Back Creek Junction and the line to Cowra, developments at Lambing Flat, 2012.

Once Lambing Flat was re-erected in its current home in 2003, other than maintenance and the addition of the occasional minor detail, nothing much changed, other than the addition of DCC and more rolling stock. The track plan was as shown belo…

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Found on Youtube…

A link was posted in one of the Facebook groups to which I belong to this fantastic ‘from the cab’ video of a trip from Acacia Ridge to Taree in the NSW North Coast line.There is quite a lot of stuff on Youtube that is entertaining, but this video…

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She’s baaacckkk…

After some 15 years ‘out of service’ with a crook chassis, 5303 re-entered service on Lambing Flat this evening, after I finished fitting a Tsunami DCC chip. She runs like a dream, thanks to the excellent chassis constructed for me by Hollywo…

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The (almost) return of 5303

Some months ago I finally got tired of having my favourite locomotive not working, (see previous post (5303, a frail favourite… ) and sent it off the Geoff Baxter at Hollywood Foundry for a new chassis. His custom mechanisms have a jus…

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Progress on the Rurr Valley

Progress on the Rurr Valley continues.
Not only have I been clearing the layout and making it trafficable again, I have also revived a locomotive construction project that has sat on the workbench, untouched, since late 2005. Here is a photo of showing…