipped Tree, part 1I've been busy squirrelling away some modelling efforts of late. One that I've

enjoyed doing is a fallen tree for the layout. Ages ago whilst flicking through some railway books looking for inspiration I found a photo with a tree that had been partially uprooted but had continued to grow. That would be a great tree for SSC!

I built the tree out of florist wire, nice and stiff, and no soldering required. I wanted to try some acrylic artist texture paste to build up the trunk. There was a

sample one somewhere that I tested it on, and it came up ok, with quite a solid feel to it.

Twisting up the florist wire took about a half hour for the basic shape, then onto a base and out with the acrylic paste. The first layer I did without any watering down, let it cure then out with a second coat that had been watered down a little, to hopefully show a few brush marks on the 'bark' that will come up in a dry brush later on.

I have built some trees using the twisted copper wire with a layer of solder on the top to keep them rigid, and yep they are certainly finer. This time I went with the florist wire as there will be less of the fine branches showing if all goes to plan.

So that I'm consistent here's some very ordinary photos for you to look at. The bark doesn't really show up that well. It does look a whole lot better with some paint on it. I'll get some photos of the finished tree in the next few days.

The paste has dried, so on with the paint! I put on a light undercoat spray, then on with the Tamiya and games workshop paint. Here they are listed in the order I painted them:XF-22 rlm grey, over the whole tree as a base, thin with a few drops of Isocol.61-19 vermin brown mix this, 61-81 graveyard earth with this, for an earthy tone for around the roots, and bark.XF-76 grey green a lighter hand with this, bit of a dry brush to bring out the bark.61-54 skull white just a light dry brush, highlights only though.61-75 black ink let the rest cure overnight, just to highlight the deep, shadowed parts

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(nb. as I've noted later, do the ink before the last white dry brush, confused?)The paint I have has thickened a bit, so I do thin it to 'milky'. Something I didn't write in the last post. For a first go using the acrylic paste I'm pretty happy with how it's come out, the paste can be worked a little as it dries so that you can add some texture if you like. The first coat of paste takes a bit of working to get it to stay where you want it. I

found that if you put on a thin first coat, the second one will take a lot more on it to bulk it up.

T h e s e photos show t h e t r u n k before I've added the foliage. I like the texture I was able to work into the bark. The paste makes it fairly simple to make it s m o o t h also, it just depends on how much you brush it as it dries. I did add a little black ink, then I

remembered from last time I used it, to make sure I did the white dry brush after the ink, not before...bugger!

Here it is with the foliage added. It's pretty quick when you get to putting the 'leaves' on. Not too bad, just gotta get a spot on the layout to put it.

That'll do for now,

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Ben Dunlop

I have had a set of Columbia models NOFF ore hoppers for a while now which were part of a collection I purchased. Not being a fan of the wagon they sat in the shed for months until a mate gave me an idea. On one of his many trips into NSW photographing trains he showed me a picture of a converted NOFF into a shunters wagon. So me being always on the look out for a new challenge and some individuality I had a go at representing the wagon.

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Story and Photos by Ken House

I took up the hobby of model railways in 1984 and joined the AMR the same year. The AMR clubroom were in the Mt

Lofty railway station then. Seeing the trains that went through Mt Lofty station and being influenced by members Peter Smith, Kym Harvey, and Mark Juttner all of whom modeled S.A. prototype inspired me to get into modeling the local prototype. Also my children related more to trains that they could see in real life, they wanted a Red Hen which I have never purchased, may be someday. Models of Australian prototype were becoming available at the time as well.

After building three smaller layouts I started building the K&EFR in the year 2000 in a lined galvanized iron shed in the backyard of our house in Modbury North.

2002 saw me retiring from work and moving house to Greenwith where the K&EFR would be put into the double garage which is in the lower level of our house, something like a basement. It is warmer in winter than the shed and is able to be cooled by the house's air conditioning in summer. Much more comfortable than the old shed.

I have set the K&EFR in 1984 and although the area modeled is fictional I have attempted to model a section of mainline between Adelaide and the Victoria South Australia border with the fiddle (staging) yard representing both ends of the modeled portion of the line. Trains leaving the Cooper end of staging are said to be coming from the Adelaide area, then as they enter Foster trains are either going on toward the border or heading down to Mt Gambier or on to Melbourne.

Modeling this area and era allows me to have the green Australian National livery as well as red and mustard pot South Australian Railways liveries because many had not been repainted to the AN livery at the time. Also the same thing applies to the V-Line run through trains.

Out on the modeled portion of the line the first station a train comes to is Kanunda the division point on the layout. At Kanunda the branch-line trains to Maranalgo and Myrtle Springs are made up, so there is an engine facility here, a four track yard, as well as ten industries that require shunting. On leaving Kanunda a train passes over Bindieye Creek on a truss bridge through a level crossing before entering High Mountain tunnel. As a train exits High Mountain tunnel the line to Maranalgo branches off before arriving at Wooldowie. Wooldowie has a produce dealer, goods shed, wheat silos and cattle pens. On leaving Wooldowie a train crosses Bindieye Creek again this time on a girder bridge then travels through a long cutting before reaching Jimba Jimba Junction where the line to Myrtle Springs branches off. Myrtle Springs is not modeled but is represented by a track in the staging yard.

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The last station modeled is Emu Flat which like Wooldowie is a typical small South Australian station having just three tracks, the main, a passing siding and a goods loop. The goods loop at Emu Flat has a goods shed, a crane, wheat silos and cattle pens. The Stonie shunts It's hoppers into the Penstone quarry loader from Emu Flat. After Emu Flat a through train goes round big bend and crosses Five Mile creek twice on it's way to Foster the other end of staging.

Construction wise I started by building normal L-girder bench work. The peninsula from Foster to Cooper and including Emu Flat and Kanunda is built on modules topped with 16mm particle board. There are six modules of varying lengths from 600mm to 2400mm. Track was laid on 3mm cork to within five to fifteen centimeters of the end of each module. I had the modules supported on a pair of saw horses while I worked on them. I turned the modules upside down and fixed the bus wires on to the modules. It was much easier to connect droppers from the track to the bus wires while the modules were upside down. Fitting point motors was also easier. The completed modules were fixed to the L-girder bench work on risers then the bus wires from each module were connected together using screw connectors.

Once the modules were permanently fixed to the bench work I slipped lengths of track over the joins between the modules to complete the track work. 16 mm particle board roadbed was used to fill the curved sections between the various modules.

Land forms are a mixture of plaster soaked paper towels over either chicken wire or carved Styrofoam and screwed up news paper covered with calico and painted with plaster. I tinted all the plaster with brown oxide colouring.

Ground cover is dyed sawdust. Many of the structures are still only temporary. My scratch built structures are made from beer carton cardboard. Penstone Quarry is a Walthers kit. The silos are made of PVC pipe.

Locomotives are from AR kits, Austrains, Train-O-Rama, Powerline and a remotored Athearn and Lima. The use of dummy locos on double headed trains has allowed me to use some cheaper models and saved on decoders. Ro l l i ng stock is from Powerline, Lima, Train-O-Rama, BGB resin kits and Steam Era kits.

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Monthly operating sessions are held on the K&EFR. Car cards and waybills are used to forward cars. A four to one fast clock is used giving an eight hour fast time shift to be run in a two hour operating session. Most through trains including the Overland, Adelaide Jet and Melbourne Jet are run to time table while others the roadside goods, livestock train, grain extra, and Stonie are run as extras according to train orders issued by train control. The controller keeps tack of trains on a schematic on a computer screen. Peter King made some detectors for the scratch built automatic block signals that also control train movements. The operating crew consists of a Controller, a Hostler in charge of the staging yard, two road crews and a Yard Master at Kanunda. For a video of an operating session watch

! Although I have been working on the K&EFR for fifteen years there is still plenty for me to do including making better trees, building more structures, adding sound to more locomotives and a lot of weathering. So hopefully the K&EFR will keep me interested for many years to come.

Mostly I enjoy sharing the layout during operating sessions with the friends that I have made through the hobby.STATISTICSTrack: Peco code 100. Turnouts: mainline Peco medium, yards Peco small. Minimum Radius: 600 mm. Control: Lenz DCC. Railhead from floor: 1300mm to 1360mm. Size: 7.5 m X 3m.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=743xI4-br4o

Alco 949 a Train-O-Rama model takes the down roadside goods over the lower Bidieye Creek bridge while 705 a 700 class Alco by Austrains and dummy Lima 938 cross the upper bridge with the empty Stonie heading for Penstone Quarry.

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The down roadside goods is crossing Five Mile creek as it passes Penstone Quarry on it's way to Foster

Jeremy and Ziggy shunt at Maranalgo. Remotored Powerline BL29 and dummyPowerline G511 take the Melbourne Jet

through Kanunda.

V-line X49 leading the Overland through Emu Flat is a Powerline model fitted with a

Digitrax sound decoder the second locomotive is a dummy Lima V-line S class S 310. All the structures in Emu Flat are scratch

built mainly from beer carton cardboard.

Running B end forward 949 on the up roadside goods passes the signal box,

a Superquick card kit, as it arrives at Cooper (staging). The buildings in the back ground

are scratch built card structures to add realism to the staging yard.

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