Comtrain goes H0! H0! H0!: 2019_10_10 Albury continues and theres more!

2019/10/10

2019_10_10 Albury continues and theres more!

2019_10_10 Its Thursday and Al is roaring to go.

(BG = Broad Gauge and SG = Standard Gauge)
Can't help myself :D Running trains over part of the line is taking up a bit of time :)

The R shunted out of way, as it awaits repairs (need to add a capacitor to smooth out running)

BGM D3 helps the T haul the goofy's up the grade.

Still mixing trains on the gauges, however this will stop when the second helix starts working ;)

Laying track in Albury

Al laying track, He seems to like it, and his track is superb too.
You can see how he "volunteers" to lay track, can't you

This is about 2/3 of the Albury SG platform. The BG platform is slightly reduced in length.
Was going to cover platform with sandpaper to simulate asphalt. However sitting the whiteboard on the cork is just level with the doors on the carriages. I might have to paint it instead.

BG and SG (top) enter Albury. The BG divides with one track crossing the SG and the other track enters the BG platforms

Painting and fixing up points

Its time to see how the fascia is going to look.

Cheers
Rod

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Andrew381323/10/19 7:40 pm
Albury is coming along nicely, I was going to ask, Have you started to build the station building. If the building you do get is 3D drawn it means the drawings could be scaled up for an O scale Albury. Just interested in an O scale Albury

Andrew
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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!

2019/10/10

2019_10_10 Albury continues and theres more!

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