Comtrain goes H0! H0! H0!: 2015_05_13 ELNemo arrives with a cold snap

2015/05/15

2015_05_13 ELNemo arrives with a cold snap

2015_05_13 But that's not all, and looks can be deceiving!!

I am still packing things up and throwing out stuff to make more room. Stuff I have stored for 40 years, is worthless and will never be used (or missed) has gone in the bin. Hoarder? who me? Well at least I had no trouble tipping whole boxes in the bin, most of the time only roughly checking out the contents. Things like PMG relays 100's of them! Miles of single core cable which should never have been used in the first place, much less any more. Old transformers and electrical's that just don't have any value any more. All the short offcuts of wood so hard to store, but will make good kindling for the fire. And still another skip full to go :(
All the trains loose buildings and un-built kits are packed away, and the final clean up will not take long to enable me to start on some scenery. Cant squirt white glue all over a populated layout. Backdrops need patching and painting. Scenery needs to be started. So lets go.....

Ah but the subject of the post is deception? So lets see what that is all about ;)

Now that's a pleasant surprise :D
For those who can wait a ready to run set should eventuate from Auscision as reported here
RUB Set
Cheers
Rod

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Ray P15/5/15 4:58 pm
Very nice Rod.
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Rod Young17/5/15 9:54 am
Their was a time about 30 years ago when I could produce this stuff myself, but although I was happy with my work, it was never up to this standard. Fortunately I was introduced to Dennis Clarke who built and painted my kits for me. I am very pleased that I did not have to wait till Austrains produced theirs and the cost was about the same.
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essence24/5/15 6:37 pm
Austrains to produce a RUB set>?????
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Rod Young24/5/15 7:55 pm
Ah? you might have missed the "Deception" :) But this one comes as akit from Casula at Liverpool, and another will come ready to run in the future..see here
http://www.auscisionmodels.com.au/RUB%20Passenger%20Cars.htm
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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!

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2015_05_13 ELNemo arrives with a cold snap

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