Comtrain goes H0! H0! H0!: 2014_04

2014/04/15

2014_04_14

2014 April 14
One job at a time!
Still working and being frustrated by sound installations.
Finished (?) the 422 last night. A Lima one and it sounds great, however the Loco stalls a lot. Unfortunately still work to do.on it.
The G Class needs finishing today, to take to LaTrobe Thursday.
Saw a request for info about Sth Grafton on Aus Model Rail, so took time out to post the pictures I have. Here on Flickr Sth Grafton Detail Pics
Cheers
Rod

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Matthew Herman21/4/14 9:07 pm
Hi Rod, is the decoder a loksound. They have powercaps that may help that issue have 5 of them..
Cheers
Matt.
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Rod Young21/4/14 11:59 pm
G'Day Matt
For a bloke I never met in the flesh Ha Ha, we have seen a lot of each other these last few days :D The loco has a Loksound Select in it, and is working fine now, thanks. Got a D3 today and a wow to put into it
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Matthew Herman22/4/14 8:21 pm
Yep lol, good to here about 422 behaving now.
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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!

2014/04/15

2014_04_14

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