Comtrain goes H0! H0! H0!: 2017_11

2017/11/25

2017_11_25 Saturday Scenery

2017_11_25 roads and bricks.

Graeme continues with our scenery. After fitting the bridge over the creek, he stuck down the caulk, and next time we paint it to look like bitumen.

I cut out the brick card and test fitted it. I need to visit the shop and buy some Deluxe card glue to fix it in place. Also going to paint the concrete bits Floquil flat gull grey.

Its a dual lane bridge. Brick card should look, ok when adhered in place.

S[pent a bit of time lifting the road surface to allow the road bridge to sit higher.

WE have to build a creek here

moved pub out of way so we could put a creek in beside the road. Going to put a petrol station this side of line
This one...

Golden Fleece Garage (click)

Cheers
Rod

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Graeme Schulz25/11/17 5:36 pm
Bit better advise: Deluxe - Roket Card Glue
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Colin Hussey25/11/17 6:22 pm
Where didya get the GF post sign from?

I would like to get one and somehow illuminate the top sign, many of the highway GF servo's it lit at night looked great.
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Rod Young25/11/17 11:44 pm
Just reading the advertising it might be a casting as Stuart talks about it as a laser cut wood with epoxy casting kit? Click on the blue bit.
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About my Railway

The Australian National Railways was established by the Whitlam Federal Government following a commitment made in the 1972 election to invite the states to hand over their railway systems to the federal government. In July 1975 Australian National Railways was formed taking over the operations of the federal government owned Commonwealth Railways.

The state governments of South Australia and Tasmania whose railway systems were deeply in debt, accepted. During the next two years discussions between these two states and the federal government resulted in a number of staffing and operating agreements being made that resulted in all South Australian Railways services (except for the Adelaide metropolitan passenger network) and all Tasmanian Government Railways services transferring to Australian National Railway in March 1978, the latter being re-branded AN Tasrail.

At first Victoria declined to hand over its Railways, however a change of Government after Bolte retired meant Victoria could be absorbed into AN as well.
Despite doing everything they could to tarnish ALP leader Clyde Holding, The ALP were able to defeat Hamer who was seen to be just another Bolte, doing more of the same into the future.

Clyde Holding handed over Victorian Railways to the Commonwealth where it prospered as a division of AN retaining its VR colours until later when AN decided to re-brand it as V/Line.

My Railway thus reflects what could have been ;)
And of course National Rail (Pacific National) has no place in my little scenario. Australian National was never privatised and has continually taken East Coast loads off the Highways. As well many branch lines were upgraded and Whitlam's policy of decentralisation actually moved employment to towns with a ready pool of workers, which of course took the pressure of Melbourne which was starting to expand as bush kids moved away from the Country in search of education and employment ( just as Gough Whitlam envisaged it would do)
Rod Young

Comtrain goes H0! H0! H0!

2017/11/25

2017_11_25 Saturday Scenery

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